Asian Para Games
2026 Asian Para Games: Mona, Nishad clinch gold; Rinku, Soumya shine in athletics – Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from Day 1 of the Asian Para Games.
Indian contingent officially began their campaign at the Asian Para Games, including medal events in para shooting, para athletics, para swimming, para judo, para cycling and para powerlifting on Monday.
In athletics, Paralympic medalists Nishad Kumar and Ajeet Singh Yadav, and World champion Rinku Hooda, clinched medals on the opening day.
Para table tennis and para badminton, for which action began two days before the opening ceremony, continued with their group stage matches.
Para archers including Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Harvinder Singh, Bhawna and Toman Kumar took part in their respective qualification rounds.
Paralympic medalist Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal had a double podium in the women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event.
Indian para athletes were also in action in boccia and blind football.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 19 Oct 2026 1:02 PM IST
Para Judo, Men's 70kg J1: Kapil Parmar wins bronze with a win on Ippon
The Paris Paralympic medalist claimed a comfortable win in just 69 seconds over Indonesia's Shidqi Rafli Ahnaf in the bronze medal match to secure a medal.
This is the second Asian Para Games medal for the Indian Judoka, following a silver medal from Hangzhou 2022.
This is India's third medal at the 2026 Asian Para Games and the first in judo!
- 19 Oct 2026 12:13 PM IST
Para Archery, Para Compound Mixed Team: Sheetal Devi & Toman Kumar set a new World Record
Toman Kumar shot 698/720 in the men's compound ranking round to finish 3rd in the Individual standings.
But his score, combined with Sheetal Devi's 704 in the women's ranking round, set a new mixed team world record of 1402 points.
This surpassed the previous world record of 1400, set by Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar at the World Para Archery Series Ahmedabad 2026.
This is Sheetal's second world record of the day, having equalled the women's individual compound record earlier.
The duo has now earned a top seed and will be clear favourites for the gold medal.
- 19 Oct 2026 11:08 AM IST
Para Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1: DOUBLE PODIUM FOR INDIA!
And it begins! The medal rush has officially started for India in Aichi-Nagoya.
Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhara clinch a double podium for India in women's 10m air rifle standing SH1.
Mona shoots an Asian Record 250 for the gold medal, while Avani equals her own Asian Para Games record from last edition at 249.6 for the silver medal this time.
This is the first time India has won a gold and silver in any shooting event at the Asian Para Games!
- 19 Oct 2026 10:47 AM IST
Para Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1: Excellent start for Avani Lekhara
A sensational start for Avani Lekhara, who has taken the lead with a score of 104.8 after the first two series. Mona Agarwal, with 102.9, is placed fifth.
- 19 Oct 2026 10:33 AM IST
Para Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1: Will India open their medal account?
Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhara were the top two shooters in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 earlier in the day.
Can they end up on the podium in the final and open India's medal tally at the 2026 Asian Para Games?
Final starts at 10:35 am IST.
- 19 Oct 2026 10:29 AM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Singles SL4: Abhijeet, Sukant and Suhas register win
Sukant Kadam, Abhijeet Sakhuja remain undefeated in the men's singles SL4 group matches, registering their third consecutive win.
Sukant Kadam defeated Sri Lanka’s Sanjeewa Madduma 21-11, 21-9, while Abhijeet Sakhuja beat Nepal’s Prakash Adhikari 21-11, 21-12.
Suhas Lalinakere, third Indian in the category, also registered a win, defeatin Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan 21-8, 21-14. This was Suhas' second second win in the group stage.
- 19 Oct 2026 9:58 AM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Singles SH6: Sivarajan on three-match winning streak
Sivarajan Solaimalai defeated Faiq Zali (BRU) 21-8, 21-11 for his third consecutive win in the group stage in the men's singles SH6 group match.
- 19 Oct 2026 9:48 AM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Singles SL3 and SU5: Umesh, Rakesh lose their respective matches
Umesh Kumar lost to China's Yi Yuzhe 11-21, 12-21 in the men's singles SL3 group stage at the Asian Para Games 2026. The 32-year-old has now won one match and lost one.
In the men's singles SU5 group stage, Rakesh Pandey suffered a 5-21, 9-21 defeat against Chinese Taipei's Jen-yu Fang. He has now lost both his group matches so far.
- 19 Oct 2026 9:22 AM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Singles SL4: Naveen, Sukant register wins
Naveen Sivakumar beat South Korea's Sunwoo Jeon 21-11, 21-11 and Sukant Kadam beat Sri Lanka's S Madduma 21-11, 21-9 in their respective group matches in the men's singles SL4 category.
Both Naveen and Sukant have won both their singles matches so far.
