Deepthi clinched gold in women’s 400m T20, Manish won silver in shooting

Deepthi Jeevanji clinched gold in the women’s 400m T20 event finishing with a time of 53.36 seconds on Tuesday. Jeevanji’s medal marked India’s 5^th gold medal

Deepthi clinched gold in women’s 400m T20, Manish won silver in shooting: Indian athletes are performing well in the ongoing 5^th Asian Para Games 2026. It will be held in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan from October 18 to 24, 2026.

Deepthi Jeevanji clinched gold in the women’s 400m T20 event finishing with a time of 53.36 seconds on Tuesday. Jeevanji’s medal marked India’s 5^th gold medal. Japan’s  Niina Kanno secured silver in 58.92 seconds. Japan’s Akane Kato secured bronze medal with a time of 1min 26 secs.

Bhavina Patel secured a bronze medal in para Table Tennis after facing 3-0 defeat to China’s Zhang Bian in the Women’s Singles Class 4-5 semifinals.

Indian para archers Harvinder Singh, Bhawna, Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami advanced to the quarterfinals in their respective individual events at the 2026 Asian Para Games.

Manish Narwal won silver in shooting. He shot 233.7 in the men’s 10m SH1 event to claim the silver medal. A South Korean athlete won the gold with a score of 241.3. Ashok won the silver medal in the men’s 65 kg event with a lift of 192 kg. This is India’s 23rd medal at the 2026 Asian Para Games.

Baby Sahana won a bronze medal in Para Table Tennis in the women’s singles class 9. Praveen Sharma won the bronze medal in the men’s shot put. He finished third with a throw of 13.86 meters.

Sonalben Patel secures a bronze medal for India in the women’s singles Class 3 table tennis event following a straight-games loss (8-11, 5-11, 6-11) to South Korea’s Yoon Jiyu in the semi-finals.

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Harvinder progressed in the men’s recurve event, while Bhawna advanced in the women’s recurve category. All four Indian compound archers — Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami — also secured quarterfinal berths, marking a strong showing for the Indian contingent in the elimination rounds.