Para archers Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar clinched the compound mixed team gold at the Asian Para Games, beating Indonesia’s Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148 in a one-sided final
Sheetal Devi, Solairaj Dharmaraj shines gold, India’s medal tally climbs 100: Indian athletes performance are stealing the limelight in the Asian Para Games 2026. India won several medals across para athletes, para swimming, para archery, para badminton and others. With this India’s medal tally reached 100 mark with 25 golds, 32 silver and 43 bronze.
It was a medal day for India at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on Thursday. Solairaj Dharmaraj won gold medal in men’s long jump T44/T62/T64 event. Dharmaraj cleared an Asian record of 7.15 meters and scored 807 points to secure the top spot on the podium for India.
India’s para archers Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar clinched the compound mixed team gold at the Asian Para Games, beating Indonesia’s Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148 in a one-sided final
India’s Sanjana Kumari won the bronze medal in the women’s singles SL3 event in badminton. Ravani Valsanaini won the bronze medal in the women’s 400m T11 final with a personal best time of 1:03.64.
Tejas Nandkumar won bronze medal in the men’s 100m backstroke S7 final with a time of 1:18.58. Ravi Karthik Budigina has bronze medal in the men’s 50m freestyle S13 final with a time of 25.89 seconds. This was his third medal at the Games, having previously won two silver medals in the competition.
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Dilip Mahadu Gavit (T46 category) and Bhavikkumar Bharwad clinched a gold and a silver medal in the Men’s 400m T47 final. Swatik Patil won the bronze medal in men’s 100m breaststroke SB9 with a time of 1:13.77. In para swimming, Kapil Kumar won a silver medal in the men’s 400m freestyle S10 event. Kapil clocked 4:38.44 and finished second.
Shailesh Kumar won the gold medal in men’s high jump T63 with a distance of 1.89m. At the same time, Varun Bhati won the silver medal with a jump of 1.84 meters, while Rahul bagged the bronze medal with a jump of 1.81 meters. This clean sweep showed India’s dominance in the event. Indian para athletes won medals in other events also.
