Para Athlete Sumit Antil clinched a gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F42-F44/F61-F64 final, while Mahendra Gurjar won Silver
Sumit Antil, Pranav Soorma win gold in javelin: India’s para athletes are scripting history with their best ever performance in the 2026 Asian Para Games. With this India’s total medal count has reached 114 with 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze.
Para Athlete Sumit Antil clinched a gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F42-F44/F61-F64 final, while Mahendra Gurjar won Silver and Sandip Sanjay Sargar clinched a bronze medal to complete a podium sweep for the country. Sumit, competing in the T64 category and supported under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, registered a best throw of 72.46 metres.
Pranav Soorma won the gold medal and set a new Asian Para Games Record in the Men’s Club Throw F51 event with a throw of 32.87 metres. Indian para sprinter Sandeep won a bronze medal in the men’s 100m T44 event. Para swimmer Himanshu Nandal wins a bronze medal, adding another podium finish in the men’s 100m freestyle S11 event.
Rakeshbhai Bhatt clinched the bronze medal in the men’s 200m T37 final. He clocked a time of 23.64 seconds to finish third on the podium. In Badminton, Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Girishchandra Joshi beat China’s Yang Qiuxia and Xiao Zuxian to win the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 title.
Naveen Sivakumar added the men’s singles SL4 gold, beating Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan. Nitesh Kumar clinched the men’s singles SL3 gold, beating compatriot Pramod Bhagat. Pramod had to settle for silver.
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In para-athletics, Sandeep Kumar shattered the T44 world record with a time of 52.28 seconds to win gold in the men’s 400 metres, while Ajay Kumar secured bronze in the same event.
In Archery, Paralympic champion Harvinder Singh and his debuting partner Vijay Sundi clinched the men’s doubles gold medal, while India’s women’s doubles team settled for a silver in the recurve events.
