India enjoyed yet another terrific start to its Asian Para Games 2026 campaign on Wednesday (21 October) as Praveen Kumar and Banti struck gold and silver, respectively, in the men’s T64 high jump event in Aichi-Nagoya.
The day turned out to be even more memorable for India’s track and field athletes as the men completed a podium sweep in the shot put F46 category won gold in that event with an attempt of 15.87m, whereas Mohammed Yasser won silver with an attempt of 15.06m. Parveen settled for bronze with an attempt of 14.94m.
In archery, Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag won the women’s doubles silver in the compound archery event. The duo lost 141-150 to China’s Xu Xueqing and Zhao Jing.
Ayush Verma added another gold to ‘s medal tally by winning the men’s shot put F53 event. That was Ayush’s second medal at the 2026 after having clinched bronze in the men’s javelin throw F53/54 event. He registered a best throw of 8.16m to finish ahead of Iran’s Alireza Hemami, who managed 8.09m.
India added more medals through sprinters and field athletes on Wednesday. Anubhav Choudhary won bronze in the men’s 100m T35 final, clocking 12.72 seconds. Iran’s Zare Alireza won gold in a Games-record time of 12.32 seconds.
Rakeshbhai Bhatt also secured bronze in the men’s 100m T37 final after finishing the race in 11.50 seconds. He finished behind Saudi Arabia’s Ali Alankhali, who won gold in 11.31 seconds, and China’s Saptoyogo Purnomo, who took silver in 11.35 seconds.
India’s medal tally received further boosts in powerlifting and athletics. Kasthuri Rajamani won silver in the women’s 67kg powerlifting category with a lift of 108kg, while Bhagyashri Jadhav claimed silver in the women’s shot put F34 with a personal best of 8.19m.
Manjeet Vyas also won silver in the men’s javelin throw F12/F13 event with a personal-best effort of 61.41m, adding to India’s growing medal haul in Aichi-Nagoya. India enjoyed an excellent run on Tuesday as well, adding 24 more medals to the tally.
Nishad Kumar was India’s standout performer on Tuesday, winning gold in the men’s high jump T47 event with a jump of 2.04m, which became a new Games record. That was his second medal in Aichi-Nagoya, after having won the men’s long jump T47 gold earlier.
At the 2022 in Hangzhou, China, held in 2023, India won a record 111 medals. This included 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze medals.
