India continued its impressive performance at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, as the country bagged 26 medals including 7 Gold, 4 Silver and 15 Bronze today. With this, India’s medal tally has risen to 88, including 21 Gold, 26 Silver and 41 Bronze. India is currently in 4th position in the medal tally. 

 

India swept the men’s high jump T63 event today with Shailesh Kumar winning Gold, Varun Bhati bagging silver and Rahul securing bronze. 

 

Dharmaraj Solairaj smashed the Asian record to clinch gold in the men’s T44/T62/T64 long jump combined event, successfully defending his title at the Asian Para Games. Dharmaraj set a new Asian record with a winning jump of 7.15 metres.

 

Sprinter Anjanaben Bumbadiya struck gold in the women’s 400 metre T47 event. Bumbadiya clinched the gold with a time of 59.97 seconds and was followed by compatriot Jayanti Behera in second place.  In the women’s 400m T12 event, visually impaired Tejalben Damor won her second medal of the Games by finishing with a silver after clocking 57.60 seconds. Dilip Mahadu Gavit won the gold medal in men’s 400 metre T47 race, clocking 48.27 seconds.

 

 

Suvarna Raj clinched a gold medal in the women’s F54 discus throw with a best effort of 15.66 metres.

 

 

Armless archer Sheetal Devi reigned supreme in the women’s compound individual and mixed team events to claim gold in both competitions. She overcame a four-point deficit to defeat Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahidah 142-139 in a repeat of the Hangzhou 2023 final.

 

Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar bagged gold in the Archery compound mixed team event, defeating Indonesia’s Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148 in the final.

 

Swati Chaudhary created history by winning India’s first-ever medal in the W-1 category, securing silver in the women’s individual event. She lost 4-6 to China’s Cen Mengkan in the final despite taking an early 4-2 lead.

 

Bhavina Patel and Subham Wadhwa got a bronze medal in the mixed doubles XD7 Table Tennis competition.

 

Kapil Kumar clinched the silver while Swatik Patil bagged the bronze medal in their respective swimming events.

 

India also added several bronze medals in para-Badminton.

 

Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat claimed bronze in mixed doubles after losing their semifinal to Indonesia’s Leani Ratri Oktila and Hikmat Ramadani.

 

Sanjana Kumari secured bronze in women’s singles SL3, while Suhas Yathiraj and Abhijeet Sakhuja bagged bronze in men’s singles SL4. Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre also got bronze in mixed doubles SH6.