On Tuesday, India won a total of 5 gold medals at the Asian Para Games. India's total medal count has now reached 35, and the country has moved up to the sixth position in the medal tally.
Asian Para Games: India’s Para-Athletes Dominate Athletics with 35-Medal Haul
India delivered an outstanding performance at the Asian Para Games on Tuesday. Nishad Kumar, who won a gold medal on Monday, secured another gold on Tuesday. In total, India won 5 gold medals at the Asian Para Games on Tuesday. India’s total medal count has now reached 35, and the country has moved up to the sixth position in the medal tally.
On Tuesday, India won all five gold medals in athletics. After securing a gold medal in the T47 long jump on Monday, Nishad Kumar claimed another gold in the high jump on Tuesday. In doing so, he became the third Indian athlete to win gold medals in two different events at the same Para Asian Games. He also broke the Games record by clearing a height of 2.04 meters.
At the end of the second day, India stood sixth in the medal tally with 35 medals (9 gold, 11 silver, and 15 bronze). Of these 35 medals, 20 were won in athletics.
Deepti reaffirmed her dominance on the continent by winning her second consecutive gold medal in the women’s 400m T20 event. She clocked a time of 56.36 seconds, setting a new Games record. The 23-year-old athlete from Telangana is a former world champion and also won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games.
Simran, who is visually impaired (competing in the women’s 200m T12 event), as well as wheelchair athletes Pranav Soorma (F51/52/53 discus throw) and Devender Kumar (F44/64 discus throw), also secured gold medals.
Simran, a Paralympic bronze medalist, broke the Games record with a time of 24.80 seconds. Tejalben Damor, competing in her first event at these Games, won a bronze medal in the same category (for athletes with partial visual impairment) with a personal best time of 25.23 seconds.
Additionally, India won medals in shooting, table tennis, swimming, and powerlifting. Manish Narwal won a silver medal, securing a quota spot for India for the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics, while Srishti Arora claimed a bronze medal. In total, Indian shooters secured two medals across the men’s and women’s 10m air pistol SH1 events.
In powerlifting, Ashok Kumar Malik won a silver medal in the men’s 65kg category. Malik, a 37-year-old from Gohana in Sonipat district, lifted a personal best of 192 kilograms.
Indian swimmers Himanshu Nandal and Niranjan Mukundan added two more bronze medals to the country’s tally. 22-year-old Himanshu, who has been blind since birth due to an optic nerve disorder, finished third in the men’s 400m freestyle S11 event with a time of 5:10.91. There were four competitors in this event.
Following this, Niranjan won a bronze medal in the men’s 200m individual medley SM7 event, clocking a time of 2:57.01.
In table tennis, Ravi Baby Sahana and Prachi Pandey made history by becoming the first Indian players to reach the podium in the 'standing' category. India secured a total of four bronze medals in this sport.
Paralympic medalists Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel, along with Prachi and Sahana, were defeated in their respective women’s singles semi-final matches.
In archery, reigning champion Sheetal Devi and debutant Swati Chaudhary reached the finals of their respective individual events, ensuring at least five medals for India’s para-archers.
In both the recurve and compound categories, India’s women’s doubles pairs won their respective semi-final matches to secure spots in the gold medal contests.
In the recurve and compound categories, India’s mixed teams advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Thailand and Japan, respectively.
In badminton, world champion Pramod Bhagat and Paralympic gold medalist Kumar Nitesh secured medals by reaching the semi-finals of the men’s singles SL3 category.
