Asian Para Games 2026 Day 3: India complete shot put F46 podium as para-athletes amass 27 medals in Aichi-Nagoya
India continued its medal rush at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Day 3, collecting 27 medals across multiple sports. Para-athletics provided the bulk of the success, including an all-Indian podium in the men's shot put F46.
Praveen Kumar, Ayush Verma and Sachin Khilari were among the standout performers for India, while Simran Sharma and Dilip Gavit took sprint golds. Indian competitors also reached the podium in para-swimming, para-archery and para-powerlifting, and recorded knockout wins in para-badminton; India won five gold medals on the day, all in para-athletics.
Praveen Kumar cleared 2.05m to win the men's high jump T64 and set a Games record; Banti took silver with a clearance of 1.92m. Ayush Verma won the men's shot put F53 with a best throw of 8.16m. Sachin Khilari led an Indian sweep in the men's shot put F46 with 15.87m, Mohammed Yasser took silver with 15.06m and Parveen claimed bronze with 14.94m.
Simran Sharma won the women's 100m T12 final in 12.02 seconds, a Games record, after running 12.13 seconds in her heat earlier in the day; a social media post noted, "Simran clocked 12.02m in the final to win her 2nd gold medal at the ongoing Asian Para Games 2026." Dilip Gavit claimed gold in the men's 100m T47, where Mohammed Morssinganakth finished second.
Other athletics medals included Bhagyashri Jadhav's silver in the women's shot put F34 with a personal-best 8.19m and Manjeet Vyas's silver in the men's javelin F12/F13 with a personal-best 61.41m. Akira Banothu won silver in the men's 400m T38 in 51.25 seconds; Ravi Rongali took bronze in the men's shot put F40 with 10.02m. Preethi Pal won silver in the women's 100m T35 in 13.98 seconds, Anubhav Choudhary earned bronze in the men's 100m T35 in a personal-best 12.72 seconds, and Rakeshbhai Bhatt took bronze in the men's 100m T37 in a personal-best 11.50 seconds.
In para-swimming, Ravi Karthik Budigina won silver in the men's 100m backstroke S13 in 1:10.10, Himanshu Nandal took bronze in the men's 100m breaststroke SB11 in 1:20.72, and Rohit Kumar won bronze in the SB4 final in 1:57.25. In para-archery, Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag finished with silver in the women's compound doubles after losing the final to China 141–150. In para-powerlifting, Kasthuri Rajamani won silver in the women's up to 67kg category with a lift of 108kg.
India's para-badminton players registered men's singles quarter-final wins for Sukant Kadam, Ruthick Ragupathi, Suhas Yathiraj and Abhijeet Sakhuja, while Prem Kumar Ale and Hardik Makkar lost their quarter-final matches. Arshad Shaik did not finish the men's C1–5 time trial. India's blind-football team lost 0–4 to China. In boccia, Anjali Devi lost the BC3 bronze-medal match 3–5. In para-archery, Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami competed in the men's compound doubles bronze-medal match, and Adil Ansari and Swati Chaudhary lost the W1 mixed-team semifinal 2–6 to South Korea. Indian para-table-tennis pairs contested mixed-doubles group matches, including Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa in XD7, Sonalben Patel and Sandeep Dangi in XD4, and Savita Ajjanakatti and Dattaprasad Chougule in XD17.
India clinched 27 medals on Day 3 of the Asian Para Games, with five gold medals all coming in para-athletics; the men's shot put F46 produced an Indian sweep as Sachin Khilari won gold, Mohammed Yasser silver and Parveen bronze.
