Asian Para Games 2026: India win 24 medals on Day 2; updated tally after Oct 20

India won 24 medals on Day 2 of the Asian Para Games 2026 on October 20, adding five gold, six silver and 13 bronze to their opening-day total of 11 medals.

Track and field was central to India’s haul, with multiple podiums across sprints and field events contributing to the Day 2 surge; overall totals and standings were updated following competition on Tuesday.

Deepthi Jeevanji set a Games Record in the women’s 400m T20 with a time of 56.20 seconds to take gold, while Simran Sharma won the women’s 200m T12 in a Games Record 24.80 seconds and Tejalben Damor claimed bronze in 25.23 seconds; Preethi Pal added a silver in the women’s 200m T35.

Nishad Kumar secured his second gold in two days by winning the men’s high jump T47 with 1.88m. Pranav Soorma produced an Asian record of 11.66m to lead an Indian 1–2 in the men’s discus throw F51/52/53 ahead of Ram Ratan Singh. India completed an all-Indian podium in the men’s discus throw F43/F44/F62/F64 with Devender Kumar (gold), Rakesh (silver) and Pardeep Kumar (bronze).

In the men’s javelin F53/F54, Pradeep Kumar took silver and Ayush Verma earned bronze. Praveen Sharma won bronze in the men’s shot put F11 and Hokato Hotozhe Sema added bronze in the men’s shot put F56/F57.

Para table tennis produced five bronzes for India: Sonalben Patel (Class 3), Bhavina Patel (Class 4-5), Prachi Pandey (Class 6), Sahana Ravi (Class 9) and Jehan Madan (Class 1). In shooting, Tokyo Paralympics champion Manish Narwal won silver in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1 and Shrishti Arora took bronze in the women’s event. Ashok secured silver in men’s up to 65kg powerlifting. Para-swimming bronzes came from Himanshu Nandal in the men’s 400m freestyle S11 and Niranjan Mukundan in the men’s 200m IM SM7.

China retained the lead in the overall standings with 149 medals, including 70 gold; Japan (56) and Uzbekistan (63) were listed among the top three. South Korea were recorded with 34 medals, including 12 golds. India’s totals after Day 2 were recorded as 35 medals overall — 9 gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze — while other entries in the updated tally placed India sixth in the standings despite the Day 2 surge.

India heads into Day 3 of the Asian Para Games with 35 total medals (9 gold, 11 silver, 15 bronze) after collecting 24 medals on Tuesday, October 20.