Asian Para Games 2026: India win 27 medals on Day 3 to pass 50-mark

India won 27 medals at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Japan on Day 3, 21 October, taking the nation past the 50‑medal threshold. The Wednesday haul comprised five golds, 11 silvers and 11 bronzes.

The day opened with Ayush Verma taking gold in the men’s shot put F53, recording a best throw of 8.16m in his fifth attempt and edging Iran’s Alireza Hemami, who threw 8.07m; Verma had earlier also secured silver in the men’s javelin throw F53/54. Praveen Kumar added a morning gold in the men’s high jump T64, with Banti second and Uzbekistan’s Temurbek Giyazov third. Para-athletics produced multiple podium finishes while Indian swimmers registered key placings across events.

India completed a podium sweep in the men’s shot put F46 as Sachin Khilari won gold with a Games-record throw of 15.87m, Mohd Yasser took silver with 15.06m and Parveen claimed bronze with 14.94m. Anubhav Choudhary won bronze in the men’s 100m T35 in 12.72 seconds, and Rakeshbhai Bhatt took bronze in the men’s 100m T37 with a time of 11.50 seconds.

Alphia James and Pallavi Kaluvehalli secured India’s first-ever wheelchair badminton medal after falling to China’s Xu Tingting and Yang Fan in the semi-finals, while the men’s doubles pair Krishna Nagar and Sivarajan Solaimalai won silver in the SH6 classification. In para-archery, Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag finished second in the compound women’s doubles after a 141-150 loss to Chinese opponents. Kasthuri Rajamani claimed a historic silver in para-powerlifting by lifting 108kg in her final attempt, one kilogram more than South Korea’s Kim Hyeonghui.

Bhagyashri Jadhav won her second Asian Games medal in the women’s shot put F34 with a personal best of 8.19m, finishing one point behind China’s Lijuan Zou. Manjeet Vyas took silver in the men’s javelin F13 with a throw of 61.41m, and Preethi Pal ran a personal best 13.98 seconds to win silver in the women’s 100m T35 as China’s Xia Zhou claimed gold.

In swimming, Himanshu Nandal added a bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB11 for his second medal of the Games, Ravi Budigina secured his second silver in the men’s 100m backstroke S13, and Rohit Kumar earned bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB4. Ravi Rongali threw 10.02m for bronze in the men’s shot put F40, Sukhchain took bronze in the men’s javelin F55, and Karamjyoti Dalal recorded a personal best 21.60m for bronze in the women’s discus F55. Akira Banothu won silver in the men’s 400m T35/T38 behind Iran’s Mohammed Khalaf, while Sharath Makanahalli finished third in the men’s 1500m T12/T13 and Shailesh Kumar earned bronze in the men’s long jump T42/T61/T63; Haney claimed bronze in the men’s discus F37. Pranav Desai added bronze in the men’s 100m T64 with a time of 11.96s as Japan’s Kengo Oshima won gold and Denpoom Kotcharang of Thailand finished second.

India’s judo entrants Gulshan and Vrushali were both defeated by Ippon—Gulshan to Kazakhstan’s Ayala Mereke in 28 seconds and Vrushali to China’s Suming Lin in 31 seconds—bringing India’s judo campaign at the Asian Para Games to an end with two medals. In boccia, Anjali lost 3-5 to China’s Yang Beibei in the bronze-medal match. Devanshi Satija finished last of six in the women’s 100m butterfly S10 final; Suyash Narayan Jadhav and Niranjan Mukundan placed fifth and sixth respectively in the men’s 50m butterfly S7 final; Sujith Mandalamkunnath was sixth in the men’s long jump T13, and Vishesh was disqualified in the men’s shot put F32 final.

After Day 3 India sit fifth in the overall standings with 62 medals: 14 golds, 22 silvers and 26 bronzes. India are tied with Thailand in total medals and golds but have three more silver medals and have climbed one position to fifth following Wednesday’s action.

Day 4 will feature the semi-finals of para-archery, para-badminton and para-shooting, where India has multiple entrants, alongside a group-stage blind football match against China; athletics, table tennis fixtures and mixed-team boccia matches are also scheduled.