Asian Para Games: Suvarna Raj wins F54 discus gold; Swati Chaudhary takes W1 archery silver

Suvarna Raj won the women's discus throw F54 gold and Swati Chaudhary claimed silver in the women's W1 archery at the Asian Para Games on October 21, 2026.

India registered additional medal and final-stage outcomes in racket sports, with two men reaching the singles SL4 medal matches and a mixed doubles pair advancing from the semifinal in SL3-SU5.

Swati Chaudhary finished with the silver medal in the women's W1 archery competition after losing the gold-medal match 4-6 to China's Cen Mengkan.

Suvarna Raj produced a best effort of 15.09m on her second attempt in the women's discus throw F54 final; Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thuy and Iran's Elnaz Darabian were tied in second place with throws of 14.65m.

In mixed doubles SL3-SU5 badminton, Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar defeated China's Li Mingpan and Xiao Zuxian 21-19, 14-21, 21-17 in a 42-minute contest to progress to the final.

In men's singles SL4, Suhas Yathiraj lost to Indonesian Paralympic medallist Fredy Setiawan 21-23, 21-8, 15-21 and Abhijeet Sakhuja was beaten by compatriot Naveen Sivakumar 13-21, 15-21; both Indian players secured bronze.

Naveen Sivakumar and Fredy Setiawan are scheduled to meet in the men's singles SL4 final.