India claim multiple medals on Day 2 of Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya
On October 20, 2026, India secured podium finishes on Day 2 of the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, producing medals across several disciplines.
Medals came in athletics, shooting, para-swimming, para-powerlifting and para-table tennis; Sheetal Devi extended her record-breaking run in para-archery and Indian shuttlers advanced in several knockout matches.
In men’s discus throw F51, Pranav Soorma won gold with an Asian-record effort of 11.66m, while Ram Ratan Singh took silver with a throw of 10.35m.
Deepthi Jeevanji captured the women’s 400m T20 in 56.36 seconds, and Simran Sharma won the women’s 200m T12 with a Games-record performance; Tejalben Damor claimed bronze in the same 200m T12 race. Preethi Pal earned silver in the women’s 200m T35, and Ravanni Valasanaini took bronze in the women’s 1500m T11.
Nishad Kumar secured gold in the men’s high jump T47. In men’s discus throw F44/F64, Devender Kumar won gold with Rakesh taking silver and Pardeep Kumar bronze. In men’s javelin throw F53/F54, Pradeep Kumar won silver and Ayush Verma took bronze, while Praveen Sharma won bronze in men’s shot put F11 and Hokato Hotozhe earned bronze in men’s shot put F57/F57.
In the pool and on the shooting range, Niranjan Mukundan won bronze in the men’s 200m individual medley SM7 and Himanshu Nandal took bronze in the men’s 400m freestyle S11; Shristi Arora earned bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol SH1 and Manish Narwal claimed silver in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1. In para powerlifting, Ashok won silver in the men’s -65kg.
India collected multiple table-tennis bronzes: Bhavina Patel in Women’s Singles Class 4-5, Sonalben Patel in Women’s Singles Class 3, Prachi Pandey in Women’s Singles Class 6, Sahana Baby Ravi in Women’s Singles Class 9 and Jehan Madan in Men’s Singles Class 1. Sheetal Devi’s para-archery performances remained record-breaking and Indian shuttlers progressed through several knockout matches.
India finished Tuesday with a total of 24 medals: 5 Golds, 6 Silvers and 13 Bronzes.