India cross 80-medal mark on Day 4 of Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya; sit fourth with 88 medals

India crossed the 80-medal threshold on Day 4 of the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on October 22, collecting 26 medals — seven gold, four silver and 15 bronze — and moved to fourth in the overall standings with 88 medals (21 gold, 26 silver, 41 bronze).

The Day 4 haul featured podium finishes across para-badminton, para-athletics, para-swimming and para-table tennis, and opened with Suvarna Raj winning gold in the women’s discus throw F54 with a best mark of 15.66 m. Sheetal Devi retained her women’s individual compound archery title and, alongside Toman Kumar, successfully defended the compound mixed team gold against Indonesia. Mahadu Dilip Gavit added a second gold to his tally, while Bhavikkumar Bharwad finished second in one event before later disciplinary developments.

Para-badminton produced multiple medals: Manisha Ramadass claimed bronze after losing a three-game match to Thulasimathi Murugesan, and Sanjana Kumari took bronze following a 7-21, 9-21 semi-final loss to Japan’s Shino Kawai in the women’s singles SL3. Suhas Yathiraj and Abhijeet Sakhuja each won bronze in men’s singles (SL4) after defeats to Fredy Setiawan and Naveen Sivakumar respectively. Mixed doubles pairs also featured on the podium — Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre earned bronze in SH6 after a loss to Indonesia’s Rina Marlina and Subhan, Manisha Ramadass teamed with Pramod Bhagat to win bronze after falling to Indonesia’s Oktila Leani Ratri and Hikmat Ramdani, and Naveen Sivakumar paired with Suryakant Yadav to take bronze following a defeat by Indonesia’s Suryo Nugroho and Muh Al Imran.

Para-athletics provided a headline podium sweep in the men’s high jump T42/T63 final, with Shailesh Kumar clearing 1.89 m for gold, Varun Singh Bhati 1.84 m for silver and Rahul 1.81 m for bronze. Mahadu Dilip Gavit and Bhavikkumar Bharwad finished one-two in the men’s 400m T47, with Gavit recording his second gold after earlier winning the men’s 100m T47. Solairaj Dharmaraj won India’s 20th gold of the Games in the men’s long jump T44/T62/T64, finishing ahead of Malaysia’s Eddy Bernard and Japan’s Yuma Tamaki.

Indian swimmers won four medals on Day 4. Ravi Budigina secured bronze in the men’s 50m freestyle S13, his third medal at the Games after earlier silvers in the 100m free and 100m back; Kapil Kumar took silver in the men’s 400m freestyle S10 in 4:38.44 behind Japan’s Akito Minai; Swatik Patil won bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB9 in 1:13.77; and Tejas Nandakumar earned bronze in the men’s 100m backstroke S7 in 1:18.58. Indian swimmers have 10 medals at the event but have not yet won a gold.

Other notable outcomes on Day 4 included Anjanaben Bumbadiya’s gold in the women’s 400m T47 in 59.97 seconds with Jayanti Behara taking silver in 1:00.65, and Tejalben Damor’s silver in the women’s 400m T12, bringing her to two medals at the Games. Bhavina Patel and Subham Wadhwa took bronze in the mixed doubles XD7 after losing in the semi-finals to South Korea’s Jang Yeongjin and Lee Migyu, while Ravanni Valasanaini won bronze in the women’s 400m T11 by edging China’s Huang Zhenli by 0.07 seconds.

Disciplinary and non-competition developments on Day 4 included Bhavikkumar Bharwad having his silver in the men’s 400m T47 stripped following disqualification for a lane infringement, the campaigns of Dattaprasad Chougule and Savita ending in the quarterfinals of the XD17 classification, and the deportation of Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh following charges of sexual misconduct.

India will enter Day 5 with several para-badminton finals already confirmed and expected to add golds: Thulasimathi Murugesan faces China’s Qiuxia Yang in the women’s singles SU5 final; Pramod Bhagat meets Nitesh Kumar in an all-Indian men’s singles SL3 final; Naveen Sivakumar and Fredy Setiawan contest the men’s singles SL4 gold medal match; and Thulasimathi Murugesan pairs with Nitesh Kumar in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 final, while competition continues across para-athletics, para-swimming, para-badminton, blind football and para-table tennis.