India finish with 114 medals, record 30 golds at 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya
India finished with 114 medals at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya on October 23, 2026, winning 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze to register their best-ever haul at the continental event.
The total of 114 surpassed India's previous best of 111 medals from the Hangzhou Games in 2022 and the 30 golds exceeded the prior high of 29 golds from Hangzhou. At the 2022 edition India had collected 31 silver and 51 bronze medals to total 111. India were fourth in the medal standings at the time, although South Korea could still overtake them in the final rankings.
Para-athletics produced multiple standout results, including two world records. Sandeep Kumar won the men's 400m T64 in 52.28 seconds to set a world record, while Ajay Kumar took bronze in 53.61 seconds, a time that bettered the previous Games record. Haney won the men's javelin throw F37/38 with a world-record throw of 60.49 metres and scored 1,116 Raza points to claim gold; Iran's Hormoz Seidikazpounji earned silver with 50.68 metres and China's Yu Chengjie took bronze with an Asian-record 53.66 metres.
Other para-athletics podiums included Nimisha Chakkungalparambil's silver in the women's long jump T47 with a best of 5.37 metres as Sri Lanka's Dhananjana Wickramasinghe won gold with a Games-record 5.52 metres. Parmod Bijarnia secured silver in the men's 1500m T46 in 4:09.65, with Sri Lanka's Puwakpitikande P. Wahumpurage taking gold in a Games-record 4:03.25.
Shooting yielded a landmark performance from Mona Agarwal, who set a world record to win her second gold of the Games in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 with a score of 357.5, finishing 3.8 points ahead of China's Cuiping Zhang.
Para-badminton contributed multiple titles as Nitesh Kumar beat compatriot Pramod Bhagat 21-18, 21-16 to win the men's singles SL3 final, leaving Bhagat with silver. Naveen Sivakumar captured the men's singles SL4 crown by defeating Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan 21-9, 21-17 in 36 minutes, and Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Joshi won gold in the women's doubles SL3-SU5 event.
In para-archery Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi defeated China 5-1 to claim the men's recurve team gold. Field events produced further Indian success: defending champion Sumit Antil led an Indian podium sweep in the men's javelin throw and Pranav Soorma won gold in the men's club throw. India's medal count crossed the 100-mark during a sequence of golds that included Mona Agarwal, Sandeep Kumar and Haney, with badminton and archery victories also adding to the tally.
India remained fourth in the medal table at the time of reporting, with the possibility that South Korea could still overtake them in the final rankings.
