India rise to fourth after Day 4 at Asian Para Games 2026 in Japan
India moved up to fourth in the Asian Para Games 2026 medal table in Japan on October 22 after a productive Day 4 that produced seven gold medals and lifted their overall haul to 88 medals — 21 gold, 26 silver and 41 bronze. The surge included 26 medals on Thursday and improved India’s position following earlier fluctuations in the standings.
India had begun the Games in fourth place, dropped to sixth on Day 2 and stood fifth after Day 3 before Thursday’s results restored them to fourth. The 21 golds place India level with the Republic of Korea, which sits fifth because it has fewer silver medals.
Armless archer Sheetal Devi, the 19-year-old world champion, won two golds within about two hours on Day 4. She and Toman Kumar defended the compound mixed team crown with a 151–148 victory over Indonesia, and Sheetal then overturned a four-point deficit to beat Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahidah 142–139 in the individual compound final, repeating her Hangzhou success.
Para-athletics remained India’s main source of medals, with the event’s tally reaching 52 overall — 18 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze. Wheelchair athlete Suvarna Raj opened the athletics gold run with a lifetime-best 15.66m in the women’s discus throw F54, Dilip Gavit retained the men’s 400m T47 title in 48.27 seconds, and Solairaj Dharmaraj secured gold and set a new Asian record of 7.15m in the men’s long jump T44/T62/T64.
Medal-winning performances also arrived from para swimming, para badminton and para table tennis, combining to make Thursday India’s most productive day in Japan. These results brought depth across multiple sports and contributed to the overall jump in the national medal table.
China remains firmly in front with 314 medals, including 150 golds, while hosts Japan occupy second place with 136 medals and Uzbekistan sit third with 120. India’s fourth-place position follows the Day 4 haul and the nation leads the overall table ahead of the Republic of Korea due to a higher silver count.
With two days remaining, India has 88 medals and requires 20 more to equal their best-ever total of 108 in the competition’s history; the team enters the penultimate stage positioned inside the top four as the Games move toward their final sessions.