Indian para-athletes surpass 100 medals at Asian Para Games in Nagoya
Indian para-athletes crossed the 100-medal threshold at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Nagoya as of October 23, 2026, reaching a total of 25 gold, 32 silver and 43 bronze medals. The Games in Nagoya began on October 18 and are due to conclude on October 24, 2026.
The para-sport programme in Nagoya followed the conclusion of the Asian Games and, by October 23, China led the overall standings with about 323 medals. India’s contingent produced steady returns across multiple sports, with the track-and-field squad cited as the single biggest contributor to the national tally.
On October 22, 2026, Sheetal Devi secured two gold medals within a two-hour span, adding to India’s growing gold count. Suvarna Raj claimed gold in the women’s F54 discus throw, while archer Swati Chaudhary won silver in the women’s W1 individual recurve event.
In track events on October 23 at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, Sandeep set a world record in the men’s 400m T64, clocking 52.28 seconds to take gold and finishing 0.85 seconds ahead of Saudi Arabia’s Nour Alsana, who recorded 53.13 (season’s best). Ajay Kumar took bronze in 53.61, recorded as a Games Record, and China’s Huang Ruihua was fourth with a personal best of 54.39.
Also on October 23, Haney produced a world-record javelin throw of 60.49m in the F37/38 final, scoring 1116 Raza points for gold. Iran’s Hormoz Seidikazpounji earned silver with a personal best of 50.68m (1009 points), while China’s Yu Chengjie took bronze with an Asian record throw of 53.66m (943 points).
In the pool and on the table, India added several podium finishes: teenage para swimmer Ravi Budigina won bronze in the men’s 50m freestyle S13 to complete a hat-trick of medals, while Kapil Kumar won silver and Swatik Patil and Tejas Nandakumar each took bronze, bringing India’s swimming medal total to 10. In table tennis, India secured four bronze medals, surpassing their previous best of two.
Indian players also found success in badminton on October 23, with Nitesh Kumar and Naveen Sivakumar each winning gold and Thulasimathi and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan taking silver. These results complemented earlier podium finishes across athletics, archery and other sports.
India finished fifth at the 2023 Asian Para Games with 111 medals (29 gold, 31 silver, 51 bronze), and recorded 85 medals at the recently concluded Asian Games (21 gold, 27 silver, 37 bronze); in 2022 at the Hangzhou Asian Games India had 107 medals (28 gold, 38 silver, 41 bronze) and finished fourth. With results still trickling in and the Nagoya Games scheduled to finish on October 24, 2026, India may add to the 25-32-43 tally reported on October 23.
