Sandeep and Haney set world records to win gold at Asian Para Games in Nagoya
India’s Sandeep and Haney set world records to win gold at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on October 23, 2026, with Sandeep victorious in the men’s 400m T64 and Haney in the men’s javelin F37/38 at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium.
Sandeep completed the 400m in 52.28 seconds, a world record, finishing 0.85 seconds ahead of Saudi Arabia’s Nour Alsana, who ran 53.13 for a season’s best. India’s Ajay Kumar took bronze in 53.61, recorded as a Games Record, while China’s Huang Ruihua was fourth with a personal best of 54.39. Haney produced a world record javelin throw of 60.49m, earning 1,116 Raza points for the F37/38 combined final; Iran’s Hormoz Seidikazpounji claimed silver with a personal best of 50.68m (1,009 points) and China’s Yu Chengjie took bronze with an Asian record 53.66m (943 points).
Sandeep and Alsana are categorised under T44 and Ajay Kumar under T64; the source notes that T44 and T64 are both lower-limb classifications and are often run together. The 0.85-second margin separated Sandeep from Alsana in the final, while Ajay’s 53.61 was recorded as a Games Record. Huang Ruihua improved his personal best to 54.39 but finished off the podium.
In the javelin F37/38, the F37 and F38 classes were combined and placings were determined using Raza points, which resulted in Hormoz Seidikazpounji’s shorter throw being ranked ahead of Yu Chengjie’s longer mark. Haney’s 60.49m produced 1,116 Raza points for the gold, with Seidikazpounji’s 50.68m yielding 1,009 points and Yu’s 53.66m equating to 943 points.
India also won silver medals through Nimisha Chakkungalparambil and Parmod Bijarnia in women’s long jump T47 and men’s 1500m T46 respectively; Nimisha recorded a best of 5.37m in the long jump. Sri Lanka’s Dhananjana Wickramasinghe won the long jump with a Games Record leap of 5.52m, 15cm ahead of Nimisha, while China’s Chen Jin took third with 5.17m.
Parmod Bijarnia clocked 4:09.65 to secure silver in the men’s 1500m T46, with Sri Lanka’s Puwakpitikande P. Wahumpurage winning gold in a Games Record 4:03.25, finishing 6.40 seconds ahead of Parmod. Philippines’ King James Reyes took bronze with a personal best of 4:13.81, 10.56 seconds behind the winner.
India had two fourth-place finishes on the day: Praveen Sharma recorded a best effort of 30.64 to finish fourth in the men’s discus throw F11, an event swept by Iran for gold, silver and bronze, while Amisha Rawat was fourth in the women’s shot put F46 with a best effort of 11.16.
These results took India’s overall haul at the Asian Para Games to 100 medals in total in this edition of the competition, a tally reached during the athletics sessions in Nagoya.
