Schedule for October 22: India focus on archery, athletics and swimming
India will be in action across multiple disciplines at the Asian Para Games 2026 on Thursday, October 22, with several medal opportunities in para archery, athletics, shooting, swimming and table tennis. The day’s schedule features a string of semifinals and medal finals across archery, badminton, athletics and swimming.
Para badminton provides early high-profile matchups: Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan will face China's Mingpan Li and Zuxian Xiao in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 semifinal. Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat will play Indonesia's Leani Ratro Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani in the other mixed doubles semifinal in the same category. In singles, Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj is scheduled to meet Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan in the men's singles SL4 semifinal, while Nitesh Kumar will play Muh Al Imran of Indonesia in the men's singles SL3 semifinal.
Para archery offers significant medal opportunities for India. Swati Chaudhary will contest the W1 women's individual gold medal final. Sheetal Devi will compete in the compound women's gold medal final and will pair with Toman Kumar in the compound mixed team semifinal. Toman Kumar is also scheduled to compete in the men's compound bronze medal match.
Indian athletes have several finals on the para athletics programme. Suvarna Raj will feature in the women's discus throw F54 final, and Parveen Kumar will compete in the men's javelin throw F56/F57 final. Rahul, Shailesh Kumar and Varun Singh Bhati are scheduled for the men's high jump T42/T63 final. Multiple Indian competitors are entered in 400m heats and possible finals, subject to qualification.
India's para swimming line-up includes Kapil Kumar in the men's 400m freestyle S10 final. Devanshi Satija and Ajay Hindurao Bhosale are scheduled for the 50m freestyle S10 finals. Additional Indian swimmers will aim to qualify for their respective finals.
The Indian contingent's programme for the day also contains para table tennis doubles fixtures, shooting qualification rounds and boccia group matches, making it a packed schedule across the competition.
Scheduled semifinals and medal finals on October 22 include Swati Chaudhary in the W1 women's individual gold medal final and Kapil Kumar in the men's 400m freestyle S10 final, alongside the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 semifinals in para badminton and men's singles semifinals in SL3 and SL4.