Simran Sharma wins second gold as India claim 27 medals on Day 3 in Aichi-Nagoya
India moved up from sixth to fifth in the overall standings at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Day 3, and Simran Sharma claimed her second gold of the tournament.
India’s para-athletes collected 27 medals on Day 3, taking the country’s overall tally to 62 — 14 gold, 22 silver and 26 bronze — in a session that produced Games Records, personal bests and a clean sweep in the men’s shot put F46; the throwing arena was the day’s focal point. Competitors posted a run of season-best and personal-best performances across track, field and throws.
The men’s shot put F46 produced a complete podium for India. Sachin Khilari won gold with a Games Record throw of 15.79m on his first attempt and had every legal put exceed 15m, Mohd Yasser took silver with a season-best 15.06m and Praveen added bronze with 13.83m.
Other throws produced multiple medals: Ayush Verma won gold in the men’s shot put F53 with 8.16m, Bhagyashri Jadhav earned silver in the women’s shot put F34 with a personal best of 8.19m, and Ravi Rongali finished with bronze in the men’s shot put F40 with 10.02m. In javelin, Manjeet claimed silver in the men’s F13 with a career-best 61.03m while Sukhchian took bronze in the men’s F55 with 29.94m. Karamjyoti won bronze in the women’s discus F55 with a personal best of 21.60m, and Haney secured bronze in the men’s discus F37 with a personal best of 57.04m, an improvement on India’s seventh-place finish in the event at the 2022 edition.
India recorded a one-two in the men’s high jump T44 as Praveen Kumar cleared a Games Record 2.05m to win gold and Banti took silver with a personal best of 1.92m. Shailesh Kumar added a Games Record in the men’s long jump T42 with a 5.57m effort on his fifth attempt to take bronze.
On the track, Dilip Gavit Mahadu won the men’s 100m T47 in 10.69 seconds with Mohammed Basil second in 10.72 seconds. Anubhav Choudhary earned bronze in the men’s 100m T35 with a personal best of 12.72 seconds, Pranav Desai took bronze in the men’s 100m T64 in 11.96 seconds, Sharath Makanahalli finished with bronze in the men’s 1500m T12 in a season-best 4:11.01, and Rakeshbhai Bhatt clocked a personal best of 11.50 seconds in the men’s 100m T37.
In para-archery, Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag won silver in the Para Compound Women’s Doubles after losing the final 141–150 to China’s Xu Xueqing and Zhao Jing in a spirited final.
India won five gold medals on Day 3 — Dilip Gavit (Men’s 100m T47), Praveen Kumar (Men’s High Jump T44), Ayush Verma (Men’s Shot Put F53), Sachin Khilari (Men’s Shot Put F46) and Siman Sharma (Women’s 100m T12) — bringing the nation’s overall total to 62 medals: 14 golds, 22 silvers and 26 bronzes, and confirming India’s climb to fifth in the overall standings.