Asian Para Games 2026: India's Day 2 Medals, Records and Competition Progress

Key facts

• Deepthi Jeevanji of India won gold in the women's 400m T20 event at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya on October 20, setting a Games record of 56.36 seconds; it was her second successive Asian Para Games gold and marked India's fifth gold medal and first of Day 2.
• In the women's 400m T20 final, Japan's Niina Kanno took silver in 58.92 seconds and compatriot Akane Kato won bronze in 1:00.26, while Jeevanji finished more than two seconds clear as the Paris 2024 Paralympics bronze medallist.
• Pranav Soorma won gold with an Asian record throw of 11.66m in the men's discus throw combined F51/52/53 event, leading a 1-2 finish for India ahead of compatriot Ram Ratan Singh, who took silver with 10.35m.
• Iran's Alireza Hemami, an F53 athlete, took bronze in the men's discus throw F51/52/53 with a fourth-round throw of 20.20m, placed below Soorma and Singh under the Raza Point System used for combined classification events.
• Simran won her maiden Asian Para Games gold in the women's 200m T12 event with a Games record 24.80 seconds, finishing ahead of Iran's Hajar Safarzadeh (25.02 seconds), while debutant Tejalben Damor took bronze at 25.23 seconds in Nagoya.
• Devender Kumar won the gold medal in the Men's Discus Throw F43/F44/F62/F64 event at the Asian Para Games 2026.
• Preeti Pal won the silver medal in the Women's 200m T35 event at the Asian Para Games 2026.
• Niranjan Mukundan won the bronze medal in the Men's 200m Individual Medley SM7 event at the Asian Para Games 2026.
• Himanshu Nandal won the bronze medal in the Men's 400m Freestyle S11 event at the Asian Para Games 2026.
• Shrishti Arora won the bronze medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 event at her first Asian Para Games.
• Ashok won the silver medal in the Men's -65kg Para Powerlifting event at the Asian Para Games 2026.
• Pradeep Kumar won his second consecutive Asian Para Games silver medal in the Men's Javelin Throw F53/54 event, achieving a personal best.
• Bhavina Patel won the bronze medal in the Women's Singles Class 4-5 para table tennis event at the Asian Para Games 2026 after losing the semi-final 7-11, 5-11, 7-11 to China's Zhang Bian; she is a 2020 Paralympics silver medallist.
• India's mixed SL3-SU5 para badminton pair of Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramdass assured themselves of a medal by reaching the semi-finals, defeating Thailand's Srinavakul Chanida and Teamarrom Siripong 21-15, 21-14 in 25 minutes.
• Indian para archers Harvinder Singh and Bhawna advanced in the men's and women's recurve events respectively, while compound archers Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami all secured quarterfinal berths in individual events at the 2026 Asian Para Games.