Asian Para Games 2026: India's Latest Medals, Records and Standings

Key facts

• India completed a podium sweep in the men's shot put F46 event at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games in Japan, with Paralympic medallist Sachin Sarjerao Khilari winning gold with a Games-record throw of 15.87m on his final attempt, Mohd Yasser taking silver with a season-best 15.06m, and Praveen claiming bronze with 14.94m.
• This was India's second clean sweep at the Games, following their sweep of the men's discus throw F43/F44/F62/F64 final on Day 2, where Devender Kumar won gold with 781 Raza points (best throw 49.71m), Rakesh took silver with 771 points, and Pardeep Kumar claimed bronze with 669 points despite recording the longest throw of 51.15m; the Raza points system adjusts performances across disability classifications.
• Praveen Kumar won gold in the men's high jump T44/64 event with a Games record of 2.05m, while Banti took silver with a personal best of 1.92m, and Uzbekistan's Temurbek Giyazov finished third with 1.86m.
• Ayush Verma won gold in the men's shot put F53 event with a throw of 8.16m on his fifth attempt, adding to the bronze he won in the men's javelin throw F53/F54 event on Tuesday; Iran's Alireza Hemami was second with 8.09m and Kazakhstan's Makhambet Serikkaliyev third with 6.81m.
• Bhagyashri Jadhav won silver in the women's shot put F34 event with a personal-best 8.19m on her third attempt, her second consecutive silver in the event, as China's Lijuan Zou took gold with a Games-record 9.07m.
• Indian powerlifter Kasthuri Rajamani, 42, from Tamil Nadu, won silver in the women's 67kg category with a lift of 108kg on her final attempt, while Uzbekistan's Rukhshona Uktamova took gold with 127kg and Kim Hyeonghui bronze with 107kg; this was India's second powerlifting medal after Ashok Kumar Malik's silver in the men's 65kg category on Tuesday.
• Teenage para-archers Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag won silver in the compound women's doubles, losing 141-150 to China's Xu Xueqing and Zhao Jing in the final.
• Anubhav Choudhary won bronze in the men's 100m T35 event with a personal best of 12.72 seconds, and Rakeshbhai Bhatt won bronze in the men's 100m T37 event.
• India were placed fifth in the medal standings with 45 medals — 12 gold, 15 silver and 18 bronze — at the time of writing.