Asian Para Games 2026: India's medal haul with historic firsts in archery, athletics, badminton and table tennis

Key facts

• India's Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar won the compound mixed team archery gold at the Asian Para Games 2026, defeating Indonesia's Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148 in the final.
• Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar, the top seeds, set a new world record by aggregating 1,402 points in the compound mixed team ranking round, surpassing the previous record by two points.
• Sheetal Devi, born without arms, uses her feet and legs to position the compound bow and her shoulder and jaw to draw and release the string.
• Dilip Gavit won gold in the men's 100m T47 at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on October 21, 2026, clocking 10.69 seconds, while Mohammed Morssinganakath took silver in 10.72 seconds and China's Kangjun Shi won bronze in 10.80 seconds.
• Simran won her second gold of the 2026 Asian Para Games by taking the women's 100m T12 title in a Games record 12.02 seconds, finishing ahead of Iran's Hajar Safarzadeh (12.30s) and Indonesia's Made Ni Putri (12.51s); she had earlier won the 200m gold with a new Games record.
• Simran, who won bronze at the 2024 Paris Paralympics and silver in both her events at the 2023 Hangzhou edition, is competing with new guide Shivam after her previous guide Umar Saifi was banned for a doping violation.
• Shailesh Kumar won gold with a Games record in the men's High Jump T42/T63 event at the Asian Para Games 2026, and India swept the men's High Jump T63 podium with Varun Bhati taking silver and Rahul bronze.
• Naveen Sivakumar and Surya Kant Yadav won bronze in the men's Doubles SL3-SU5 para badminton at the Asian Para Games 2026, India's first-ever medal in that category, achieved on their debut.
• Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa won bronze in the Mixed Doubles Class XD7 para table tennis event at the Asian Para Games 2026, securing India's first-ever medal in Mixed Doubles at the Games.
• Swati Chaudhary won silver in the women's W1 individual recurve archery on her debut, India's first-ever medal in that category, after losing 4-6 to China's Cen Mengkan in the final having led 4-2.
• India's Ravi Rongali won bronze in the men's shot put F40 at the Asian Para Games 2026, and Preeti Pal won silver in the 100m T35 for her second medal of the edition.
• Dharmaraj Solairaj defended his men's long jump title at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with a record-breaking 7.15m leap.
• Dilip Mahadu Gavit won his second gold of the Games in the men's 400m T47 while Bhavikkumar Bharwad took silver, giving India a double podium finish at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium.