On Friday, the fifth day of the Asian Para Games, Indians won 26 medals, including 9 gold, 9 silver, and 8 bronze.
Overall, India remains in 4th place with 114 medals, including 30 gold, 35 silver, and 49 bronze. This total medal count is a new high in India’s history at the event.
Previously, India’s highest medal tally had been 108 medals (27-32-49) at the 2023 Asian Para Games, and that record has now been broken.
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Athletics
400 m race: In the men's T64 category, Sandeep finished first in 52.28 seconds and won the gold medal with a world record. In the same event, Ajay Kumar (T64) reached the finish line in 53.61 seconds and claimed the bronze medal with a championship record.
Javelin throw: In the men's F37/38 category, Hani reached 60.49 meters and took the gold medal with a world record. In the F64/42/44 category, India's Sumit Antil won gold with a throw of 72.46 meters, while Mahendra Gurjar won silver with 59.03 meters and Sandeep Sanjay won bronze with 64.48 meters.
In this, Sumit won medals in the F64, Mahendra in the F42, and Sandeep in the F44 categories. Mahendra’s and Sandeep’s performances were competition records.
Long jump: In the women’s T47 category, Nimisha Chakungalparambil won the silver medal with a leap of 5.37 meters.
1,500 m run: In the men’s T46 category, Pramod Bijarnia claimed the silver medal by finishing in 4 minutes, 9.65 seconds.
Club throw: In the men’s F51 category, Pranav Soorma threw 32.87 meters to clinch the gold with a competition record. It is noteworthy that he also won gold in the 2023 edition of the event. Among the other two Indians in the field, Dharamvir won bronze with 27.71 meters, while Amit Kumar finished 4th with 27.26 meters.
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Archery
In the final of the para recurve men’s doubles, the pair of Harvinder Singh/Vijay Chandi defeated the Chinese duo 5-1 to clinch the gold medal.
In the final of the para recurve women’s doubles event, the pair of Bhavana Chaudhary/Pooja Jatyan lost 0-6 to the Chinese duo and won the silver medal.
In the Para Recurve mixed team semifinals, India lost 0-6 to China and advanced to the bronze medal match. However, they also lost 4-5 to Iran in that match.
Table Tennis
In the men’s doubles Class MD4 category, the pair of Jagan Madan/Shubham Wadhwa lost 0-3 to the South Korean duo in their final match. However, based on finishing among the top four in their group, the Jagan/Shubham pair won a medal.
Badminton
In the men’s singles SL4 final, Naveen Sivakumar defeated Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan 2-0 to claim the gold. In the men’s singles SL3 category, India secured both gold and silver. In the final, Nitesh Kumar beat fellow Indian Pramod Bhagat 2-0.
In the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 final, the pair of Thulasimathi/Manasi Joshi defeated the Chinese duo 2-0 to claim the gold.
In the women’s singles SU5 final, Tamil Nadu’s Thulasimathi Murugesan lost 0-2 to China’s Qiu Jia Yang and won the silver. In the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 final, the Thulasimathi/Nitesh Kumar pair lost 1-2 to the Indonesian duo and won the silver.
In the women’s singles SH6 category, Nithyasree Sumathi Sivan lost 0-2 to China’s Fengmei Li and won the silver medal.
Swimming
In the men’s 100m freestyle S11 category, Himanshu Nandal finished in 1 minute, 05.90 seconds to win the bronze medal. This is his third bronze medal in the ongoing competition.
India, led by Mona and Nishad
marches on
As the Asian Para Games conclude on Saturday (Oct. 24), shooter Mona Agarwal and athlete Nishad Kumar will lead the Indian contingent as flag bearers in the closing ceremony parade. Notably, both have won two gold medals each in the current Games.
Medal tally
1 China 204 115 108 427
2 Japan 63 60 62 185
3 Uzbekistan 45 49 51 145
4 India 30 35 49 114
5 South Korea 28 36 33 97