On the third day of the Asian Para Games on Wednesday, Indians won 27 medals, including 5 gold, 11 silver, and 11 bronze. Thanks to this medal haul, India has moved into the “top 5” in the medal table. Many of the medals, including 5 golds, were won in the para athletics category, and India is in second place in that event with 42 medals, behind China (48).
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Athletics
Shot put: In the men’s F53 category, Ayush Varma won the gold medal with a throw of 8.16 meters. He had already won a silver in javelin throw (F53/54), making this his second medal in the current Games.
In the men's F46 category, Indians swept 3 medals. Sachin Khilari won gold with a championship record of 15.87 meters, while Mohammad Yasar took silver with 15.06 meters and Parveen won bronze with 14.94 meters. Notably, Sachin retained the gold he had won in previous competitions.
In the women's F34 category, Bhagyashree won the silver medal with a personal best of 8.19 meters.
Discus throw: In the women's F55 category, Karamjoti Dalal reached 21.60 meters to claim the bronze medal. In the men's F37 category, Hani won bronze with 57.04 meters.
Javelin throw: In the men’s F13 category, Manjeet threw the javelin 61.41 meters, set a personal best, and won the silver medal. In the men’s F55 category, Sukhchain reached 29.94 meters to win the bronze medal.
High jump: In the men’s T44/64 category, Praveen Kumar cleared 2.05 meters to win gold with a competition record. In the same event, Bundi cleared 1.92 meters and won the silver medal with a personal best.
Long jump: In the men’s T42/61/63 category, Shailesh Kumar cleared 5.57 meters to win the bronze medal.
In the 100m race, in the women’s T12 category, Simran reached the finish line in 12.02 seconds and won gold with a meet record. This was Simran’s second gold in the current competition, after winning gold in the 200m category. In the 2023 edition of the competition, she had won silver in both these categories.
In the women’s T35 category, Preethi Pal finished in 13.98 seconds and won silver. This was her second medal in the current competition, after winning silver in the 200m T35 category.
In the men’s T35 category, Anupav Chaudhary reached the finish line in 12.72 seconds and won the bronze medal. In the men’s T37 category, Rakeshbhai Pat finished in 11.50 seconds and won bronze with a personal best.
In the men’s T46/47 category, Dilip Gavit won gold by reaching the finish line in 10.69 seconds, while Mohamed Basil took silver in 10.72 seconds.
In the men’s T64 category, Pranav Desai finished in 11.96 seconds and won a medal with third place.
1,500 m race: In the men’s T12 category, Sarath Maganahalli finished third in 4 minutes, 11.01 seconds and won the bronze medal. Last time, he had won silver in the same category.
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Powerlifting
In the women’s 67 kg category, Tamil Nadu’s Kasthuri Rajamani lifted 108 kg and won the silver medal.
In the previous competition, Kasturi finished in 5th place, and this time she has impressed by winning silver. 42-year-old Kasturi lost both her legs to polio at a very young age. Her mother also passed away when she was still a child, and Kasturi was raised by her grandmother.
Swimming
In the men's 100 m breaststroke S11 category, Himanshu Nandal reached the finish line in 1 minute, 20.72 seconds to win the bronze medal. Having already won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle S11 category, this was Himanshu's second medal in the current competition.
In the men's 100m backstroke S13 category, Ravi Budhika won silver by finishing in 1 minute, 10.10 seconds. In the men's 100m backstroke SB4 category, Rohit won bronze with a time of 1 minute, 57.25 seconds.
Archery
In the para compound women's doubles final, the pair of Sheetal Devi/Payal Nag lost 141-150 to the Chinese duo and won silver. In the W1 recurve mixed team semifinal, the Indian team of Swati Chaudhary/Aadil Mohammed lost 2-6 to South Korea and won bronze.
In the para compound men's doubles bronze medal match, the pair of Thoman Kumar/Shyam Sundar Swami suffered defeat.
Badminton
In the men’s doubles SH6 category, the Krishna Nagar/Shivrajan Solaimalai pair won silver after securing second place in their group. Meanwhile, in the SL4 category, Suhas L.Y., Naveen Sivakumar, and Abhijeet Sakhuja advanced to the semifinals and secured a medal. Sukant Kadam lost in the quarterfinals.
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Medal Tally
1 China 107 62 57 226
2 Japan 29 36 35 100
3 Uzbekistan 29 30 30 89
4 South Korea 15 14 17 46
5 India 14 22 26 62