{"id":2819,"date":"2026-10-20T08:38:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2026\/10\/20\/india-11-medals-opening-day-asian-para-games-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:38:27","slug":"india-11-medals-opening-day-asian-para-games-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2026\/10\/20\/india-11-medals-opening-day-asian-para-games-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"India wins 11 medals, including four golds, on Asian Para Games opening day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"9fece8afa224fd09e54b043d0febfb58\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NR ATF -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8898941184964366\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4839033563\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>India concluded the first day of the 2026 Asian Para Games in Nagoya with a total of eleven medals, comprising four gold, five silver and two bronze. The haul placed the nation in fourth position on the overall medal table after only a single day of competition on Monday, 19 October.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian contingent faced a packed schedule that began at 11:30\u202fa.m. IST with Shubham Wadhwa\u2019s quarter\u2011final in men\u2019s singles Class\u202f3 table tennis. Throughout the afternoon athletes competed in events ranging from boccia, archery and cycling to judo, powerlifting, swimming and a series of athletics finals. Notable time\u2011slots included the men\u2019s long jump T47 final at 1:40\u202fp.m., the women\u2019s 1500\u202fm T12\/T13 final at 3:55\u202fp.m., and the men\u2019s javelin F46 final at 3:35\u202fp.m., among many others.<\/p>\n<h2>Gold medal triumphs<\/h2>\n<p>The gold\u2011medal sweep was led by shooters and athletes in track and field. Mona Agarwal captured the women\u2019s 10\u2011metre air rifle standing SH1 title, edging out compatriot Avani Lekhara by 0.4 points. In athletics, Nishad Kumar secured gold in the men\u2019s long jump T47 with a best leap of 7.11\u202fmetres, achieving the mark on his debut in the event. Soumya, accompanied by guide Bharat Kumar, won the women\u2019s 1500\u2011metre T12\/T13 race in 5:12.39. Rinku delivered a dramatic finish in the men\u2019s javelin F46, throwing 65.11\u202fmetres on his final attempt to overtake fellow Indian Ajeet Singh and claim the top podium spot.<\/p>\n<h2>Silver and bronze successes<\/h2>\n<p>Silver medals were spread across shooting, judo, swimming and another javelin performance. Avani Lekhara posted 249.6 points in the women\u2019s 10\u2011metre air rifle standing SH1 to finish second behind Agarwal. Ajeet Singh recorded a throw of 65.02\u202fmetres in the men\u2019s javelin F46, narrowly missing gold. In the women\u2019s 1500\u2011metre T12\/T13, Radha Venkatesh clocked 5:30.90 for silver. Kokila earned a silver medal in the women\u2019s judo J2 \u201352\u202fkg category, while swimmer Ravi Karthik Budigina posted a time of 56.68\u202fseconds to take silver in the men\u2019s 100\u2011metre freestyle S13.<\/p>\n<p>The two bronze medals came from judo and middle\u2011distance running. Kapil Parmar secured bronze in the men\u2019s judo J1 \u201370\u202fkg class. In the women\u2019s 1500\u2011metre T11, Ravanni Valasanaini was awarded bronze after the original third\u2011place finisher, Rakshita Raju, was disqualified, moving Valasanaini onto the podium.<\/p>\n<h2>Notable performances beyond the medal tally<\/h2>\n<p>Several Indian athletes also guaranteed future medals by reaching semifinals. In para table tennis, Bhavina Patel advanced to the women\u2019s singles Class\u202f4\u20115 semifinals, Prachi Pandey to the Class\u202f6 semifinals and Sonalben Patel to the Class\u202f3 semifinals, each ensuring at least a bronze. The mixed doubles pair of Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan progressed to the SL3\u2011SU5 semifinals, while Nitesh also recorded a straight\u2011sets victory (21\u201113, 21\u201115) over South Korea\u2019s Joo Dongjae in the men\u2019s singles SL3 Group\u202fA match. Ruthick Ragupathi defeated Thailand\u2019s Somsiri Pricha 21\u201112, 21\u201112 in the men\u2019s singles SU5.<\/p>\n<p>In para archery, Sheetal Devi equalled the world record in the women\u2019s compound qualification round with a score of 704 out of 720 and set a new Asian record. Together with Rakesh Kumar, she also established a world record in the mixed team event.<\/p>\n<h2>Near misses and other results<\/h2>\n<p>India also recorded several near\u2011misses. Kapil Kumar finished fourth in the men\u2019s 100\u2011metre freestyle S10 final with a time of 59.69\u202fseconds, missing the podium by just over three seconds from the gold\u2011medal time of 56.68\u202fseconds set by Iran\u2019s Sina Zeyghaminejad. Ajay Hindurao Bhosale placed sixth in the same event, recording 1:01.92. In para powerlifting, Jaspreet Kaur ended fourth in the women\u2019s up\u2011to\u201145\u202fkg category, while Swaroop Unhalkar placed fourth in the men\u2019s 10\u2011metre air rifle standing SH1 event.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the opening day demonstrated depth across a range of sports, from shooting and athletics to table tennis and archery, and set a strong foundation for India\u2019s campaign as the Games continue in Nagoya.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India secured 11 medals \u2013 four gold, five silver and two bronze \u2013 on the first day of the 2026 Asian Para Games in Nagoya, moving to fourth in the medal table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3127,216,3130,3128,3129],"class_list":["post-2819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-asian-para-games","tag-india","tag-para-archery","tag-para-athletics","tag-para-shooting","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}