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Asian Para Games: India fifth with 47 medals, 12 gold, as Nishad Kumar, Mona Agarwal and Simran Sharma lead
India has moved up to fifth at the Asian Para Games in Japan with 47 medals at the latest count: 12 gold, 17 silver and 18 bronze. Athletics has produced 29 of them. Baby Sahana Ravi's bronze is India's first in standing-class para table tennis at the Games.
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India has risen to fifth on the medal table at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with 47 medals at the latest count we could confirm: 12 gold, 17 silver and 18 bronze. The tally was 35 on Tuesday's table, and other listings have carried 36 and 30 in the past two days, so the figure is moving fast. The Games run until 24 October. China is far ahead, with 152 medals on Tuesday's table, and Uzbekistan, Japan and South Korea are also ahead of India.
India sent 168 competitors, 112 men and 56 women, in 11 sports, with the largest contingent in athletics (62). The aim, set before the Games, was about 100 medals; India's best so far was 111 at the 2022 Games in Hangzhou, with 29 golds. After the first three days, athletics has supplied most of the haul.
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 11 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| Shooting | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Powerlifting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 17 | 18 | 47 |
Data last updated: 21 October 2026, 11:30 AM IST
The gold medallists
Nishad Kumar won two golds, in the men's long jump and high jump T47. Soumya Kumar won the women's 1500 m T12-13, Rinku Hooda the men's javelin F46, Deepthi Jeevanji the women's 400 m T20, Pranav Soorma the men's discus F51-53 and Simran Sharma the women's 200 m T12; Simran and Deepthi both set new Games records. Devender Kumar won the men's discus F43/44/62/64, Ayush Verma the men's shot put F53, Praveen Kumar the men's high jump T64 and Sachin Khilari the men's shot put F46. The twelfth gold came in shooting: Mona Agarwal won the women's 10 m air rifle SH1, and Avani Lekhara took silver behind her.
The silvers are spread wider. In athletics they came from Radha Venkatesh (women's 1500 m T12-13), Ajeet Singh Yadav (men's javelin F46), Pradeep Kumar (men's javelin F53/54), Ram Ratan Singh (men's discus F51-53), Preethi Pal (women's 200 m T35), Rakesh Kumar (men's discus F43/44/62/64), Banti (men's high jump T64), Bhagyashree Jadhav (women's shot put F34), Mohd Yasser (men's shot put F46) and Manjeet Vyas (men's javelin F12/13). In judo, Kokila took silver in the women's J2 -52 kg, and Kapil Parmar won bronze in the men's J1 -70 kg.
Manish Narwal won silver in the men's 10 m air pistol SH1, and Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag took silver in the women's compound doubles archery. Powerlifter Ashok Malik won silver in the men's 65 kg with a best lift of 192 kg; China's Zou Yi took gold with 216 kg. Kasthuri Rajamani added a second powerlifting silver in the women's 67 kg.
Table tennis and the pool
Table tennis has produced five bronzes, among them Bhavina Patel in the women's class 4/5 singles, Jehan Madan in the men's class 1 singles and Baby Sahana Ravi in the women's class 9 singles. Ravi's is India's first medal in the standing category of para table tennis at the Asian Para Games. She lost her semi-final 0-3 to China's Mao Jingdian, but reaching the last four secured the bronze.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay announced Rs 30 lakh for Ravi, and the same amount for Madan. His office made the announcement on Instagram and said the money was given on behalf of the state government in recognition of their achievement.
In the pool, Himanshu Nandal took bronze in the men's 400 m freestyle S11 in 5:10.91, 32 seconds behind the silver medallist, Uchu Tomita of Japan. Ravi Budigina won silver in the men's 100 m freestyle S13, and Niranjan Mukundan took bronze in the men's 200 m individual medley SM7. The flag bearers at the opening ceremony were Pramod Bhagat and Simran Sharma. With three days left, the question is how close India gets to the 100-medal target.
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