India finished Day 3 of the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with 62 medals and moved up to fifth in the standings.
The tally stood at 14 gold, 22 silver and 26 bronze. India won 27 medals on Wednesday alone, five of them gold.
China led with 226 medals and hosts Japan had 100. India were level with Thailand on golds and total medals but had three more silvers.
India swept the men's shot put F46. Sachin Khilari won gold with a Games record throw of 15.79 metres on his first attempt.
Mohd Yasser took silver with 15.06 metres and Praveen bronze with 13.83. Ayush Verma won the men's shot put F53 with 8.16 metres.
On Thursday morning Suvarna Raj won the women's discus F54 with 15.66 metres, India's 15th gold of the Games.
Para-archer Swati Chaudhary took silver in the women's W1 event, losing the final 4-6 to China's Mengkan Cen after leading 4-2.
Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag won silver in compound women's doubles, and Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat took mixed doubles badminton bronze.
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