India’s medal tally at the Asian Para Games 2026 climbed to 62 at the end of Day 3, with the contingent moving up to fifth in the standings in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. After three days of competition, India had won 14 gold, 22 silver and 26 bronze medals, adding 27 medals on Wednesday alone, five of them gold. China’s athletes led the table with 226 medals, and hosts Japan were second with 100.
The numbers put India level with Thailand on both total medals and gold medals, but India held the edge on silver, winning three more than the Thais. The Day 3 haul continued a trend that has seen Indian athletes add to their tally every day since the Asian Para Games 2026 opened in Aichi-Nagoya.
India’s Asian Para Games 2026 medal tally: 14 gold, 22 silver, 26 bronze
The throwing arena produced the bulk of Wednesday’s golds at the Asian Para Games 2026. India swept the podium in the men’s shot put F46 event. Sachin Khilari won gold with a Games record throw of 15.79 metres on his very first attempt, and every one of his throws travelled beyond 15 metres. Mohd Yasser took silver with a season-best effort of 15.06 metres, while Praveen claimed bronze with 13.83 metres.
Ayush Verma added another gold in the men’s shot put F53 with a throw of 8.16 metres. Bhagyashri Jadhav won silver in the women’s shot put F34 with a personal best of 8.19 metres, and Ravi Rongali took bronze in the men’s shot put F40 with 10.02 metres.
Suvarna Raj wins India’s 15th gold at the Asian Para Games 2026
On Thursday morning, India’s Suvarna Raj won gold in the women’s discus throw F54 event, taking the country’s gold count at the Asian Para Games 2026 to 15. Her best throw of 15.66 metres came on her fifth attempt in a six-athlete field, and four of her six throws went beyond the 15-metre mark. Iran’s Shahla Hadidi took silver with 15.45 metres, and Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thuy claimed bronze with 14.65 metres.
Day 3 silver and bronze for India
Indian para-archer Swati Chaudhary won silver in the women’s W1 individual archery event at the Asian Para Games 2026 on Thursday, losing the final 4-6 to China’s Mengkan Cen. Chaudhary had led 4-2 after three ends and had a chance to claim what would have been India’s first archery gold of the Games, but Cen fought back to take the match.
Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag added a silver in the para-archery compound women’s doubles event, losing the final 141-150 to their Chinese opponents. In para-badminton at the Asian Para Games 2026, Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat settled for bronze in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 event after losing their semifinal 21-16, 13-21, 17-21 to Indonesia’s Oktila Leani Ratri and Hikmat Ramdani. The Indonesian pair face India’s Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar in the final.
It was not all success for the Indian contingent at the Asian Para Games 2026. Gulshan lost to Kazakhstan’s Ayala Mereke in 28 seconds via ippon, and Vrushali fell to China’s Suming Lin on ippon in 31 seconds, ending India’s judo campaign with two medals. Anjali lost 3-5 to China’s Yang Beibei in the bronze-medal match in boccia. Devanshi Satija finished last of six athletes in the women’s 100m butterfly S10 final, while Suyash Narayan Jadhav and Niranjan Mukundan finished fifth and sixth in the men’s 50m butterfly S7 final. Sujith Mandalamkunnath finished sixth in the men’s long jump T13, and Vishesh was disqualified in the men’s shot put F32 final.
What comes next on Day 4
India’s medal hunt at the Asian Para Games 2026 continues on Thursday with events across para-archery, athletics, badminton, swimming, shooting and table tennis. Sheetal Devi contests the women’s compound final against Singapore’s Nur Alim, while Toman Kumar faces China’s Zhang Yicheng in the men’s compound bronze-medal match. In athletics, Shailesh Kumar, Rahul and Varun Bhati compete in the men’s high jump T63 final, and Parveen Kumar contests the men’s javelin throw F56/F57 final. India also face China in a group-stage match in blind football, and Nitesh Kumar meets Indonesia’s Muh Al Imran in a men’s singles SL3 badminton semifinal.