Asian Para Games: Simran, Praveen Kumar, Sachin Khilari shine as India’s medal tally swells to 62
NEW DELHI: India loved a memorable Day 3 on the Asian Para Games 2026, with its athletics contingent main the cost with 5 gold medals amongst 18 podium finishes to assist the nation swell its total medal tally to 62 and climb to fifth within the standings.Sprinter Simran, high-jumper Praveen Kumar and shot-putter Sachin Khilari set new Games data of their respective occasions, whereas Dilip Gavit and Ayush Verma additionally struck gold as Indian athletes dominated the monitor and area competitions in Aichi-Nagoya on Wednesday.India’s total tally stood at 14 gold, 22 silver and 26 bronze medals, with athletics accounting for 13 gold, 14 silver and 15 bronze. Beyond athletics, India additionally added medals in para-archery, para-swimming and powerlifting, whereas the badminton contingent assured itself of additional podium finishes.
Simran’s record-breaking double, Gavit and Praveen shine
Simran was amongst India’s standout performers, successful the ladies’s 100m T12 gold in a Games-record time of 12.02 seconds. The visually impaired sprinter had additionally claimed the ladies’s 200m T12 gold with a Games file on Tuesday, finishing a memorable dash double.She completed forward of Iran’s Hajar Safarzadeh, who clocked 12.30 seconds, whereas Indonesia’s Made Ni Putri took bronze in 12.51 seconds.Dilip Gavit received the boys’s 100m T47 gold in 10.69 seconds, main a one-two end for India. Mohammed Morssinganakath Basil took silver in 10.72 seconds, a Games file, whereas China’s Kangjun Shi secured bronze in 10.80 seconds.Praveen Kumar received gold within the males’s excessive leap T44/64 occasion with a Games-record efficiency, whereas Sachin Khilari claimed the highest spot within the males’s shot put F46. Ayush Verma additionally received gold within the males’s shot put F53 occasion.India collected 4 athletics silver medals within the morning session by Banti within the males’s excessive leap T44/64, Bhagyashri Jadhav within the ladies’s shot put F34, Mohd Yasser within the males’s shot put F46 and Manjeet within the males’s javelin F12/13.The bronze medallists included Anubhav Choudhary within the males’s 100m T35, Parveen within the males’s shot put F46 and Rakeshbhai Bhatt within the males’s 100m T37.
Preethi Pal provides second silver; athletics haul reaches 42
Preethi Pal continued her spectacular marketing campaign by successful silver within the ladies’s 100m T35, including to the silver she claimed within the 200m T35 on Tuesday. The double bronze medallist on the 2024 Paris Paralympics was amongst three Indian athletes to have received two medals on the Games to date.India’s athletics contingent had amassed 42 medals by Wednesday, preserving it heading in the right direction for its formidable goal of successful medals in 60 of the 62 occasions it’s contesting.
Sheetal Devi, swimmers and powerlifter add to India’s tally
Armless compound archer Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag received silver within the ladies’s doubles occasion after dropping to China within the closing.In para-swimming, visually impaired Ravi Kartik Budigina secured his second silver of the Games, ending runner-up within the males’s 100m backstroke S13 in 1:10.10. Himanshu Nandal additionally received his second medal, taking bronze within the males’s 100m breaststroke S11 in 1:20.72.Powerlifter Kasthuri Rajamani claimed silver within the ladies’s 67kg class, marking the largest achievement of her profession.In badminton, India’s males’s singles SL4 marketing campaign was assured at the very least three medals after defending champion Suhas L Y, Naveen Sivakumar and Abhijeet Sakhuja superior to the semifinals. The SL4 classification covers athletes with average lower-limb impairments.Krishna Nagar and Sivarajan Solaimalai secured silver within the males’s doubles SH6 class. With 4 pairs competing in a single group, medals had been awarded in accordance with the ultimate group standings fairly than by knockout matches.
India builds momentum with extra medals in sight
India’s robust exhibiting throughout disciplines has strengthened its place within the total standings, with athletics offering the largest enhance. The 5 gold medals received on Wednesday took the nation’s gold tally to 14, whereas the general rely reached 62.With extra competitors remaining earlier than the occasion concludes on Saturday, India will look to construct on its momentum and add to its medal haul throughout athletics, badminton, swimming and different disciplines.
