Nagoya: India's track and field athletes turned in a 14-medal haul at the Asian Para Games 2026 on Tuesday, collecting five gold, four silver and five bronze medals to take their athletics tally to 20.
Himachal Pradesh's Nishad Kumar cleared 2.04m to win the men's T47 high jump with a Games record, adding to the long jump gold he claimed on Monday. He became only the third Indian to win two gold medals at a single Asian Para Games, joining runner Ankur Dhama and armless archer Sheetal Devi.
Telangana's Deepthi Jeevanji defended her women's 400m T20 crown in a Games-record 56.36 seconds. Simran claimed her maiden Para Games gold in the women's 200m T12, clocking a record 24.80 seconds.
In the men's combined F51/52/53 discus, Pranav Soorma won gold with an Asian record of 11.66m. Devender Kumar took gold in the men's F44/64 discus, with Rakesh winning silver and Pardeep Kumar bronze. India's other silvers came through Preeti Pal in the women's 200m T35 and Pradeep Kumar in the men's javelin F53/54.
India's total also draws on medals in archery, shooting, swimming, powerlifting and judo. In shooting, Mona Agarwal won gold and Avani Lekhara and Manish Narwal took silver. In para table tennis, India won a record five bronze medals. The Indian contingent will look to carry the momentum through the remaining events.
On Wednesday, Bhagyashri Jadhav (women's shot put F34) and Manjeet (men's javelin F12/F13) added two silver medals, taking India's athletics tally to 30, including 11 gold. As of October 20, India had a total of 35 medals - nine gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze. Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag had to settle for archery silver.