Aichi: India is fifth with 15 gold medals at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, being held from October 18 to 24, with most of its medals coming from para athletics.
In the men's shot put F46, Sachin Khilari won gold with a Games record. In the same event, Mohammed Yasser took silver and Praveen took bronze for an Indian sweep. In the men's high jump T64, Praveen Kumar won gold with 2.05m, a Games record, while Banti won silver. In the women's 400m T20, Deepthi Jeevanji won gold in 56.20 seconds, a Games record. Simran won gold in the women's 100m T12, while Soumya won gold and Radha Venkatesh silver in the women's 1500m T12/T13.
Pranav Soorma and Ram Ratan Singh delivered a gold-silver double in the men's discus throw F51/F52/F53, with Soorma setting an Asian record of 11.66m. Ayush Verma won gold in the men's shot put F53, while Praveen Sharma took bronze with a personal best in the F11 event. Bhagyashri Jadhav won silver in the women's shot put F34.
Nishad Kumar won gold in the men's long jump T47 and Rinku won gold in the men's javelin throw F46. Dilip Gavit took gold in the men's 100m T47. In shooting, Mona Agarwal won gold and Avani Lekhara silver in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1.
In para badminton, Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan lost to Indonesia's Rina Marlina and Subhan 14-21, 18-21 in the mixed doubles SH6 semifinals and settled for bronze. India had won 111 medals, including 29 gold, in Hangzhou 2023; this time a 168-member contingent is trying to better that.