New Delhi: India closed its campaign at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya with a best-ever haul of 114 medals, finishing fourth on the table as the Games held their closing ceremony on Saturday.
The contingent won 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze. Athletics topped India's medal count with 65 medals — 22 gold, 19 silver and 24 bronze. Para badminton added 16, para swimming 11, para table tennis seven, para archery six, para shooting five, and para judo and para powerlifting two each.
Several Indian athletes set records. Sandeep won the men's 400m T44 in a world-record 52.28 seconds, a gold that was also India's 100th medal of the Games. Mona Agarwal won the women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 with a world-record score of 357.5. Haney set a world mark in the men's javelin F37/38 en route to gold, and Pranav Soorma won the men's club throw F51 with a Games record of 32.87m. Shailesh Kumar cleared 1.89m in the men's high jump T63, a Games record.
India also completed three podium sweeps, including the men's javelin, where Sumit Antil won gold with 72.46m ahead of Mahendra Gurjar and Sandip Sanjay Sargar.
China finished first with 435 medals, followed by Japan with 186 and Uzbekistan with 145. India ended ahead of South Korea, which had 100. Doha in Qatar will host the 2030 edition. Nitesh Kumar won the men's singles SL3 para badminton gold, beating compatriot Pramod Bhagat, while Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi won the men's recurve doubles archery gold.