India on Friday crossed the 100-mark in the medal tally at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Japan as the para-athletes continued their gold rush in athletics, badminton and archery.
The Indian team achieved 26 gold, 32 silver and 43 bronze medals, finishing fourth in the medal table as per The Indian Express. It is the second straight Asian Para Games for India to fetch more than 100 medals after the country had picked up a record 108 medals in Hangzhou last year.
Sandeep, who stood on the podium to receive the gold medal for the men’s 400 metre T64 final. The winner clocked a new world record of 52.28secs. Ajay Kumar was the third runner-up clocking 53.61secs.
Haney won gold with a throw of 60.49 metres in the men’s javelin throw F37/38 final, shattering the previous world record.
Para-badminton: Naveen Sivakumar managed to bag the men’s singles SL4 title. Para-archery: India’s Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi also added another gold to India’s tally in the men’s recurve team event.
Similarly, Nimisha Chakkungalparambil claimed silver in the women’s long jump T47 event and Parmod Bijarnia won the silver in the men’s 1,500-metre T46 race.
China remained top of the overall table followed by the host nation Japan and Uzbekistan.
