Aichi-Nagoya, 21 October (H.S.): India’s Simran Sharma clinched her second gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games 2026, winning the women’s 100m T12 event. India also secured three bronze medals in para athletics, with Sukhchain and Karamjyoti finishing third in the javelin throw and discus throw, respectively, while Pranav Desai claimed bronze in the men’s 100m race.

Simran clocked 12.02 seconds to win gold in the women’s 100m T12 event. She had earlier secured gold in the women’s 200m race on Tuesday. At the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, Simran had won silver medals in both the 100m and 200m events. This time, she upgraded both medals to gold. She has also won a bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics and claimed gold medals at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships.

In the men’s javelin throw F55 event, Sukhchain secured bronze with a throw of 29.94 metres. Karamjyoti won bronze in the women’s discus throw F55 event with a throw of 21.60 metres, achieving a personal best in the process.

Pranav Desai claimed bronze in the men’s 100m T64 event, clocking 11.96 seconds. Japan’s Kengo Oshima won gold in a Games-record time of 11.39 seconds, while Thailand’s Denphoom Kotcharang finished second in 11.78 seconds. Pranav missed out on the silver medal by just 0.18 seconds.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar