New Delhi, October 22 (H.S.): India continued its impressive campaign at the 2026 Asian Para Games, winning 26 medals, including seven gold, on the fourth day of competition. Indian athletes added to the country's medal tally across para-athletics, archery, swimming, badminton and para-table tennis.

Shailesh Kumar, Sheetal Devi, Toman Kumar, Suvarna Raj, Dilip Gavit, Anjanaben Bumbadia and Sola Raj Dharmaraj clinched gold medals for India. With a total of 88 medals—21 gold, 26 silver and 41 bronze—India moved to fourth place in the overall medal standings.

In para-athletics, India achieved a clean sweep in the men's high jump T63 event, claiming all three medals. Shailesh Kumar won gold with an Asian Games record jump of 1.89 metres. Varun Bhati secured silver with a jump of 1.84 metres, while Rahul took bronze with a personal-best effort of 1.81 metres.

In archery, Sheetal Devi won gold in the women's compound event after defeating Singapore's Nur Alim. She then teamed up with Toman Kumar to claim another gold in the compound mixed team event, taking her gold-medal tally at the Games to two. Swati Chaudhary, meanwhile, won silver after losing to China's Sen Mengcan in the gold-medal match of the women's W1 event.

Suvarna Raj won gold in the women's discus throw F54 event in para-athletics. Dilip Gavit secured gold in the men's 400 metres T47, clocking 48.27 seconds. He had earlier won gold in the men's 100 metres T47 event as well.

In the same 400-metre event, Bhavik Bharwad initially secured silver but was subsequently disqualified after a protest over a lane violation. His result was annulled following the reported lane infringement.

Anjanaben Bumbadia won gold in the women's 400 metres T47, finishing in 59.97 seconds. Jayanti Behera took silver with a time of 1 minute 0.65 seconds. Tejalben Damor secured silver in the women's 400 metres T12, clocking 57.60 seconds.

In the men's long jump T44/T62/T64 event, Sola Raj Dharmaraj successfully defended his title, winning gold with an Asian Games record leap of 7.15 metres.

In para-swimming, Kapil Kumar won silver in the men's 400-metre freestyle S10 event, finishing in 4 minutes 38.44 seconds. Ravi Karthik Budigina claimed bronze in the men's 50-metre freestyle S13 with a time of 25.89 seconds. Swastik Patil won bronze in the men's 100-metre breaststroke SB9, clocking 1 minute 13.77 seconds, while Tejas Nandakumar secured bronze in the men's 100-metre backstroke S7 with a time of 1 minute 18.58 seconds. Ravanni Valasannaini also won bronze in the women's 400 metres T11 event.

Indian players secured several medals in para-badminton, while a number of others advanced to the finals.

In the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 semifinal, Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat lost to Indonesia's Leani Oktilla and Hikmat Ramdani 21-16, 13-21, 17-21. The Indian pair received bronze medals.

In the mixed doubles SH6 semifinal, Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan and Krishna Nagar were defeated 21-14, 21-18 by Indonesia's Rina Marlina and Subhan, earning bronze.

In the men's doubles SL3-SU5 semifinal, Suryakant Yadav and Naveen Shivkumar lost to Indonesia's Suryo Nugroho and Muhammad Al Imran 21-8, 19-21, 21-16. Despite the defeat, the Indian pair secured bronze medals.

Suhas Yathiraj also won bronze in the men's singles SL4 event after losing his semifinal to Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan 23-21, 8-21, 21-15. In the women's singles SL3 semifinal, Sanjana Kumari was defeated 21-7, 21-9 by Japan's Shino Kawai and settled for bronze.

In another men's singles SL4 semifinal, Naveen Shivkumar defeated Abhijeet Sukhija 21-13, 21-15 to advance to the next stage, while Abhijeet secured bronze.

In the men's singles SL3 event, Pramod Bhagat defeated South Korea's Lee Seung-hun 16-21, 21-18, 21-17 to reach the final. In the women's singles SU5 event, Thulasimathi Murugesan overcame Manisha Ramadass 19-21, 21-15, 21-13 to book her place in the final.

Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan advanced to the final of the women's singles SH6 event after defeating China's Lin Shuangbao. Nitesh Kumar also progressed to the final of the men's singles SL3 event after defeating Indonesia's Muhammad Al Imran.

In para-table tennis, Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa lost their mixed doubles Class XD7 semifinal to South Korea's Jang Yong-jin and Lee Mi-gyu. The Indian pair secured bronze medals.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar