Asian Para Games 2026 Day 1 Results: Mona Agarwal, Nishad Kumar, Rinku Hooda, Soumya win gold; India bags 11 medals

Sheetal Devi matched the world record in women’s compound individual

India began its campaign at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya with an impressive medal haul across shooting, para-athletics, judo and swimming. The Indian contingent collected four gold, five silver and two bronze medals to finish the opening day with 11 medals.

Mona Agarwal led India’s campaign by winning gold in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 final, with compatriot Avani Lekhara taking silver.

Para-athletes Nishad Kumar, Rinku Hooda and Soumya also won gold medals, while India added silver medals through Ajeet Singh Yadav, Radha Venkatesh, Budigina and judoka Kokila. Sheetal Devi also made headlines by matching the world record in the women’s compound archery ranking round.

Also Read: Asian Para Games 2026: India’s medal tally after Day 1, 19th October

Mona Agarwal wins gold, Avani Lekhara takes silver

Mona Agarwal delivered a strong performance to win the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 final with 250.0 points. Avani Lekhara finished second with 249.6 points, while South Korea’s Lee Yunri took bronze with 227.9 points.

Mona had been sixth after the first 10 shots but mounted a comeback over the remaining 14 shots to secure the gold medal. Her winning score also set an Asian Para Games record. The result gave India a memorable one-two finish in the shooting event.

VIDEO | Japan: Mona Agarwal clinches gold with a Games record of 250.0, edging compatriot Avani Lekhara (249.6) for silver in the women’s 10m air rifle SH1 event as India open their medal account at the Asian Para Games with a one-two finish.

Avani also secured an LA 2028… pic.twitter.com/GoZJFQ7iIx

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 19, 2026

Nishad Kumar, Rinku Hooda and Soumya win gold

Nishad Kumar won gold in the men’s long jump T47 final with a best effort of 7.11m. It was a notable achievement for Nishad, who is primarily known as a high jumper and made his international long-jump debut at the event.

Rinku Hooda then won gold in the men’s javelin throw F46 final with a throw of 65.11m in his final attempt, edging compatriot Ajeet Singh Yadav into second place. Ajeet’s best throw was 62.35m, giving India another one-two finish.

The women’s 1500m T12/T13 final produced one of the day’s most dramatic outcomes. Soumya initially finished behind Iran’s athlete, but the Iranian runner was disqualified, promoting Soumya to gold. Radha Venkatesh secured silver.

Flying to gold!

Nishad Kumar claimed India’s first Para Athletics title at Aichi-Nagoya 2026 as he topped the Men’s Long Jump T47 event with a dominating performance.#AichiNagoya2026 #AsianParaGames #AsianParalympic pic.twitter.com/vT1MPxw7qS

— Asian Paralympic Committee (@asianparalympic) October 19, 2026

In the women’s 1500m T11 final, Ravanni Valasanaini was awarded bronze after Rakshitha Raju’s disqualification.

Indian team lost their 3rd consecutive match in Blind Football.

India also secured medals in para-judo and swimming. Kokila won silver in the women’s J2 -52kg final after losing to Kyrgyzstan’s Aibike Ulanbek Kyzy. Kapil Parmar claimed bronze in the men’s J1 -70kg event, while Ravi Karthik Budigina took silver in the men’s 100m freestyle S13.

Sheetal Devi matches world record in archery

Sheetal Devi matched the world-record score in the women’s compound individual.

Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi also competed in the men’s recurve ranking round, finishing fifth and seventh respectively. The ranking rounds determine the seedings for the elimination stages.

India also made progress in para-badminton and para-table tennis. Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan reached the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 semi-finals after beating China’s Chen Pengfei and Huang Zixuan 21-4, 21-18.

Nitesh defeated South Korea’s Joo Dongjae 21-13, 21-15 in men’s singles SL3, while Ruthick Ragupathi beat Thailand’s Somsiri Pricha 21-12, 21-12 in men’s singles SU5.

In para-table tennis, Bhavina Patel reached the women’s singles Classes 4-5 semi-finals after defeating China’s Miao Zhang 3-1, winning 8-11, 11-6, 11-1, 11-6.

India finished October 19 with four gold, five silver and two bronze medals, taking its total to 11 and placing fourth in the medal standings.

Asian Para Games 2026: India’s Day 1 results — October 19

Shooting para sport

• Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 — Qualification: Mona Agarwal — first (629.1 points, Asian Para Games qualification record); Avani Lekhara — second (626.4 points). Both qualified for the final.
• Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 — Final: Mona Agarwal — Gold (250.0 points); Avani Lekhara — Silver (249.6 points); Lee Yunri (South Korea) — Bronze (227.9 points).
• Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 — Qualification: Rakesh Nidagundi — seventh (619.3 points); Swaroop Unhalkar — eighth (617.4 points); Anandha Krishnan — 13th (605.2 points). Rakesh and Swaroop qualified for the final.
• Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 — Final: Swaroop Unhalkar finished fourth while Rakesh finished seventh.

Para-athletics

• Men’s Long Jump T47: Nishad Kumar — Gold (7.11m).
• Men’s Javelin Throw F46: Rinku Hooda — Gold (65.11m); Ajeet Singh Yadav — Silver (62.35m).
• Women’s 1500m T12/T13: Soumya — Gold after Iran’s athlete was disqualified; Radha Venkatesh — Silver.
• Women’s 1500m T11: Ravanni Valasanaini — Bronze after Rakshitha Raju was disqualified.
• Men’s 200m T64: Pranav Desai — fifth in 24.72 seconds.
• Women’s 400m T20 heats: Deepthi Jeevanji — first in Heat 2 (57.57 seconds), advancing to the final.
• Women’s 200m T47 heats: Jayanti Behera — third in Heat 2 (26.75 seconds), qualified for the final.

Para-archery

• Women’s Compound Individual Ranking Round: Sheetal Devi — first (704 points); Payal Nag — joint fifth (675 points). Sheetal matched the world-record score.
• Women’s Compound Doubles Ranking Round: Sheetal Devi / Payal Nag — first (1,379 points).
• Men’s Compound Individual Ranking Round: Toman Kumar — third (698 points); Shyam Sundar Swami — seventh (688 points).
• Men’s Compound Doubles Ranking Round: Toman Kumar / Shyam Sundar Swami — second (1,386 points).
• Mixed Compound Team Ranking Round: Sheetal Devi / Toman Kumar — first (1,402 points), matching the world-record score.
• Men’s Recurve Individual Ranking Round: Harvinder Singh — fifth (631 points); Vijay Sundi — seventh (630 points).
• Men’s Recurve Doubles Ranking Round: Harvinder Singh / Vijay Sundi — first (1,261 points).
• Women’s Recurve Individual Ranking Round: Bhawna Choudhary — second (616 points); Pooja Jatyan — ninth (561 points).
• Women’s Recurve Doubles Ranking Round: Bhawna Choudhary / Pooja Jatyan — second (1,177 points).
• Women’s W1 Individual Ranking Round: Swati Chaudhary — first (648 points).
• Men’s W1 Individual Ranking Round: Adil Ansari — eighth (638 points); Amol Vinayak Breed — 13th (594 points).

Para-judo

• Women’s J2 -52kg final: Kokila — Silver; lost to Aibike Ulanbek Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan).
• Men’s J1 -70kg: Kapil Parmar — Bronze.

Para-swimming

• Men’s 100m Freestyle S13: Ravi Karthik Budigina — Silver (56.68 seconds).
• Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM9: Swatik Patil — sixth in the final (2:31.28).
• Men’s 100m Freestyle S10: Kapil Kumar — fourth (59.69 seconds); Ajay Bhosale — sixth (1:01.92).
• Men’s 400m Freestyle S7: Niranjan Mukundan — fourth (5:38.77); Gopichand Lingutla — fifth (5:40.44).
• Women’s 400m Freestyle S8: Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap — sixth (6:22.72).
• Men’s 100m Backstroke S11: Himanshu Nandal — fourth (1:13.77).

Para-table tennis

• Women’s Singles Class 3 quarter-final: Sonalben Patel defeated Dararat Asayut (Thailand) 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5) to reach the semifinal.
• Women’s Singles Classes 4-5 quarter-final: Bhavina Patel defeated Miao Zhang (China) 3-1 (8-11, 11-6, 11-1, 11-6) to reach the semifinal.
• Women’s Singles Class 6: Prachi Pandey defeated Thailand’s Kanokporn Phathumchai; reaches semifinal.
• Women’s Singles Class 8: Savita Ajjanakatti failed to reach the semifinal.
• Men’s Singles Class 3: Shubham Wadhwa won a group match 3-0 but lost his quarter-final 0-3.

Para-badminton

• Men’s Singles WH1: Prem Kumar Ale defeated UAE’s Omair Younas 2–1 (20–22, 21–9, 21–10).
• Men’s Singles WH2: Haris Srikumar won his match against Iraq’s Al-Ameer to reach round of 16.
• Men’s Singles SL3: Nitesh Kumar defeated South Korea’s Joo Dongjae 2–0 (21–13, 21–15). Pramod Bhagat and Umesh Kumar also won their respective matches. All 3 reach qf.
• Men’s Singles SL4: Naveen, Surya Kant, Sukant Kadam reach qf.
• Men’s Singles SU5: Ruthick Ragupathi defeated Thailand’s Somsiri Pricha 2–0 (21–12, 21–13) to reach qf. Hardik Makkar also won his match and will play rounf of 16.
• Men’s Singles SH6: Sivarajan Solaimalai defeated Brunei’s Faiq Zali 2–0 (21–8, 21–11). Krishna Nagar lost to China’s Naili Lin 1–2 (21–15, 6–21, 19–21). Both reach qf.
• Women’s Singles SL3: Sanjana Kumari lost to Indonesia’s Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh 0–2 (13–21, 6–21); though qualified for qf.
• Women’s Singles SU5: Manisha Ramadass and T. Murugesan reach sf.
• Women’s Singles SH6: Nithya Sre Sivan defeated Indonesia’s Sulistyawati 2–0 (21–18, 21–13); reach sf.
• Women’s Doubles WH1/WH2: Pallavi Kaluvehalli and Alphia James lost against Thailand pair.
• Men’s Doubles WH1–WH2: Abu Hubaida / Prem Kumar Ale reach qf.
• Men’s Doubles SL3–SU5: Umesh Kumar / Rakesh Pandey lost to Indonesia’s Setiawan / Ramdani 0–2 (14–21, 10–21). Abhijeet Sakhuja / Suhas Yathiraj lost to South Korea’s Lee Seung-ho / Lee Jae-sung 1–2 (15–21, 24–22, 12–21). Naveen Sivakumar / Suryakant Yadav won their match. Nitesh/Ruthick and Naveen/Surya Kant will face each other in qf.
• Men’s Doubles SH6: Krishna Nagar / Sivarajan Solaimalai lost to Hong Kong’s Chu / Wong 1–2 (21–12, 10–21, 12–21).
• Women’s Doubles SL3–SU5: Mandeep Kaur / Shanthiya Viswanathan lost to Hong Kong’s Wong / Zhang. Murugesan and Manasi reach sf.
• Mixed Doubles WH1–WH2: Prem Kumar Ale / Alphia James defeated Chinese Taipei’s Yang / Ong 2–0 (21–9, 21–17). Abu Hubaida / Pallavi Kaluvehalli lost to Thailand’s Wetwithan / Pohloh 1–2 (7–21, 21–18, 10–21).
• Mixed Doubles SL3–SU5: Pramod Bhagat / Manisha Ramadass lost to Indonesia’s Hikmat Ramdani / Leani Ratri Oktila 0–2 (19–21, 16–21). Nitesh Kumar / Thulasimathi Murugesan won against China’s Chen / Huang. Ruthick Ragupathi / Manasi Joshi lost to the Philippines’ Pedrosa / Urbano. Nitesh/ Murugesan reach sf.
• Mixed Doubles SH6: Krishna Nagar / Nithya Sre Sivan lost to China’s Naili Lin / Fengmei Li 0–2 (6–21, 10–21).

Para-powerlifting

• Men’s up to 59kg: Manish Kumar — fourth (181kg); Paramjeet Kumar — seventh (167kg).
• Women’s up to 45kg: Jaspreet Kaur — fourth (100kg).

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