Asian Para Games 2026 Day 2 Results: Deepthi, Simran lead India’s five gold haul; Nishad bags a double; Sheetal Devi smashes WR

Nishad Kumar bagged his second gold medal while Sheetal Devi smashed the WR yet again

India continued its medal rush at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, with Pranav Soorma, Deepthi Jeevanji, Simran, Devender Kumar and Nishad Kumar among the standout performers.

Pranav Soorma won gold in the men’s discus throw F51 with an Asian-record effort of 11.66m, while Ram Ratan Singh secured silver in the same event with 10.35m.

Deepthi Jeevanji won the women’s 400m T20 final in 56.36 seconds, while Simran claimed gold in the women’s 200m T12 with a Games-record performance.

Also Read: Asian Para Games 2026: India’s medal tally after Day 2, 20th October

India also collected medals in shooting, para-swimming, para-powerlifting, para-athletics and para-table tennis. Sheetal Devi continued her record-breaking campaign in para-archery, while Indian shuttlers progressed in several knockout matches.

Para-archery

• Men’s Recurve Individual: Harvinder Singh lost 5-6 to China’s Yun Duo in the quarter-finals and was eliminated. Vijay Sundi lost to Chinese Taipei’s Tseng Lung-hui in the Round of 16 and was eliminated.
• Women’s Recurve Individual: Bhawna Choudhary lost 2-6 to Mongolia’s Demberel Selengee in the quarter-finals and was eliminated. Pooja Jatyan lost 2-6 to Malaysia’s Loh Chi Hui in the Round of 16 and was eliminated.
• Men’s Compound Individual: Toman Kumar lost 144-149 to China’s Ai Xinliang in the semi-finals and will compete for bronze. Shyam Sunder Swami lost 146-147 to Ai Xinliang in the quarter-finals and was eliminated.
• Women’s Compound Individual: Sheetal Devi defeated Japan’s Shinohara Aya 145-137 in the semi-finals to reach the gold-medal final. Payal Nag lost 131-135 to Shinohara in the quarter-finals and was eliminated.
• Men’s W1 Individual: Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari lost 2-6 to China’s Zhang Tianxin in the quarter-finals and was eliminated.
• Women’s W1 Individual: Swati Chaudhary defeated South Korea’s Lee Eunhee 6-2 in the semi-finals to reach the gold-medal final.
• Mixed Recurve Team: India defeated Thailand 6-0 in the quarter-finals and advanced to the semi-finals.
• Mixed Compound Team: India defeated Japan 154-147 in the quarter-finals and advanced to the semi-finals.
• Men’s Recurve Doubles: Harvinder Singh / Vijay Sundi defeated South Korea’s Kim Jung-hoon / Kwak Geonhwi 5-4 in the semi-finals to reach the gold-medal final.
• Women’s Recurve Doubles: Pooja Jatyan / Bhawna Choudhary defeated Iran’s Babahabib Mohadeseh / Rahimi Ghahderijani Somayeh 6-2 in the semi-finals to reach the gold-medal final.
• Men’s Compound Doubles: Toman Kumar / Shyam Sunder Swami lost 155-156 to Indonesia’s Swagumilang Ken / Firmansyah Arif in the semi-finals and will compete for bronze.
• Women’s Compound Doubles: Sheetal Devi / Payal Nag defeated Thailand’s Srathongmaew Phannibha / Khuthawisap Wasana 151-135 in the semi-finals to reach the gold-medal final.
• Men’s W1 Doubles: Adil Ansari / Vinayak Amol Breed lost 4-5 to South Korea’s Park Hongjo / Ham Taejin in the quarter-finals and were eliminated.

Para-judo

• Women’s J1 -70kg quarter-final: Renuka Narayan Salave lost to Japan’s Atsumi Nishimura by ippon in 58 seconds and exited the competition by losing the repechage round also.

Para-shooting

• Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1: Manish Narwal – Silver (233.7 points); Rudransh Khandelwal – seventh
• Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1: Shrishti Arora – Bronze

Para-swimming

• Men’s 400m Freestyle S13: Ravi Karthik Budigina – sixth (5:41.70)
• Men’s 400m Freestyle S11: Himanshu Nandal – Bronze (5:10.91)
• Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM7: Niranjan Mukundan – Bronze (2:57.01)

Para-powerlifting

• Men’s up to 65kg: Ashok – Silver (192kg)
• Men’s up to 72kg: Jhandu Kumar – fifth
• Women’s up to 61kg: Suman Devi – sixth (101kg)

Para-table tennis

• Women’s Singles Class 3: Sonalben Patel – Bronze
• Women’s Singles Classes 4-5: Bhavina Patel – Bronze
• Women’s Singles Class 6: Prachi Pandey – Bronze
• Women’s Singles Class 9: Baby Sahana Ravi – Bronze
• Men’s Singles Class 1: Jehan Madan – Bronze

Para-badminton

• Men’s Singles SL3 quarter-final: Nitesh Kumar defeated Umesh Kumar 21-8, 21-8 and advanced to the semi-final.
• Men’s Singles SL3 quarter-final: Pramod Bhagat defeated Daisuke Fujihara (Japan) 21-12, 21-10 to reach the semi-final.
• Men’s Singles SH6 quarter-final: Krishna Nagar lost to Natthapong Meechai (Thailand) 15-21, 21-19, 17-21.
• Men’s Singles SH6 quarter-final: Sivarajan Solaimalai lost to Qingtao Zeng (China).
• Women’s Doubles WH1-WH2: Pallavi K.M. / Alphia James defeated Li Hongyan / Li Jiaqi (China) 21-18, 10-21, 21-19 and reached the semi-final.
• Men’s Doubles WH1-WH2 quarter-final: Abu Hubaida / Prem Kumar Ale lost 0-2 to Malaysia’s Noor Azwan Bin Noorlan / Muhammad Ikhwan Bin Ramli and were eliminated.
• Men’s Singles SU5 Round of 16: Hardik Makkar defeated Indonesia’s Suryo Nugroho 2-0 to advance to the quarter-finals.
• Men’s Singles SL4 Round of 16: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj defeated Thailand’s Siripong Teamarrom 2-0 to advance to the quarter-finals.
• Women’s Singles SL3 quarter-final: Sanjana Kumari defeated China’s Liu Yuemei 2-0 to advance to the semi-finals.
• Women’s Singles WH1 group stage: Pallavi K.M. lost 0-2 to Chinese Taipei’s Hu Guang-chiou (8-21, 18-21).
• Women’s Singles WH2 group stage: Alphia James defeated Chinese Taipei’s Yang I-chen 2-0 (21-16, 21-17).

Blind football

• Men’s Preliminary Round: India lost to Iran 0-5

Para-cycling

• Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial: Arshad Shaik finished ninth and failed to qualify.

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