Asian Para Games 2026: India conclude marquee event with 114 medals

India enjoyed its bestever Asian Para Games campaign finishing with 114 medals including 30 gold after a recordbreaking final day on Friday India had sent 168 athletes nearly half of the contingent size that went to the Hangzhou Games in 2023India are currently placed fourth but the position might change given that finals in a few events would be conducted on Saturday and the country does not have a presence in any of those competitionsIndiarsquos Haney produced a worldrecord 6049m throw in the javelin final to win goldOn Friday Sandeep and Haney won gold medals with world record performances in the menrsquos 400m T64 and menrsquos javelin throw F3738 events respectively while parashooter Mona Agarwal produced a terrific show to shatter the world record and win the womenrsquos 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 competitionSandeep clocked 5228 seconds a world record to win the 400m T64 final while in the javelin throw F3738 final Haney produced a world record throw of 6049m for gold scoring 1116 Raza pointsPranav Soorma defended his club throw title with a Games Record effort of 3287mAnother standout performance was from the reigning Paralympic and world champion Sumit Antil who led an Indian sweep of the menrsquos javelin throw F42446164 combined event with a best effort of 7246m Finishing behind him were Mahendra Gurjar 5903m and Sanjay Sandeep Sargar 6448mMona Agarwal shot a world record 3575 in the 50m rifle 3 positions to win gold she has also won gold in 10m air rifle eventAgarwal shot 3575 for a record and her second gold medal She had earlier secured Indiarsquos first 2028 Paralympic quota The wheelchairbound Pranav Soorma defended his title in the menrsquos club throw F51 event with a Games Record 3287m for Indiarsquos final gold of the day He had won silver in the 2024 Paris ParalympicsEarlier in the day in badminton Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Joshi clinched the gold medal in the womenrsquos doubles SL3SU5 category The Indian duo defeated reigning world champions Qiuxia Yang and Zuxian Xiao of China in straight games 2116 and 2113 to avenge their loss in the 2025 Asian Championships final and claim the coveted medalShuttlers Thulasimathi Murugesan left and Manasi Joshi defeated reigning world champions Qiuxia Yang and Zuxian Xiao of China 2116 2113 to win the womenrsquos doubles gold medalShuttler Nitesh Kumar outwitted compatriot Pramod Bhagat 2118 2116 to win the menrsquos singles SL3 gold In a clash between two Paralympic gold medallists Nitesh produced a clinical performance to deny the 38yearold Bhagat a third consecutive title Bhagat had won gold in 2018 and 2022 ldquoVery happy to win the Asian Games gold medalhellip winning in two sets against Pramod is of course very special and I think itrsquos one of the rarest of the rare things to seerdquo said NiteshShuttler Nitesh Kumar right beat compatriot Pramod Bhagat a Tokyo Paralympic gold medallist and twotime Asian Para Games champion to win the menrsquos singles goldBhagat seemed disappointed after settling for silver ldquoIt doesnrsquot feel that good because I had won two consecutive gold medals at the Asian Games and I was trying to win a third gold hererdquo said the Tokyo Paralympics gold medallistDebutant shuttler Naveen Sivakumar topped the menrsquos singles SL4 category Naveen showcased his prowess beating Indonesiarsquos Fredy Setiawan 219 2117 Meanwhile Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi clinched the gold medal in the para recurve menrsquos doubles event beating China 51 in the final65No of athletics medals won by India at the ongoing Asian Para Games 12 more than in 2022 edition9No of gold medals won by India on Friday