Asian Para Games schedule for October 19: Athletics, archery and shooting take center stage

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After the spectacular opening ceremony, the attention of the athletes in Aichi-Nagoya will turn to the hunt for medals. The Indian contingent made its presence felt Mohenjodar inspired outfits on Sunday and now they will be looking to get on the medal table.

India will be eager for a strong start at the 2026 Asian Para Games, with several medal contenders in action on Monday, October 19. In para athletics, Paralympic medalists Nishad Kumar and Ajeet Singh Yadav, along with world champions Rinku Hooda and Ajeet Singh, will be among the athletes looking to place India.

India will also have the opportunity to compete for medals in Para Swimming and Para Powerlifting. Meanwhile, archers Harvinder Singh, Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi begin their campaign while shooting star Avani Lekhara takes aim in Para Shooting.

Here is India’s full schedule for the 2026 Asian Para Games on Monday, October 19:

  • 4:30 IST: Para Archery — Men’s Backstroke Qualification: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi.
  • 4:30 IST: Para Archery — Men’s Back Doubles Qualification: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi.
  • 4:30 IST: Para Archery – Women’s Qualification: Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi.
  • 4:30 IST: Para Archery – Women’s Mixed Doubles Qualification: Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi.
  • 4:30 IST: Para Archery — Women’s Qualification W1: Swati Chaudhary.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Doubles WH1-WH2 Group A: Abu Hubaida and Prem Kumar Ale Vs. Daiki Kajiwara and Keita Nishimura.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles WH2 Group B: Alphia James vs Amnouy Wetwithan.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Women’s Doubles WH1-WH2 Group B: Alphia James and Pallavi Kaluvehalli vs Amnouy Wetwithan and Onanong Phraikaeo.
  • 5:30 IST onwards: Para Badminton — Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar Vs. Chen Pengfei and Huang Zixuan.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL3 Group A: Nitesh Kumar vs Joo Dongjae.
  • 5:30 IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SU5 Group C: Ruthick Ragupathi Vs. Pricha Somsiri.
  • 5:30 IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SU5 Group A: Shanthiya Vishwanathan Vs. Yang Qiuxia.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group D: Sukant Kadam and Pramod Bhagat Vs. Suryo Nugroho and Muh Al Imran.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton Men’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group C: Nitesh Kumar and Ruthick Ragupathi Vs. Lee Seunghu and Lee Jeongsoo.
  • 5:30 IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Pool B: Mandeep Kaur and Shanthiya Vishwanathan Vs. Wong Lai Ming and Zhang Tsz Huen.
  • 5:30 IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SH6 Group D: Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Faiq Zali.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL3 Group C: Umesh Kumar vs Yi Yuzhe.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SU5 Group B: Rakesh Pandey vs Fang Jen-yu.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL4 Group C: Surya Kant Yadav Vs. Chen Pengfei.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SH6 Group A: Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan Vs. Apriliyana Sulistyawati.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SU5 Group A: Manisha Ramdass vs Warining Rahayu.
  • 5:30 IST onwards: Para Badminton – Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Pool A: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Joshi Vs. Yang Qiuxia and Xiao Zuxian.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SH6 Group B: Sudarsan Muthusamy vs Dimas Tri Aji.
  • 5:30 IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL4 Pool A: Naveen Sivakumar vs Jeon Sunwoo.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B: Surya Kant Yadav and Naveen Sivakumar Vs. Mohammad Ali Imam and Joytu Dhar.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles WH1 Group A: Prem Kumar Ale Vs. Muhammad Ikhwan Bin Ramli.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles WH2 Group E: Haris Mythili vs Mohammed Al-Ameer.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2 Group B: Abu Hubaida and Pallavi Kaluvehalli vs Qu Zimo and Liu Yutong.
  • 5:30 IST next: Para Badminton — Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group C: Ruthick Ragupathi and Manasi Joshi vs Kathleen Pedrosa and Khian Kyle Urbano.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SH6 Group C: Krishna Nagar vs Lin Naili.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL3 Group B: Pramod Bhagat vs Lee Seunghu.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL4 Group B: Sukant Kadam vs Sanjeewa Madduma.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL4 Group F: Abhijeet Sakhuja vs Prakash Adhikari.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton – Women’s Singles SU5 Group B: Thulasimathi Murugesan Vs. Wong Lai Ming.
  • 5:30 IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SL3 Group C: Mandeep Kaur vs Xiao Zuxian.
  • 5:30 IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SU5 Group F: Hardik Makkar vs Tay Wei Ming.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SL3 Group C: Neeraj vs Siti Maisarah B. Mat Lawani.
  • 5:30 IST Next: Para Badminton — SH6 Men’s Doubles Group Stage: Krishna Nagar and Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Dimas Tri Aji and Subhan.
  • 6:30 IST next: Para Judo — Men’s J1, 70kg Quarter-final: Kapil Parmar vs opponent to be confirmed.
  • 6:30 IST Next: Para Judo — Women J2, Under 52kg Semi Final: Kokila vs opponent to be confirmed.
  • 6:30 IST onwards: Para Judo — Men’s J1, up to 70 kg Correction: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification.
  • 6:30 am IST onwards: Para Judo – Women J1, up to 52 kg Correction round: Kokila, subject to qualification.
  • 6:30 IST Next: Para Judo — Men’s J1, 70kg Semi-Finals: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification.
  • 6:30 IST: Para Shooting – 10m Men’s Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification: Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar, Rakesh Nidagundi and Anandha Krishnan H.
  • 6:30 IST: Para Shooting – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal.
  • 6:35 IST: Para Table Tennis – Women’s Singles Grade 9 Group B: Baby Sahana Ravi vs Altynay Yerzhankyzy.
  • 6:35 IST: Para Table Tennis – Women’s Singles Grade 3 Group B: Sonalben Patel Vs. Chao Pei-hsi.
  • 7:05 IST: Boccia – Singles BC3 Group A: Anjali Devi vs Choi Ye Jin.
  • 7:05 IST: Boccia — Men’s Singles BC3 Group A: Sachin Chamaria vs Kazuki Takahashi.
  • 7:19 IST: Para-cycling — C1-2 Men’s 3000m Individual Qualifier: Arshad Shaik.
  • 7:20 IST: Para Archery — Men’s 1/16 Knockout Round: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi.
  • 7:20 IST: Para Archery — 1/16. Composite Women’s Elimination Round: Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi.
  • 7:30 am IST: Para Table Tennis – Women’s Singles Class 1 Group A: Ekta Bhyan vs Eun Hee Kim.
  • 7:32 IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM9 Heat 1: Swatik Patil.
  • 8:40 am IST: Para Shooting – Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final, Subject to Qualification: Indian Qualification.
  • 8:50 IST: Para Table Tennis – Women’s Singles Grade 8 Group A: Savita Ajjanakatti Vs. Asako Kurashimo.
  • 8:50 IST: Para Table Tennis – Men’s Singles Class 1 Group A: Jehan Madan vs Kim Hyeonuk.
  • 8:50 IST: Para Table Tennis – Men’s Singles Grade 1 Group A: Sandeep Dangi Vs. Rakan Al-Salmi.
  • 8:50 IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Grade 6 Group A: Prachi Pandey vs Kanokporn Phathumchai.
  • 9:00 am IST: Blind Soccer – Men’s Prelims: India vs Thailand.
  • 9:15 IST: Para Archery – Women’s Recurve Qualification: Pooja and Bhawna.
  • 9:15 IST: Para Archery – Women’s Doubles Qualifier: Pooja and Bhawna.
  • 9:15 IST: Para Archery — Men’s Qualification: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami.
  • 9:15 IST: Para Archery — Men’s Doubles Qualification: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami.
  • 9:15 am IST: Para Archery — Men W1 Qualification: Vinayak Amol Breed and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari.
  • 9:15 IST: Para Archery — Men’s Doubles Qualifier W1: Vinayak Amol Breed and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari.
  • 9:15 IST: Para Archery — W1 Mixed Team Qualifier: India.
  • 9:15 IST: Para Archery — Mixed Team Qualifier: India.
  • 9:15 IST: Para Archery — Mixed Team Qualifiers with Reversal: India.
  • 10:35 IST: Para Shooting – Women’s 10m Air Rifle SH1 Final, Qualifying: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal.
  • 11:30 IST: Para Table Tennis — Men’s Singles Class 3 Quarter Final: Shubham Wadhwa Vs. Feng Panfeng.
  • 12:05 IST: Boccia — Men’s Singles BC3 Group A: Sachin Chamaria vs Jeong Howon.
  • 12:05 IST: Para Archery — Men’s Knockout Round 1/16: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami.
  • 12:05 IST: Para Archery — Men’s 1/8 W1 Elimination Round: Vinayak Amol Breed and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari.
  • 12:05 IST: Para-cycling — C1-2 Men’s 3000m Individual Medal Races: Arshad Shaik, subject to qualification.
  • 12:10 IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles 3rd Quarter Final: Sonalben Patel, subject to qualification.
  • 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo – Women J2, Under 52kg Bronze Match: Kokila, subject to qualification.
  • 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Women’s J2, 52kg Final: Kokila, subject to qualification.
  • 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men’s J1, Under 70kg bronze medal match: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification.
  • 12:30 IST onwards: Para Judo — Men’s J1, 70kg Final: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification.
  • 13:00 IST: Para Powerlifting — Women’s 45kg Final: Jaspreet Kaur. (Medal event)
  • 13:30 IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 400m Freestyle S7 Final: Gopichand Lingutla and Niranjan Mukundan. (Medal event)
  • 13:30 IST: Para-Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Classes 4-5 Quarter-finals: Bhavina Patel vs opponent to be confirmed.
  • 13:38 IST: Para Swimming — Women’s 400m Freestyle S8 Final: Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap. (Medal event)
  • 13:40 IST: Para Athletics — Men’s Long Jump T47 Final: Nishad Kumar. (Medal event)
  • 14:10 IST onwards: Para Athletics — Women’s 400m T20 Round 1 heats: Deepthi Jeevanji.
  • 14:10 IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Grade 8 Semi-Final: Savita Ajjanakatti, subject to qualification.
  • 14:30 IST: Para Powerlifting — Men’s 59kg Final: Parmjeet Kumar and Manish Kumar. (Medal event)
  • 14:47 IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 100m Backstroke S11 Final: Himanshu Nandal. (Medal event)
  • 14:57 IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 Final: Ravi Karthik Budigina. (Medal event)
  • 15:07 IST onwards: Para Athletics — Women 200m T11 Round 1 heats: Ravanni Valasanaini.
  • 15:35 IST Next: Para Athletics — Men’s Javelin F46 Final: Ajeet Singh and Rinku. (Medal event)
  • 15:55 IST: Para Athletics — Women’s 1500m Final T12/T13: Radha Venkatesh and Soumya.
  • 16:03 IST: Para Athletics — Women’s 1500m T11 Final: Rakshitha Raju and Ravanni Valasanaini. (Medal event)
  • 16:11 IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM9 Final: Swatik Patil, subject to qualification.
  • 16:30 IST: Para Athletics — Men’s 200m T64 Final: Pranav Desai. (Medal event)
  • 16:37 IST onwards: Para Athletics — Women’s 200m T47 Round 1 heats: Jayanti Behera and Anjanaben Bumbadiya.
  • 16:46 IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 100m Freestyle S10 Final: Ajay Hindurao Bhosale and Kapil Kumar (Medal Event)

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