Asian Para Games schedule for October 21: India seeks medals in athletics, archery, swimming

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India will look to strengthen its medal tally at the 2026 Asian Para Games on Wednesday, October 21, with a jam-packed schedule featuring multiple medal events in Para-Athletics, Para-Archery, Para-Swimming, Para-Powerlifting, Para-Cycling and Boccia.

Para athletics will offer several opportunities for India to add to its medal tally, with Ayush Verma in the men’s shot put F53 final, Sujith Mandalamunnakath in the men’s T13 long jump final and Banti and Praveen Kumar in the men’s high jump T44/64 final. Bhagyashri Jadhav, Mohd Yasser, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari and Manjeet are among the other Indians competing in the field event finals. Preeti Pal will also be in action in the women’s 100m T35 final.

Para-archery presents another big opportunity, with Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag taking on China in the women’s doubles gold medal match. Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami will compete for bronze in the men’s mixed doubles.

India will also have medal prospects in para-swimming, para-powerlifting, para-cycling and boccia. Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap and Devanshi Satija feature in the swimming final while Kasthuri Rajamani competes in the women’s 67kg powerlifting final. Anjali Devi could challenge for a medal in boccia, subject to qualification. India will also look to progress in Para-Badminton, Para-Judo and Para-Table Tennis.

Here is India’s full schedule for the 2026 Asian Para Games on Wednesday, October 21:

  • 5:30 IST: Parabadminton SL4 Men’s Singles Quarter Final: Sukant Kadam vs Fredy Setiawan (Indonesia).
  • 5:35 IST Next: Para Badminton SL4 Men’s Singles Quarter Final: Abhijeet Sakhuja vs Surya Kant Yadav (India).
  • 5:35 IST Next: Para Athletics Men’s Shot Put F53 Final: Ayush Verma. (Medal event)
  • 5:45 IST: Para Athletics Women’s 100m T12 Round 1 Heat 1: Simran.
  • 5:55 IST: Para Archery Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Match: Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag Vs. Jing Zhao and Xueqing Xu (China). (Medal event)
  • 6:00 IST: Parabadminton Women’s Singles WH1 Group B: Pallavi KM Vs. Sen Tomoyose (Japan).
  • 6:02 IST: Para Athletics Men’s Long Jump T13 Final: Sujith Mandalamkunnath. (Medal event)
  • 6:10 IST Next: Para Badminton WH1 Men’s Singles Quarter Final: Prem Kumar Ale vs Haeseong Park (Korea).
  • 6:10 IST Next: Para Badminton, SU5 Men’s Singles Quarter Final: Ruthick Ragupathi vs Mingpan Li (China).
  • 6:10 IST Next: Para Badminton SL4 Men’s Singles Quarter Final: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj vs Nadan Cho (Korea).
  • 6:19 IST: Para Athletics Men’s 100m T35 Final: Anubhav Choudhary. (Medal event)
  • 6:20 IST: Para Archery Men’s Compound Doubles Bronze Match: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami vs Yicheng Zhang and Xinliang Ai (China). (Medal event)
  • 6:30 am IST onwards: Para Judo Men’s J2 95kg each: Bijender vs Davurkhon Karomatov (Uzbekistan).
  • 6:30 IST onwards: Para Judo, Women’s J2 + 70kg each: Dimple vs Khabiba Djuraeva (Uzbekistan).
  • 6:30 am IST onwards: Para Judo Men’s J2 95kg each: Bijender vs. Yermek Nurkabayev (Kazakhstan).
  • 6:30 IST onwards: Para Judo Women’s J2 70kg Quarter Final: Vrushali Ashok More vs Yue Wang (China).
  • 6:30 am IST onwards: Para Judo Women’s J2 70kg Quarter Final: Gulshan vs Shuming Lin (China).
  • 6:30 IST onwards: Para Judo, Women’s J2 + 70kg with each: Dimple Vs. Zarina Raifova (Kazakhstan).
  • 6:30 am IST onwards: Para Judo Men’s J2 95kg each: Bijender vs Zhanbota Amanzhol (Kazakhstan).
  • 6:30 am IST onwards: Para Judo Men’s J2 95kg each: Bijender vs Tsukasa Tanaka (Japan).
  • 6:30 am IST onwards: Para Judo, Women’s J2 + 70kg each: Dimple vs Ping Wang (China).
  • 6:30 IST onwards: Para Judo, Women’s J2 + 70kg with each: Dimple Vs. Mokhinur Parmonova (Uzbekistan).
  • 6:30 am IST onwards: Para Judo, Women’s J2-70kg, Match/Semi-Finals/Medal Matches: Vrushali Ashok More and Gulshan (subject to qualification). (Medal event)
  • 6:35 IST: Para Table Tennis Men’s Doubles MD4 Group A: Jehan Dorab Madan and Shubham Wadhwa Vs. Rakan Alsalmi and Ibrahim Alhassan (Saudi Arabia).
  • 6:45 IST: Para Athletics High Jump Men T44/64 Final: Banti and Praveen Kumar. (Medal event)
  • 6:50 IST: Para Badminton SL4 Men’s Singles Quarter Final: Naveen Sivakumar vs Kyung Hwan Shin (Korea).
  • 7:09 IST: Women’s Para Swimming 50m Freestyle S8 Heat 1: Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap.
  • 7:10 IST Next: Para Athletics Women’s Shot Put F34 Final: Bhagyashri Jadhav. (Medal event)
  • 7:10 IST Next: Para Table Tennis Women’s Doubles WD14 Group B: Savita Ajjanakati and Prachi Pandey Vs. Wenjuan Huang and Xiaowu Liu (China).
  • 7:10 IST Next: Para Table Tennis Women’s Doubles WD5 Group A: Ekta Bhyan and Bhavina Patel Vs. Suyeon Seo and Jiyu Yoon (Korea).
  • 7:26 IST: Para Swimming Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB11 Heat 2: Himanshu Nandal.
  • 7:30 IST: Para Badminton Men’s Singles SU5 Quarter Final: Hardik Makkar vs Taiyo Imai (Japan).
  • 7:45 IST Next: Para Athletics Shot Put Men F45/46 Final: Mohd Yasser, Parveen and Sachin Sarjerao Khilari. (Medal event)
  • 7:50 IST: Para Swimming Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 2: Rohit Kumar.
  • 7:53 IST: Para Athletics Men’s 100m T37 Final: Rakesh BhaiBhatt. (Medal event)
  • 8:00 am IST: Para Athletics Men’s F12/F13 Javelin Final: Manjeet. (Medal event)
  • 8:10 IST: Parabadminton Women’s Singles SU5 Pool A: Manisha Ramadass Vs. Qiuxia Yang (China).
  • 8:10 am IST onwards: Para Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group A: Shanthiya Vishwanathan Vs. Warining Rahayu (Indonesia).
  • 8:10 IST Next: Boccia Women’s Singles BC3 Semi-Final: Anjali Devi vs Ladamanee Kla-Han (Thailand).
  • 8:50 IST: Parabadminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group B: Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Tongtong Li (China).
  • 9:00 am IST: Para Powerlifting Women’s 67kg Final: Kasthuri Rajamani. (Medal event)
  • 9:30 IST Next: Para Badminton Women’s Doubles WH1-WH2 Semi Final: Pallavi KM and Alphia James vs Tingting Xu and Fan Yang (China).
  • 9:30 IST Next: Para Badminton Men’s Doubles SH6 Group Match: Krishna Nagar and Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Naili Lin and Qingtao Zeng (China).
  • 9:45 IST: Para Cycling Men’s C1-5 Time Trial Final: Arshad Shaik. (Medal event)
  • 11:30 AM IST: Blind Football Men’s Team Prelims: India Vs. China.
  • 11:50 IST: Para Archery W1 Mixed Team Semi-Final: Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari and Swati Chaudhary vs Okgeum Kim and Hongjo Park (Korea).
  • 12:05 IST onwards: Para Table Tennis Mixed Doubles XD7 Group C: Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa Vs. Noriko Batuhan and Smith Carter (Philippines).
  • 12:05 IST onwards: Para Table Tennis Mixed Doubles XD17 Group C: Savita Ajjanakati and Dattaprasad Chougule Vs. Minh Tuan Pham and Thi Hoa Nguyen (Vietnam).
  • 12:40 IST: Para Table Tennis Mixed Doubles XD4 Group A: Sandeep Dangi and Sonalben Patel Vs. Ibrahim Alhassan and Maryam Almyrisl (Saudi Arabia).
  • 13:10 IST: Boccia, BC3 Individuals Gold/Bronze Match: Anjali Devi (subject to qualification). (Medal event)
  • 1:30 PM IST onwards: Para Badminton Men’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Quarter Final: Nitesh Kumar and Ruthick Ragupathi Vs. Naveen Sivakumar and Surya Kant Yadav (India).
  • 13:30 IST onwards: Para Swimming Women’s 100m Freestyle S8 Final: Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap. (Medal event)
  • 13:35 IST Next: Para Athletics Men’s Javelin F55 Final: Suchchain. (Medal event)
  • 13:35 IST onwards: Para Athletics, Women’s Discus Throw F55 Final: Karamjyoti. (Medal event)
  • 13:40 IST: Para Athletics Shot Put Men F40 Final: Rongali Ravi. (Medal event)
  • 13:45 IST: Para Athletics Women’s 100m T35 Final: Preeti Pal. (Medal event)
  • 13:50 IST onwards: Para Table Tennis Mixed Doubles XD17 Group C: Savita Ajjanakati and Dattaprasad Chougule Vs. Hong Kyu Park and Kunhea Kim (Korea).
  • 13:50 IST onwards: Para Table Tennis Mixed Doubles XD7 Pool C: Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa Vs. Yayang Gunaya and Osrita Muslim (Indonesia).
  • 13:57 IST: Para Swimming Women’s 100m Butterfly S10 Final: Devanshi Satija. (Medal event)
  • 14:10 IST: Para Badminton Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Semi Final: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Girishchandra Joshi Vs. Qiuxia Yang and Zuxian Xiao (China).
  • 14:25 IST: Para Table Tennis Mixed Doubles XD4 Group A: Sandeep Dangi and Sonalben Patel Vs. Nattawut Thinathet and Suthida Saensathan (Thailand).
  • 14:39 IST: Para Swimming Men’s 50m Butterfly S7 Final: Suyash Narayan Jadhav and Niranjan Mukundan. (medal event)
  • 15:06 IST: Para Swimming Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB11 Final: Himanshu Nandal. (Medal event)
  • 15:20 IST: Para Athletics Men’s 100m T64 Final: Pranav Desai. (Medal event)
  • 15:30 IST: Para Athletics Shot Put Men F32 Final: Vishesh. (Medal event)
  • 15:35 IST Next: Para Athletics Men Long Jump T42/T61/T63 Final: Mahendra Gurjar and Shailesh Kumar. (medal event)
  • 15:35 IST onwards: Table Tennis Mixed Doubles XD17 Group C: Savita Ajjanakati and Dattaprasad Chougule Vs. Muntadher Al-Sarraji and Hawraa Abualsebah (Iraq).
  • 15:35 IST onwards: Para Table Tennis Mixed Doubles XD7 Group C: Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa Vs. Fajer Alkhalaf and Ahmad Alotaibi (Kuwait).
  • 15:47 IST onwards: Para Athletics, Men’s 400m T35/T38 Final: Akira Nandan Banothu. (Medal event)
  • 15:47 IST onwards: Para Swimming Men’s 100m Breaststroke S13 Final: Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Budigina. (Medal event)
  • 15:55 IST onwards: Para Athletics, Men’s Discus Throw F37, Final: Haney. (Medal event)
  • 15:55 IST onwards: Para Athletics Men’s 1500m T12/T13 Final: Makanahalli Sharath. (Medal event)
  • 15:58 IST: Para Swimming Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB5 Final: Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni. (Medal event)
  • 16:10 IST: Para Table Tennis Mixed Doubles XD4 Group A: Sandeep Dangi and Sonalben Patel vs Hyeon-Uk Kim and Jiyu Yoon (Korea).
  • 16:21 IST: Para Swimming Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB4: Rohit Kumar (listed as heat 2 in source schedule). (Medal event)
  • 16:27 IST: Para Swimming Men’s 200m Medley SM11 Final: Himanshu Nandal. (Medal event)

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