Asian Para Games: Where India stand in medal table after best day with 26 medals, including 7 gold

Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar (Image credit: PCI) NEW DELHI: India enjoyed its best day at the 2026 Asian Para Games on Thursday, winning 26 medals, including seven golds, to finish fourth in the standings. The haul took India’s medal tally to 88 medals – 21 gold, 26 silver and 41 bronze – with para-athletics continuing to lead the country.India finished the opening day fourth before slipping to sixth on Day 2 and fifth on Day 3. Thursday’s medal rush helped the contingent climb back to fourth ahead of South Korea, which also has 21 gold medals but fewer silver and bronze medals.

Sheetal Devi strikes gold twice, Athletics lead the charge

Armless archer Sheetal Devi reaffirmed her status as one of India’s leading athletes by winning two gold medals in less than two hours. The 19-year-old reigning world champion and world number one first teamed up with Toman Kumar to defend the mixed team title, defeating Indonesia’s Teodoro Audi Ayudio Ferella and Ken Swagumilang 151-148.Sheetal then came from four points back to beat Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahidah 142-139 in the singles final to repeat her Hangzhou 2023 triumph.India’s day began with Suvarna Raj winning gold in the women’s discus F54 with a best of 15.66m. The 44-year-old wheelchair athlete recorded four throws over 15m to secure the biggest win of her career.Dilip Gavit also claimed his second gold of the Games when he won the men’s 400m T47 final in 48.27 seconds to defend the title he won in 2023. Solairaj Dharmaraj capped the day with gold in the men’s T44/T62/T64 long jump final, setting an Asian record of 7.15m.Para athletics remained India’s biggest contributor with 52 medals – 18 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze. Medals also came from para-swimming, para-badminton and para-table tennis.

China surpassed 300 medals and India returned to fourth place

China continued to dominate with 313 medals, including 149 gold. Hosts Japan were second with 136 medals, including 40 gold, while Uzbekistan held third place with 117 medals, including 37 gold.India’s tally of 88 medals placed them fourth ahead of South Korea. Iran, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Iraq rounded out the top 10.

Asian Para Games Medal Tally: Top 10 Nations after Day 4

RankingNationsGoldSilverBronzeTotal1China14979853132Japan4046501363Uzbekistan3739411174INDIA212641885South Korea212326706Iran192930787Thailand162947928Kazakhstan101319429Indonesia1011315210Malaysia561021