Asian Para Games 2026, India's medal tally, squad and stars

Update, 21 Oct 2026, 4 PM (IST): India had 47 medals (12 gold, 17 silver, 18 bronze) and was fifth in the medal table during day 3, according to Olympics.com and Sunday Guardian. The tally is changing through the day; the latest is below.

The Asian Para Games 2026 run from 18 to 24 October in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and India has sent one of its largest-ever para teams: more than 160 athletes across 11 or 12 sports, depending on the source. Athletics, with more than 60 athletes, and badminton, with nearly 30, make up the biggest groups.

Competition began with group-stage events, and India's early results included a win for table tennis player Bhavina Patel, the Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist.

Key points

• Update, day 3: India on 47 medals (12 gold, 17 silver, 18 bronze), fifth in the table.
• Dates: 18 to 24 October 2026, in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan.
• India's team: 168 athletes in 11 sports, according to one count, or 176 in 12 sports, according to another.
• Largest contingents: athletics (62), badminton (28) and archery (11), according to Wikipedia's summary of the team.
• Flag-bearers at the opening included Paralympic champion shuttler Pramod Bhagat; sources differ on the second.
• Bhavina Patel won her women's singles Class 4-5 group match against Jordan's Faten Eleimat; India's blind football team lost 6-1 to hosts Japan, Daily Jagran reported.

India's medal tally so far

Counts change through each day as events finish. China leads the overall table.

Some of India's gold medals so far:

• Nishad Kumar, men's long jump T47, India's first para athletics gold of the Games (day 1).
• Mona Agarwal, women's 10m air rifle SH1, with a Games record (day 1).
• Rinku, men's javelin F46, with Ajeet Singh taking silver (day 1).
• Praveen Kumar, men's high jump T64, with a Games record of 2.05m (day 3), ETV Bharat reported.
• Sachin Khilari, men's shot put F46, where India took all three medals (day 3), ETV Bharat reported.

The Paralympic Committee of India has said it expects around 90 to 100 medals, below the record 111 India won at Hangzhou in 2023.

India's team at the Asian Para Games

India's squad covers athletics, badminton, archery, five-a-side football, shooting, swimming, table tennis, powerlifting, judo, boccia and cycling. Among the best-known names:

• Pramod Bhagat (para badminton), a Paralympic gold medallist;
• Manasi Joshi and Sukant Kadam (para badminton);
• Bhavina Patel (para table tennis);
• Simran Sharma, Nishad Kumar and Preethi Pal (para athletics).

Sources disagree on the exact size of the team and on the second flag-bearer: one lists sprinter Simran Sharma, another Bhavina Patel. National Diaries will update the figures once the Paralympic Committee of India confirms them.

Asian Para Games 2026 India: early results

Bhavina Patel beat Jordan's Faten Eleimat in straight games in her group-stage match and topped her group, Daily Jagran reported. India's men's blind football team lost 6-1 to Japan.

Medal events are spread across the week. India's strongest hopes, based on recent Paralympic and world results, lie in para athletics and para badminton.

Why it matters: India's para athletes have transformed the country's sporting record over the past decade, winning far more medals at recent Paralympics than at any time before. For readers abroad, the Asian Para Games are one of the largest multi-sport events for athletes with disabilities outside the Paralympics, and a key step on the road to the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics.

Where to follow the Games

Results are published by the organisers in Aichi-Nagoya and by the Paralympic Committee of India. National Diaries will report on Indian medal wins as they're confirmed.

The Asian Para Games rarely get the attention of the Asian Games that came before them. They deserve more. Many of the athletes in Nagoya this week have overcome more just to get to the start line than most sports stars face in a career.