Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 21 (ANI): India continued so as to add to its medal tally on the Asian Para Games 2026, with Rohit Kumar, Sharath Makanahalli, Shailesh Kumar and Haney clinching bronze medals throughout swimming and para athletics occasions.
Debutant Rohit Kumar clinched bronze within the males’s 100m Breaststroke SB4 last with a timing of 1:57.25, enhancing India’s efficiency within the occasion in comparison with the earlier version in 2022.
At APG 2022, Shaikh and Herojit Singh completed fourth and fifth, respectively, with timings of two:24.05 and a pair of:24.49. Rohit’s timing in 2026 was 26.80 seconds quicker than Shaikh’s and 27.24 seconds quicker than Herojit Singh’s.
Malaysia’s Muhammad Bin Zulkafli gained gold within the occasion with a Games file time of 1:41.44. In para athletics, Sharath Makanahalli secured bronze within the males’s 1500m T12/T13 last with a timing of 4:11.01, incomes 629 factors.
Makanahalli led the sector by a sizeable margin going into the ultimate lap however pale in the direction of the end and was overtaken on the last bend earlier than securing the bronze medal. Uzbekistan’s Fakhriddin Khamraev gained gold with a Games file time of 4:07.48, incomes 688 factors, whereas Jordan’s Nabeel Maqableh claimed silver.
Shailesh Kumar, who gained gold within the Hangzhou Asiad within the Men’s High Jump T42/T63 occasion, gained bronze medal within the Men’s Long Jump T42/T61/T63 Final. The swap appeared to have labored wonders when each Shailesh and compatriot Mahendra Gurjar briefly led the sector as T42 classes, however have been pipped to the victory by Hajime Kondo of Japan (gold, 6.51m, 734pts) and Phalathip Khamtaa (silver, 6.41m, 699 pts) – each T63 athletes. Shailesh gained bronze with an Games file (T42) effort of 5.57m, narrowly beating out Gurjar who jumped 5.56m to complete fourth.
Twenty-year-old Haney gained bronze within the males’s discus throw F37 last with a private finest throw of 57.04 metres on his sixth and last try.
Haney, who holds the world file within the males’s javelin throw F37 class, was in fourth place for a lot of the occasion earlier than securing the bronze along with his last throw.
Pakistan’s Haider Ali gained silver with a throw of 57.20 metres, whereas Uzbekistan’s Kudratillokhon Marufkhujaev clinched gold with a Games file effort of 57.39 metres.
India loved a robust medal haul on the Asian Para Games 2026, with athletes profitable gold, silver and bronze medals throughout para athletics, swimming, powerlifting, archery and badminton.
In para athletics, Sachin Khilari, Simran Sharma, Dilip Gavit, Praveen Kumar and Ayush Verma gained gold medals. Mohammed Yasser, Parveen, Preeti Pal, Manjeet, Bhagyashri Jadhav and Akira Banothu have been among the many athletes who secured silver medals, whereas Sukhchain, Pranav Desai, Anubhav Choudhary, Rakesh Bhatt, Ravi Rongali, Sharath Makanahalli and Karamjyoti gained bronze medals.
In para swimming, Ravi Budigina gained silver within the males’s 100m backstroke S13 last, whereas Himanshu Nandal and Rohit Kumar claimed bronze medals of their respective occasions. Kasthuri Rajamani gained silver in ladies’s para powerlifting.
In para archery, Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag secured silver within the ladies’s compound doubles occasion after dropping to China’s Zhao Jing and Xu Xueqing within the gold medal match. Alphia James and Pallavi Okay gained bronze in ladies’s doubles WH1-WH2 para badminton.
India additionally had a number of athletes end outdoors the medal positions. Sujith Mandalamkunnath completed sixth in males’s lengthy leap T13, whereas swimmers Vaishnavi Jagtap and Devanshi Satija positioned sixth of their respective occasions. Niranjan Mukundan and Suyash Jadhav completed fifth and sixth within the males’s 50m butterfly S7 last, respectively.
Indian athletes additionally missed out on medals in para archery, boccia and para biking, whereas Chaitanya Kulkarni completed sixth in males’s 100m breaststroke SB5 and Himanshu Nandal positioned fourth in males’s 200m particular person medley SM11. (ANI)