Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 20 (ANI): Indian para-athlete Deepthi Jeevanji clinched gold within the ladies’s 400m T20 occasion on the 2026 Asian Para Games, setting a brand new Games report with a time of 56.36 seconds on Tuesday.
Jeevanji’s medal marked India’s fifth gold medal and the primary for Day 2 of the Para Asian Games.Â
The Paris 2024 Paralympics bronze medallist dominated the race, ending greater than two seconds forward of her closest competitor, Japan’s Niina Kanno, who secured silver for Japan in 58.92 seconds.
Japan’s Akane Kato secured the bronze medal with a time of 1:00.26.
Earlier right now, para desk tennis participant Bhavina Patel secured a bronze medal after dealing with a 3-0 defeat to China’s Zhang Bian within the Women’s Singles Class 4-5 semi-finals.
Patel, a silver medallist on the 2020 Paralympics, bowed out of the singles competitors after struggling a 7-11, 5-11, 7-11 defeat to China’s Zhang Bian within the semifinals.
Meanwhile, in para badminton, India’s blended SL3-SU5 pair of Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramdass assured themselves of a medal by advancing to the semifinals. The duo defeated their Thai duo of Srinavakul Chanida and Teamarrom Siripong 21-15, 21-14 in straight video games in simply 25 minutes within the quarterfinals.Â
Indian para archers Harvinder Singh, Bhawna, Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami superior to the quarterfinals of their respective particular person occasions on the 2026 Asian Para Games. Harvinder progressed within the males’s recurve occasion, whereas Bhawna superior within the ladies’s recurve class.
All 4 Indian compound archers – Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami – additionally secured quarterfinal berths, marking a robust exhibiting for the Indian contingent within the elimination rounds. (ANI)