India's excellent performance continues in the athletics competition of the Asian Para Games 2026. India's track and field athletes won 22 medals, including 5 gold, on the third day (Wednesday) of the Aichi-Nagoya Games. Sprint runner Simran, Praveen Kumar in high jump and Sachin Khiladi in shot put won gold medals with new records. Apart from this, Dilip Gavit and Ayush Verma also secured first position.
In the Men's Shotput F46 event, India made a 'clean sweep' and won all three medals. India also won medals in para archery, para swimming and powerlifting. The para athletics team has won 13 out of 14 gold medals won by India so far. 14 silver and 15 bronze have also been won in athletics. India is fifth in the tally with a total of 62 medals.
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Simran had won gold yesterday also
Simran won her second gold medal of the Asian Para Games by winning the Women's 100m T12 event with a Games record time of 12.02 seconds. He won the gold medal in the 200 meter event with a new Games record on Tuesday. Armless compound archer Sheetal Devi won the silver medal in women's doubles with Payal Nag.
In swimming, Ravi Karthik Budigina won the second silver in this Asian Para Games. He finished second in the Men's 100m Backstroke S13 category. Himanshu Nandal won his second bronze medal at the Asian Para Games by finishing third in the Men's 100m Breaststroke S11 event.
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Expectations of 60 medals in athletics
In athletics, India is participating in 62 events and hopes to win medals in 60. There are still two days of competitions left and India has won 41 track and field medals. Three players, including Preeti Pal, who won two bronze in Paris Paralympics 2024, have won two medals.
Preeti won the silver medal in the women's 100 meter T35 event. She had finished second in 200m T35 on Tuesday. Simran won her second gold medal of the Asian Para Games by winning the women's 100m T12 event with a Games record time of 12.02 seconds. She once again defeated Iran's Hajar Safarzadeh who stood second with a timing of 12.30 seconds. Simran won the gold medal in the 200 meter event with a new Games record on Tuesday.
India's first medal of the day was won by Ayush Verma, who added the second medal to his account by winning the gold medal in the Men's Shot Put F53 event. Ayush secured first place in his fifth attempt with a throw of 8.16 metres.