Aichi Nagoya. On the fourth day of Asian Para Games 2026, India made a great start with Suvarna Raj's gold and Swati Chaudhary's historic silver. Suwarna won gold in women's discus throw F54 with a throw of 15.66 meters. At the same time, Swati became India's first medal winner in women's W1 archery. In para badminton also, India won two bronze medals and a pair reached the finals. Along with this, Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar won gold in Para Compound Mixed Team.
Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar won the gold medal for India. The Indian pair won the title by defeating Indonesia 151-148 in the final of Para Compound Mixed Team. In a tough competition, both of them maintained their composure and won the gold medal for India. Another gold medal was added to India's account in Nagoya. Sheetal Devi once again added a new chapter to her success on the international stage. The historic campaign of both was completed with this gold medal. Earlier, the Indian pair had broken the world record by scoring an impressive combined score of 1,402 points in the ranking round. With the victory in the final, both of them put a golden seal on their strong performance.
Suvarna Raj won the gold medal in the women's discus throw F54 event with a best throw of 15.66 meters. He achieved a distance of 13.68 meters in his first attempt, while throwing the discus to 15.09 meters in his second attempt. After this, he gave his best performance in the fifth attempt. Iran's Shahid Habibi won the silver medal with a throw of 15.45 metres. She was just 21 centimeters behind Suvarna. Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thuy won the bronze medal with a throw of 14.65 metres.
Suvarna Raj is an experienced para athlete from India and uses a wheelchair. She has represented India in three Asian Para Games and has been competing at the international level since 2017. In January 2026, at the Canberra Track Meet, he won gold medal in discus throw and silver medal in shot put. After this, he also won a bronze medal in the Dubai World Para Athletics Grand Prix.
Apart from sports, Suvarna also works for the rights and accessibility of persons with disabilities. She has conducted over 1,000 accessibility audits in India and was awarded the National Youth Award in 2015.
India won two more bronze medals in para badminton. Suhas Yathiraj and Abhijeet Sukhuja won bronze medals in the men's singles SL4 event. Suhas gave a tough fight to Paralympic medalist Freddy Setiawan of Indonesia, but lost 21-23, 21-8, 15-21 in the three-game match. At the same time, Abhijeet lost against compatriot Naveen Shivkumar by 13-21, 15-21. Now Naveen and Setiawan will face each other in the final. In this way, an Indian player will definitely reach the gold medal contest.
Another bronze medal in badminton was added to India's account. Sanjana Kumari won the bronze medal in the women's singles SL3 event. She lost 7-21, 9-21 against Japan's Shino Kawai in the semi-finals. With this defeat, Sanjana's dream of winning a gold medal was shattered, but she finished the competition with a bronze medal. India's medal tally in badminton in Nagoya is continuously increasing.
India's 70 medals, country at sixth position
India is at sixth position in the medal table of Asian Para Games 2026 after winning a total of 70 medals including 15 gold, 22 silver and 33 bronze. India has got maximum 43 medals in Para Athletics, which includes 14 gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze. Six medals each were won in Para badminton and Para swimming, five in Para table tennis and four in Para shooting. At the same time, India has won two medals each in Para Archery, Para Judo and Para Powerlifting. China tops the medal table with 249 medals (116 gold), while Uzbekistan is second with 98 medals and host Japan is third with 106 medals. South Korea is fourth with 52 medals and Iran is fifth with 66 medals. India's number of gold medals is equal to Iran's 15, but due to one less silver medal, India is in sixth place.