New Delhi, 22 October 2026: At the Asian Para Games today, India's Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar won the gold medal in the compound mixed team archery event. They defeated the Indonesian team 151–148 in the final.
This is India's first gold medal in archery in these games. Sheetal Devi has won the Gold Medal for the second consecutive time in this competition; Earlier, he had won the gold medal in the 2023 Hangzhou Games along with Rakesh Kumar. Earlier, Shitale along with Payal Nag had also won the silver medal in the women's compound doubles competition.
Earlier, Suvarna Raje had won the gold medal in the women's F54 discus throw event. In Para-Archery (पेरा-तीरंदाजी), Swati Chaudhary created history by winning the silver medal in the women's individual W1 competition. This is India's first Chandrak in this series.
Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles XD-7 table tennis competition. In the semi-finals, they lost against Jang Yongjin and Lee Migyu of South Korea.
India also won several bronze medals in para-badminton. Manisha Ramadas and Pramod Bhagat won bronze medal in mixed doubles. Sanjana Kumari won the bronze medal in the women's singles SL-3 event, while Suhas Yathiraj and Abhijeet Sakhuja won the bronze medal in the men's singles SL-4 event. Krishna Nagar and Nitya Shri also won bronze medal in mixed doubles SH-6 competition.
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