Asian Para Games: Deepti Jeevanjee wins gold with Games record, India claims fifth gold
Deepti Jeevanjee wins gold with a Games record at the Asian Para Games, taking India’s gold medal tally to five.
New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu): Indian athletes continued their strong performance at the 2026 Asian Para Games on October 20. Deepti Jeevanjee won gold in the women’s 400m T20 event setting a new Games record with a time of 56.36 seconds. This marked India’s fifth gold medal at the competition and its first on the second day.
Paris Paralympics 2024 bronze medallist Deepti led the race from the beginning and finished more than two seconds ahead of Japan’s Nina Kano, who secured silver in 58.92 seconds. Japan’s Akane Kato claimed bronze with a timing of 1 minute and 0.26 seconds. Meanwhile, para-table tennis player Bhavina Patel won bronze in the women’s singles Class 4-5 event after losing 0-3 to China’s Zhang Bian in the semifinals, with scores of 7-11, 5-11 and 7-11.
In para-badminton, the Indian mixed pair of Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramdas secured a place in the semifinals of the SL3-SU5 category after defeating Thailand’s Chanida Srinawakul and Siripong Teamarrom 21-15, 21-14 in 25 minutes. Indian archers also delivered promising performances with Harvinder Singh and Bhavna reaching the recurve quarterfinals, while Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Tomman Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami advanced to the final eight in the compound category.