Asian Para Games: Pradeep wins javelin silver, Ayush takes bronze, Manish bags air pistol silver
India added three medals at the Asian Para Games as Pradeep and Manish won silver, while Ayush secured bronze in javelin throw.
Nagoya (The Uttam Hindu): Indian athletes continued their strong performance at the 2026 Asian Para Games with Pradeep Kumar winning silver in the F54 javelin throw and Ayush Verma securing bronze in the F53 event. Pradeep recorded a best throw of 27.45 metres for 901 points, while Ayush achieved 17.88 metres for 793 points. Both athletes registered personal bests. Iran’s Erfan Bondori won gold in the F54 event with a throw of 30.24 metres and 986 points.
In shooting, two-time Paralympic medallist Manish Narwal won silver in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1 event with a score of 233.7 securing a quota place for the Los Angeles Paralympics 2028. South Korea’s Jeongdoo Jo claimed gold with a Games-record score of 241.3, while India’s Rudransh Khandelwal finished seventh with 127.3 points. Earlier, Rinku Hooda won gold in the F46 javelin event with a throw of 65.11 metres, while Ajeet Singh secured silver with 65.02 metres.
India also collected four bronze medals in para-table tennis on Tuesday. Baby Sahana Ravi won bronze in Class 9, while Prarchi Dubey, Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel secured bronze medals after losing their respective semifinal matches. Prarchi lost 0-3 to Al-Dayeni. On Monday, India secured 11 medals including four gold, five silver and two bronze, further strengthening its campaign at the Asian Para Games.