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Sachin Khilari leads India's shot put sweep at Asian Para Games

Aichi-Nagoya (Japan), Oct 22 (UNI) India's medal tally at the Asian Para Games 2026 rose to 62
as Sachin Khilari led a clean sweep in the men's shot put F46 and Praveen Kumar successfully defended his high jump title here.

The Indian contingent climbed one place to fifth in the overall standings with 14 gold, 22 silver and 26 bronze medals after three days of medal events.
India added 27 medals to its tally on Day 3 on Wednesday, including five golds, 11 silvers and 11 bronzes. Sachin Khilari produced a Games record throw of 15.87m on his sixth and final attempt
to win the shot put F46 gold medal, according to olympics.com.

Mohd Yasser took silver with a season-best 15.06m, while Parveen completed India's podium sweep with 14.94m. India also secured a one-two finish in the men's high jump T64, where defending champion Praveen Kumar cleared 2.05m to win gold with a Games record. Banti claimed silver with a personal-best effort of 1.92m. On the track, Dilip Gavit won gold in the men's 100m T47 event, clocking 10.69 seconds.
Mohammed Basil finished second in 10.72 seconds to complete another Indian one-two finish. Simran completed a sprint double by winning the women's 100m T12 gold in a Games-record
12.02 seconds.
The Indian athlete had also won the 200m T12 title on Tuesday. Ayush Verma added another gold medal in the men's shot put F53 with an effort of 8.16m. India's other throwing medals included silver medals for Bhagyashri Jadhav in the women's shot put F34 and Manjeet in the men's javelin throw F13.
Bhagyashri registered a personal best of 8.19m, while Manjeet produced a career-best throw of 61.03m in the men's javelin F12/13 competition. Ravi Rongali secured bronze in the men's shot put F40 with 10.02m, while Sukhchain took bronze in the men's javelin F55 with 29.94m.
Haney won bronze in the men's discus throw F37 with a personal-best 57.04m, while Karamjyoti finished third in the women's discus F55 with a personal-best 21.60m. Preeti Pal won silver in the women's 100m T35, clocking 13.98 seconds. Akira Banothu won silver in the men's 400m T35/T38, while Rakeshbhai Bhatt took bronze in the men's 100m T37.
In the jumping events, Shailesh Kumar claimed bronze in the men's long jump T42/T61/T63 with
a Games record effort of 5.57m in the T42 classification. Anubhav Choudhary clocked a personal
best of 12.72 seconds to win bronze in the men's 100m T35, while Pranav Desai finished third in the men's 100m T64 in 11.96 seconds.
Sharath Makanahalli added another athletics bronze in the men's 1500m T12/T13 with a season-best time of 4:11.01. In para archery, Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag secured silver in the women's compound doubles event.
The Indian pair lost 141-150 to the People's Republic of China's Xu Xueqing and Zhao Jing in the final. In para powerlifting, Kasthuri Rajamani won silver in the women's -67kg category.
India also collected three medals in para swimming. Ravi Karthik Budigina won silver in the men's 100m backstroke S13, while Himanshu Nandal and Rohit Kumar took bronze in the men's 100m breaststroke SB11 and SB4 events, respectively.
India had finished the opening day with 11 medals before increasing its tally to 35 on Day 2. The country now has 62 medals after three days of competition. At the previous edition in Hangzhou, India recorded their best-ever Asian Para Games performance with 111 medals, including 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze.
The Asian Para Games 2026 will conclude on Saturday.
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