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India Opens Asian Para Games With 11 Medals and Record Breakers

Record performances in shooting, athletics and archery boosted India’s medal haul, securing an extra Paralympic quota for Los Angeles 2028.

Overview

  • India finished Day 1 with 11 medals — four gold, five silver and two bronze — leaving the team fourth in the overall standings.
  • In women's 10m air rifle SH1, Mona Agarwal topped qualification with 629.1 and won the final with 250.0 to set Asian Para Games qualification and final records.
  • Avani Lekhara took silver in the same event with 249.6, giving India an all-Indian one-two on the podium and contributing to an additional LA2028 shooting quota.
  • Para-athletics produced three golds including Nishad Kumar's 7.11m T47 long jump and a one-two in F46 javelin where Rinku won with 65.11m and Ajeet Singh took silver with 65.02m.
  • Para-archer Sheetal Devi equalled a world qualification mark and, with Rakesh Kumar, set a new mixed-team world record, signaling world-class form for India going forward.