Asian Para Games 2026: India’s full schedule for October 21 – Preeti Pal lead India’s medal hunt | Asian Para Games 2026 News
India will look to build on their impressive medal haul at the Asian Para Games as the action continues on October 21, with several athletes competing in medal events across athletics, swimming, powerlifting, cycling and other disciplines.The Indian contingent enjoyed a productive day on October 20, securing 24 medals across multiple sports. The highlights included Deepthi Jeevanji’s gold in the women’s 400m T20, Nishad Kumar’s gold in the men’s high jump T47, and India’s historic podium sweep in the men’s discus throw.With more medal opportunities lined up, India will aim to maintain their momentum on Day 3.
Asian Para Games 2026: India’s Full Schedule for October 21
All timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST). Medal events are highlighted in bold.
Morning session
| Time (IST) | Sport | Event / Indian athlete(s) | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05:35 am | Para Athletics | Ayush Verma — Men’s Shot Put F53 | Final – Medal event |
| 05:45 am | Para Athletics | Simran — Women’s 100m T12, Heat 1 | Round 1 |
| 05:55 am | Para Archery | Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag vs Zhao Jing and Xu Xuequing (China) — Women’s Compound Doubles | Gold-medal match |
| 06:02 am | Para Athletics | Sujith Mandalamkunnath — Men’s Long Jump T13 | Final – Medal event |
| 06:19 am | Para Athletics | Anubhav Choudhary — Men’s 100m T35 | Final – Medal event |
| 06:20 am | Para Archery | Shyam Sunder Swami and Toman Kumar vs Zhang Yicheng and Ai Xinliang (China) — Men’s Compound Doubles | Gold-medal match |
| 06:35 am | Para Table Tennis | Jehan Madan and Shubham Wadhwa — Men’s Doubles MD4 | Group match |
| 06:45 am | Para Athletics | Banti and Praveen Kumar — Men’s High Jump T64 | Final – Medal event |
| 07:09 am | Para Swimming | Vaishnavi Jagtap — Women’s 50m Freestyle S8 | Heats |
| 07:10 am | Para Athletics | Bhagyashri Jadhav — Women’s Shot Put F34 | Final – Medal event |
| 07:10 am | Para Table Tennis | Savita Ajjanakatti and Prachi Pandey — Women’s Doubles WD14 | Group match |
| 07:10 am | Para Table Tennis | Bhavina Patel and Ekta Bhyan — Women’s Doubles WD5 | Group match |
| 07:26 am | Para Swimming | Himanshu Nandal — Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB11 | Heats |
| 07:45 am | Para Athletics | Parveen and Sachin Khilari — Men’s Shot Put F46 | Final – Medal event |
| 07:50 am | Para Swimming | Rohit Kumar — Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB4 | Heats |
| 07:53 am | Para Athletics | Rakesh Bhatt — Men’s 100m T37 | Final – Medal event |
| 08:00 am | Para Athletics | Manjeet — Men’s Javelin Throw F12/F13 | Final – Medal event |
| 08:10 am | Boccia | Anjali Devi vs Ladamanee Kla-Han — Women’s Individual BC3 | Semifinal – Medal event |
| 09:00 am | Para Powerlifting | Kasthuri Rajamani — Women’s Up to 67kg | Final – Medal event |
| 09:45 am | Para Cycling | Arshad Shaik — Men’s C1–5 Time Trial | Final – Medal event |
| 11:50 am | Para Archery | India vs South Korea — W1 Mixed Team | Semifinal |
Afternoon session
| Time (IST) | Sport | Event / Indian athlete(s) | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:05 pm | Para Table Tennis | Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa — Mixed Doubles XD7 | Group match |
| 12:05 pm | Para Table Tennis | Savita Ajjanakatti and Dattaprasad Chougule — Mixed Doubles XD17 | Group match |
| 12:40 pm | Para Table Tennis | Sonalben Patel and Sandeep Dangi — Mixed Doubles XD4 | Group match |
| 01:30 pm | Para Swimming | Vaishnavi Jagtap — Women’s 100m Freestyle S8 | Final – Medal event |
| 01:30 pm | Para Athletics | Sukhchain — Men’s Javelin Throw F55 | Final – Medal event |
| 01:35 pm | Para Athletics | Karamjyoti — Women’s Discus Throw F55 | Final – Medal event |
| 01:40 pm | Para Athletics | Ravi Rongali — Men’s Shot Put F40 | Final – Medal event |
| 01:45 pm | Para Athletics | Preeti Pal — Women’s 100m T35 | Final – Medal event |
| 01:50 pm | Para Table Tennis | Savita Ajjanakatti and Dattaprasad Chougule — Mixed Doubles XD17 | Group match |
| 01:50 pm | Para Table Tennis | Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa — Mixed Doubles XD7 | Group match |
| 01:57 pm | Para Swimming | Devanshi Satija — Women’s 100m Butterfly S10 | Final – Medal event |
| 02:25 pm | Para Table Tennis | Sonalben Patel and Sandeep Dangi — Mixed Doubles XD4 | Group match |
| 02:39 pm | Para Swimming | Niranjan Mukundan and Suyash Jadhav — Men’s 50m Butterfly S7 | Final – Medal event |
| 03:20 pm | Para Athletics | Pranav Desai — Men’s 100m T64 | Event listed; stage to be confirmed |
| 03:30 pm | Para Athletics | Vishesh — Men’s Shot Put F32 | Final – Medal event |
| 03:35 pm | Para Athletics | Shailesh Kumar and Mahendra Gurjar — Men’s Long Jump T42/T61/T63 | Final – Medal event |
| 03:35 pm | Para Table Tennis | Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa — Mixed Doubles XD7 | Group match |
| 03:35 pm | Para Table Tennis | Savita Ajjanakatti and Dattaprasad Chougule — Mixed Doubles XD17 | Group match |
| 03:47 pm | Para Athletics | Akira Banothu — Men’s 400m T35/T38 | Final – Medal event |
| 03:47 pm | Para Swimming | Ravi Budigina — Men’s 100m Backstroke S13 | Final – Medal event |
| 03:58 pm | Para Swimming | Chaitanya Kulkarni — Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB5 | Final – Medal event |
| 04:05 pm | Para Athletics | Haney — Men’s Discus Throw F37 | Final – Medal event |
| 04:10 pm | Para Table Tennis | Sonalben Patel and Sandeep Dangi — Mixed Doubles XD4 | Group match |
| 04:27 pm | Para Swimming | Himanshu Nandal — Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM11 | Final – Medal event |
| 04:32 pm | Para Athletics | Sharath Makanahalli — Men’s 1500m T12/T13 | Final – Medal event |
