India win 11 medals on opening day of Asian Para Games
Mona Agarwal and Nishad Kumar won gold as India collected four golds on day one of the Asian Para Games.
India collected 11 medals on the opening day of the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Monday. Four of those were gold, five silver and two bronze, placing the country fourth on the medals table behind China, Japan and Uzbekistan.
Mona Agarwal set a new Games record of 250.0 points to win the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event, finishing 0.4 points ahead of Avani Lekhara. Nishad Kumar claimed gold in the men's T47 long jump with a 7.11-metre effort, while Soumya won the women's 1500m T12/T13 and Rinku took the men's F46 javelin title.
The competition runs until October 24, with Indian athletes scheduled across para-athletics, para-badminton, para-archery, para-swimming and para-powerlifting events.