Aichi-Nagoya: Indian athletes made an impressive start to their Asian Para Games campaign in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, winning 11 medals on the opening day, including four gold, five silver and two bronze.
In shooting, Mona Agarwal clinched gold in the women’s 10m air rifle SH1 event with a score of 250 points, setting a new Asian Para Games record. India’s Avani Lekhara won silver in the same event, finishing 0.4 points behind Mona. According to the report, Avani also secured qualification for the 2028 Paralympics.
Nishad Kumar won gold in the long jump with an effort of 7.11 metres, achieving the feat in his first international competition in the discipline. In the women’s 1,500m race, Soumya claimed gold with a timing of 5 minutes and 12.39 seconds, while Karnataka’s Radha Venkatesh took silver.
India added another gold through Rinku, who won the men’s F46 javelin throw with an effort of 65.11 metres. Ajeet Singh secured silver in the event, while Ravani Valsane won bronze in the T11 category for visually impaired athletes.
India also collected medals in judo, with Kokila winning silver and Kapil Parmar claiming bronze in the men’s category.
The opening-day performance across shooting, athletics and judo gave India an encouraging start to its campaign at the continental para-sporting event.
