After a splendid opening ceremony, the attention of the athletes in Aichi-Nagoya will turn towards the medal hunt. The Indian contingent made their presence felt with Mohenjo-daro-inspired kits on Sunday and now they will look to make a mark on the medal tally.
India will be eager to make a strong start at the 2026 Asian Para Games, with several medal contenders in action on Monday, October 19. In Para Athletics, Paralympic medallists Nishad Kumar and Ajeet Singh Yadav, along with world champions Rinku Hooda and Ajeet Singh, will be among the athletes aiming to put India on the medal board.
India will also have opportunities to compete for medals in Para Swimming and Para Powerlifting. Meanwhile, archers Harvinder Singh, Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi begin their campaigns, while shooting star Avani Lekhara takes aim in Para Shooting.
Here is India’s full schedule for Monday, October 19, at the Asian Para Games 2026:
- 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Men’s Recurve Qualification: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi.
- 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Men’s Recurve Doubles Qualification: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi.
- 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Women’s Compound Qualification: Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi.
- 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Women’s Compound Doubles Qualification: Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi.
- 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Women’s W1 Qualification: Swati Chaudhary.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Doubles WH1-WH2 Group A: Abu Hubaida and Prem Kumar Ale vs Daiki Kajiwara and Keita Nishimura.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles WH2 Group B: Alphia James vs Amnouy Wetwithan.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Doubles WH1-WH2 Group B: Alphia James and Pallavi Kaluvehalli vs Amnouy Wetwithan and Onanong Phraikaeo.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar vs Chen Pengfei and Huang Zixuan.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL3 Group A: Nitesh Kumar vs Joo Dongjae.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SU5 Group C: Ruthick Ragupathi vs Pricha Somsiri.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SU5 Group A: Shanthiya Vishwanathan vs Yang Qiuxia.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group D: Sukant Kadam and Pramod Bhagat vs Suryo Nugroho and Muh Al Imran.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group C: Nitesh Kumar and Ruthick Ragupathi vs Lee Seunghu and Lee Jeongsoo.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B: Mandeep Kaur and Shanthiya Vishwanathan vs Wong Lai Ming and Zhang Tsz Huen.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SH6 Group D: Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Faiq Zali.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL3 Group C: Umesh Kumar vs Yi Yuzhe.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SU5 Group B: Rakesh Pandey vs Fang Jen-yu.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL4 Group C: Surya Kant Yadav vs Chen Pengfei.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SH6 Group A: Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Apriliyana Sulistyawati.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SU5 Group A: Manisha Ramdass vs Warining Rahayu.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group A: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Joshi vs Yang Qiuxia and Xiao Zuxian.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SH6 Group B: Sudarsan Muthusamy vs Dimas Tri Aji.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL4 Group A: Naveen Sivakumar vs Jeon Sunwoo.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B: Surya Kant Yadav and Naveen Sivakumar vs Mohammad Ali Imam and Joytu Dhar.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles WH1 Group A: Prem Kumar Ale vs Muhammad Ikhwan Bin Ramli.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles WH2 Group E: Haris Mythili vs Mohammed Al-Ameer.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2 Group B: Abu Hubaida and Pallavi Kaluvehalli vs Qu Zimo and Liu Yutong.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group C: Ruthick Ragupathi and Manasi Joshi vs Kathleen Pedrosa and Khian Kyle Urbano.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SH6 Group C: Krishna Nagar vs Lin Naili.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL3 Group B: Pramod Bhagat vs Lee Seunghu.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL4 Group B: Sukant Kadam vs Sanjeewa Madduma.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SL4 Group F: Abhijeet Sakhuja vs Prakash Adhikari.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SU5 Group B: Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Wong Lai Ming.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SL3 Group C: Mandeep Kaur vs Xiao Zuxian.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Singles SU5 Group F: Hardik Makkar vs Tay Wei Ming.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women’s Singles SL3 Group C: Neeraj vs Siti Maisarah B. Mat Lawani.
- 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men’s Doubles SH6 Group Stage: Krishna Nagar and Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Dimas Tri Aji and Subhan.
- 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men’s J1, -70kg Quarter-final: Kapil Parmar vs opponent to be confirmed.
- 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Women’s J2, -52kg Semi-final: Kokila vs opponent to be confirmed.
- 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men’s J1, -70kg Repechage: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification.
- 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Women’s J1, -52kg Repechage: Kokila, subject to qualification.
- 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men’s J1, -70kg Semi-final: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification.
- 6:30 AM IST: Para Shooting — Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification: Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar, Rakesh Nidagundi and Anandha Krishnan H.
- 6:30 AM IST: Para Shooting — Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal.
- 6:35 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Class 9 Group B: Baby Sahana Ravi vs Altynay Yerzhankyzy.
- 6:35 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Class 3 Group B: Sonalben Patel vs Chao Pei-hsi.
- 7:05 AM IST: Boccia — Women’s Individual BC3 Pool A: Anjali Devi vs Choi Ye Jin.
- 7:05 AM IST: Boccia — Men’s Individual BC3 Pool A: Sachin Chamaria vs Kazuki Takahashi.
- 7:19 AM IST: Para Cycling — Men’s C1-2 3,000m Individual Pursuit Qualification: Arshad Shaik.
- 7:20 AM IST: Para Archery — Men’s Recurve Elimination Round of 1/16: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi.
- 7:20 AM IST: Para Archery — Women’s Compound Elimination Round of 1/16: Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi.
- 7:30 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Class 1 Group A: Ekta Bhyan vs Eun Hee Kim.
- 7:32 AM IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM9 Heat 1: Swatik Patil.
- 8:40 AM IST: Para Shooting — Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final, subject to qualification: Indian qualifiers.
- 8:50 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Class 8 Group A: Savita Ajjanakatti vs Asako Kurashimo.
- 8:50 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Men’s Singles Class 1 Group A: Jehan Madan vs Kim Hyeonuk.
- 8:50 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Men’s Singles Class 1 Group A: Sandeep Dangi vs Rakan Al-Salmi.
- 8:50 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Class 6 Group A: Prachi Pandey vs Kanokporn Phathumchai.
- 9:00 AM IST: Blind Football — Men’s Preliminary Round: India vs Thailand.
- 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Women’s Recurve Qualification: Pooja and Bhawna.
- 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Women’s Recurve Doubles Qualification: Pooja and Bhawna.
- 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Men’s Compound Qualification: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami.
- 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Men’s Compound Doubles Qualification: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami.
- 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Men’s W1 Qualification: Vinayak Amol Breed and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari.
- 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Men’s W1 Doubles Qualification: Vinayak Amol Breed and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari.
- 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — W1 Mixed Team Qualification: India.
- 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Compound Mixed Team Qualification: India.
- 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Recurve Mixed Team Qualification: India.
- 10:35 AM IST: Para Shooting — Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final, subject to qualification: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal.
- 11:30 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Men’s Singles Class 3 Quarter-final: Shubham Wadhwa vs Feng Panfeng.
- 12:05 PM IST: Boccia — Men’s Individual BC3 Pool A: Sachin Chamaria vs Jeong Howon.
- 12:05 PM IST: Para Archery — Men’s Compound Elimination Round of 1/16: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami.
- 12:05 PM IST: Para Archery — Men’s W1 Elimination Round of 1/8: Vinayak Amol Breed and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari.
- 12:05 PM IST: Para Cycling — Men’s C1-2 3,000m Individual Pursuit Medal Races: Arshad Shaik, subject to qualification.
- 12:10 PM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Class 3 Quarter-final: Sonalben Patel, subject to qualification.
- 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Women’s J2, -52kg Bronze Medal Match: Kokila, subject to qualification.
- 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Women’s J2, -52kg Final: Kokila, subject to qualification.
- 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men’s J1, -70kg Bronze Medal Match: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification.
- 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men’s J1, -70kg Final: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification.
- 1:00 PM IST: Para Powerlifting — Women’s Up to 45kg Final: Jaspreet Kaur. (Medal event)
- 1:30 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 400m Freestyle S7 Final: Gopichand Lingutla and Niranjan Mukundan. (Medal event)
- 1:30 PM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Classes 4-5 Quarter-final: Bhavina Patel vs opponent to be confirmed.
- 1:38 PM IST: Para Swimming — Women’s 400m Freestyle S8 Final: Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap. (Medal event)
- 1:40 PM IST: Para Athletics — Men’s Long Jump T47 Final: Nishad Kumar. (Medal event)
- 2:10 PM IST onwards: Para Athletics — Women’s 400m T20 Round 1 Heats: Deepthi Jeevanji.
- 2:10 PM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women’s Singles Class 8 Semi-final: Savita Ajjanakatti, subject to qualification.
- 2:30 PM IST: Para Powerlifting — Men’s Up to 59kg Final: Parmjeet Kumar and Manish Kumar. (Medal event)
- 2:47 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 100m Backstroke S11 Final: Himanshu Nandal. (Medal event)
- 2:57 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 Final: Ravi Karthik Budigina. (Medal event)
- 3:07 PM IST onwards: Para Athletics — Women’s 200m T11 Round 1 Heats: Ravanni Valasanaini.
- 3:35 PM IST onwards: Para Athletics — Men’s Javelin Throw F46 Final: Ajeet Singh and Rinku. (Medal event)
- 3:55 PM IST: Para Athletics — Women’s 1,500m T12/T13 Final: Radha Venkatesh and Soumya.
- 4:03 PM IST: Para Athletics — Women’s 1,500m T11 Final: Rakshitha Raju and Ravanni Valasanaini. (Medal event)
- 4:11 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM9 Final: Swatik Patil, subject to qualification.
- 4:30 PM IST: Para Athletics — Men’s 200m T64 Final: Pranav Desai. (Medal event)
- 4:37 PM IST onwards: Para Athletics — Women’s 200m T47 Round 1 Heats: Jayanti Behera and Anjanaben Bumbadiya.
- 4:46 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men’s 100m Freestyle S10 Final: Ajay Hindurao Bhosale and Kapil Kumar (Medal event)
– Ends

