India will be in action across multiple disciplines at the Asian Para Games 2026 on Thursday, October 22, with several medal opportunities in para archery, athletics, shooting, swimming and table tennis.
In para badminton, Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan will face China’s Mingpan Li and Zuxian Xiao in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 semifinal. Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat will also compete in the same category against Indonesia’s Leani Ratro Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani.
Other key fixtures include Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj’s men’s singles SL4 semifinal against Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan and Nitesh Kumar’s men’s singles SL3 semifinal against Muh Al Imran of Indonesia.
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Para archery offers significant medal opportunities for India. Swati Chaudhary will contest the W1 women’s individual gold medal final, while Sheetal Devi will compete in the compound women’s gold medal final. Sheetal will also team up with Toman Kumar in the compound mixed team semifinal. Toman is scheduled to compete in the men’s compound bronze medal match.
In para athletics, Suvarna Raj will feature in the women’s discus throw F54 final. Parveen Kumar will compete in the men’s javelin throw F56/F57 final, while Rahul, Shailesh Kumar and Varun Singh Bhati are scheduled for the men’s high jump T42/T63 final. Indian athletes will also participate in several 400m heats and finals, subject to qualification.
In para swimming, Kapil Kumar will contest the men’s 400m freestyle S10 final. Devanshi Satija and Ajay Hindurao Bhosale are scheduled for the 50m freestyle S10 finals, while other Indian swimmers will aim to qualify for their respective finals.
India’s programme also includes para table tennis doubles fixtures, shooting qualification and boccia group matches, making it a packed day across the competition.
Here is India’s full schedule for Thursday, October 22, at the Asian Para Games 2026:
- 5:30 AM IST: Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Semifinal: Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Mingpan Li and Zuxian Xiao (China).
- 5:35 AM IST: Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Semifinal: Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat vs Leani Ratro Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani (Indonesia).
- 5:34 AM IST: Para Athletics, Women’s Discus Throw F54 Final: Suvarna Raj (medal event).
- 5:55 AM IST: Para Archery, W1 Women’s Individual Gold Medal Final: Swati Chaudhary vs Mengkan Cen (China) (medal event).
- 6:03 AM IST: Para Athletics, Women’s 400m T11 Heat 2: Ravanni Valasanaini.
- 6:10 AM IST: Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles SH6 Semifinal: Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Rina Marlina and Subhan (Indonesia).
- 6:30 AM IST: Para Shooting, P4 Open 50m Pistol SH1 Qualification: Rudransh Khandelwal.
- 6:35 AM IST: Para Table Tennis, Men’s Doubles MD4 Group A: Jehan Dorab Madan and Shubham Wadhwa vs Thirayu Chueawong and Nattawut Thinathet (Thailand).
- 6:41 AM IST: Para Athletics, Men’s 400m T45/T46/T47 Heat 1: Dilip Gavit.
- 6:48 AM IST: Para Athletics, Men’s 400m T45/T46/T47 Heat 2: Bharwad Bhavikk Dinesh Bhai.
- 6:50 AM IST: Para Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4 Semifinal: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj vs Fredy Setiawan (Indonesia).
- 6:55 AM IST: Para Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4 Semifinal: Naveen Sivakumar vs Abhijeet Sakhuja (India).
- 6:55 AM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB9 Heat 2: Swatik Patil.
- 7:10 AM IST: Para Table Tennis, Women’s Doubles WD5 Group A: Ekta Bhyan and Bhavina Patel vs Suthida Saensathan and Patamawadee (Thailand).
- 7:10 AM IST: Para Table Tennis, Women’s Doubles WD14 Group B: Savita Ajjanakati and Prachi Pandey vs Kanokporn Phathumchai and Kanlaya Chaiwut (Thailand).
- 7:10 AM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle S13 Heat 2: Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Budigina.
- 7:16 AM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle S11 Heat 2: Himanshu Nandal.
- 7:30 AM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 100m Backstroke S7 Heat 1: Tejas Nandakumar.
- 7:33 AM IST: Para Athletics, Women’s 400m T12 Heat 1: Tejalben Amraji Damor.
- 7:33 AM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 100m Backstroke S7 Heat 2: Gopichand Linguta.
- 7:35 AM IST: Para Badminton, Women’s Singles SL3 Semifinal: Sanjana Kumari vs Shino Kawai (Japan).
- 7:40 AM IST: Boccia, Mixed Pairs BC3 Pool A Match: Sachin Chamaria and Anjali Devi vs Aloysius Gan and Mohammad Nurulasyiqah (Singapore).
- 8:10 AM IST: Para Archery, Compound Mixed Team Semifinal: Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar vs Yun-hsien Lee and Jyun-kali Yang (Chinese Taipei).
- 8:45 AM IST: Para Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles XD17 Quarterfinal: Savita Ajjanakati and Dattaprasad Chougule vs Wilfred Redulla and Lhey Manginsay (Philippines).
- 8:45 AM IST: Para Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles XD7 Quarterfinal: Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa vs Kimie Bessho and Masanori Uno (Japan).
- 8:55 AM IST: Para Badminton, Men’s Singles SL3 Semifinal: Nitesh Kumar vs Muh Al Imran (Indonesia).
- 9:00 AM IST: Para Shooting, P4 Open 50m Pistol SH1 Final (if qualified): Rudransh Khandelwal (medal event).
- 9:50 AM IST: Para Table Tennis, Men’s Doubles MD4 Group A: Jehan Dorab Madan and Shubham Wadhwa vs Hyeon Uk Kim and Yeongjin Jang (Korea).
- 10:10 AM IST: Para Badminton, Men’s Singles SL3 Semifinal: Pramod Bhagat vs Seunghu Lee (Korea).
- 10:50 AM IST: Para Badminton, Women’s Singles SH6 Semifinal: Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Shuangbao Lin (China).
- 11:25 AM IST: Para Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles XD7 Semifinal (subject to qualification): Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa.
- 11:40 AM IST: Para Archery, Compound Women’s Gold Medal Final: Sheetal Devi vs Nur Syahidah Alim (Singapore) (medal event).
- 12:00 PM IST: Para Archery, Compound Men’s Bronze Medal Match: Toman Kumar vs Yicheng Zhang (China) (medal event).
- 12:10 PM IST: Para Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles XD17 Semifinal (subject to qualification): Savita Ajjanakati and Dattaprasad Chougule.
- 1:10 PM IST: Para Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles XD7 Gold Medal Match (subject to qualification): Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa (medal event).
- 1:30 PM IST: Boccia, Mixed Pairs BC3 Pool A Match: Sachin Chamaria and Anjali Devi vs Ho Yan Chan and Tak Wah Tse (Hong Kong).
- 1:30 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 400m Freestyle S10 Final: Kapil Kumar (medal event).
- 1:45 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men’s High Jump T42/T63 Final: Rahul, Shailesh Kumar and Varun Singh Bhati (medal event).
- 1:55 PM IST: Para Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles XD17 Gold Medal Match (subject to qualification): Savita Ajjanakati and Dattaprasad Chougule (medal event).
- 2:03 PM IST: Para Athletics, Women’s 400m T12 Final (subject to qualification): Tejalben Amraji Damor (medal event).
- 2:03 PM IST: Para Athletics, Women’s 400m T45/T46/T47 Final: Anjanaben Rohit Bumbadiya and Jayanti Behera (medal event).
- 2:42 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB9 Final (subject to qualification): Swatik Patil (medal event).
- 3:15 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men’s Javelin Throw F56/F57 Final: Parveen Kumar (medal event).
- 3:22 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle S13 Final (subject to qualification): Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Budigina (medal event).
- 3:25 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men’s 400m T45/T46/T47 Final (subject to qualification): Bharwad Bhavikk Dinesh Bhai and Dilip Gavit (medal event).
- 3:25 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle S11 Final (subject to qualification): Himanshu Nandal (medal event).
- 3:30 PM IST: Para Badminton, Women’s Singles SU5 Semifinal: Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Manisha Ramadass (India).
- 3:30 PM IST: Para Swimming, Women’s 50m Freestyle S10 Final: Devanshi Satija (medal event).
- 3:33 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle S10 Final: Ajay Hindurao Bhosale (medal event).
- 3:47 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men’s Long Jump T44/T62/T64 Final: Solairaj Dharmaraj (medal event).
- 4:08 PM IST: Para Athletics, Women’s 400m T11 Final (subject to qualification): Ravanni Valasanaini (medal event).
- 4:09 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men’s 100m Backstroke S7 Final (subject to qualification): Gopichand Linguta and Tejas Nandakumar (medal event).
- 4:10 PM IST: Para Badminton, Men’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Semifinal: Naveen Sivakumar and Surya Kant Yadav vs Suryo Nugroho and Muh Al Imran (Indonesia).
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