Asian Para Games 2026 Results: Sheetal Devi Leads India’s Medal Charge, Full Medal List

Sheetal Devi is the headline of India’s Asian Para Games 2026 results. The armless archer from Jammu and Kashmir has equalled the world record, broken two more world records, won silver in the women’s doubles and reached the individual compound final, which she shoots on 22 October.

Overall, India has won 47 medals (12 gold, 17 silver, 18 bronze) at the Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, as of midday on 21 October. Para athletics leads the way with 30 medals. Below are Sheetal’s results, India’s medal tally by sport and every Indian athletics medal, day by day.

Sheetal Devi leads the Asian Para Games 2026 results

Sheetal arrived in Aichi-Nagoya as the defending champion and world No. 1 in women’s compound. Even so, her first three days were remarkable. In the ranking round, she scored 704 out of 720, equalling the world record held jointly with Turkey’s Oznur Cure. That score also raised the Asian Para Games record from 680 to 704.

Silver in the doubles with Payal Nag

In the women’s doubles, Sheetal teamed up with 18-year-old Payal Nag from Balangir, Odisha. Payal lost all four limbs in an electrocution accident as a child, and she took up archery after being inspired by Sheetal. Together, they topped the ranking round with Asian and Games records. However, in the final on 21 October, China’s Xu Xueqing and Zhao Jing won 150-141, so the Indian pair took silver.

Other Indian archers

Swati Chaudhary reached the women’s W1 final by beating South Korea’s Lee Eunhee 6-2. Meanwhile, Toman Kumar lost his men’s compound semi-final 144-149 to China’s Ai Xin Liang and goes for bronze.

Who is Sheetal Devi?

Sheetal Devi was born on 10 January 2007 in Loidhar village in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. She was born with phocomelia, a rare condition that left her without arms, so she shoots with her legs and feet. In fact, she is the first female para archer without arms to become a world champion.

Around 2020, the Indian Army’s Rashtriya Rifles noticed her through Operation Sadbhavana and supported her education and medical care. Later, at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Sports Complex, coaches Abhilasha Chaudhary and Kuldeep Baidwan began training her. Within 11 months, she was competing at the Asian Para Games.

India’s Asian Para Games 2026 medal tally by sport

Para athletics has won 30 of India’s 47 medals so far. In addition, para shooting has given India a gold through Mona Agarwal in the women’s 10m air rifle SH1.

Para athletics results: 19 October

India opened with six athletics medals. Nishad Kumar won the long jump T47, and then Rinku Hooda and Ajeet Singh Yadav finished one-two in the javelin F46, just nine centimetres apart. Later, Soumya and Radha Venkatesh did the same in the women’s 1500m T12/T13.

Para athletics results: 20 October

Day 2 brought 14 athletics medals. Above all, Deepthi Jeevanji defended her 400m T20 title in a Games record of 56.36, and Simran Sharma won the 200m T12 in 24.80, also a Games record. Nishad Kumar then added a second gold in the high jump with a Games record of 2.04m.

Para athletics results: 21 October

On Wednesday, Paris Paralympic champion Praveen Kumar won the high jump T64 with a Games record of 2.05m. Then India swept the shot put F46, led by Sachin Khilari’s Games record of 15.87m. Later, Anubhav Choudhary and Rakeshbhai Bhatt both ran personal bests for 100m bronze.

Records set by Indian athletes at the Asian Para Games 2026

What to watch next

On 22 October, Sheetal Devi shoots for her second straight Asian Para Games individual gold against Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahidah. Meanwhile, the athletics programme continues until the Games end on 24 October, and India’s squad still includes two-time Paralympic javelin champion Sumit Antil. For the full athletics squad, see our Asian Para Games 2026 guide.