Indian Para Athletes Win Multiple Medals Including Discus Podium Sweep at Asian Para Games
At the 2026 Asian Para Games in Nagoya, Indian athletes achieved notable success across multiple events. Praveen Sharma won bronze in men's shot put F11 with a personal best of 13.86m. In men's javelin throw F53/54, Pradeep Kumar secured silver with a 27.45m throw, and Ayush Verma earned bronze via the Raza points system. India completed a historic podium sweep in men's discus throw F43/44/62/64, with Devender Kumar winning gold, Rakesh silver, and Pardeep Kumar bronze, all posting personal bests and benefiting from classification-based scoring.
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news18 broke this story on 20 Oct, 02:31 am. Other outlets followed.