Asian Para Games 2026 Day 5: Gold Number 28! Nitesh, Murugesan and Joshi clinch Gold ; India’s medal tally crosses 100

Indian para badminton players displayed a phenomenal performance at the Asian Para Games 2026, fetching four medals in Aichi-Nagoya. India’s Nitesh Kumar won a historic gold medal in the men’s singles SL3. He partnered with Thulasimathi Murugesan in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 final, but the Indian pair went down 21-11, 19-21, 14-21 to Indonesia’s Leani Ratri Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani to add another silver to her tally.

The 24-year-old Paris Paralympic silver medallist, and Manasi defeated China’s Yang Qiuxian and Xiao Rongjian 21-16, 21-13 in the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 final. Wrapping up the contest in 28 minutes, the duo claimed a gold medal.

In the latest event, Nithya Sre added a silver medal in the women’s singles SH6 event in the Asian Para Games badminton competition.

India Asian Para Games 2026 Badminton Results

Nitesh Kumar, ranked World No. 1, defeated his compatriot, reigning world champion Pramod Bhagat, in the men’s singles SL3 final in straight games. Pramod, ranked World No. 2, went down 18-21, 16-21, settling for a silver medal. India matched the 2022 Hangzhou Para Games results, winning one gold and one silver.

The Paralympic champion, Nitesh, also paired with Thulasimathi Murugesan to finish second with 19-21, 14-2. The Indian pair lost to Indonesia’s Paralympic champion pair, Oktila and Ramdani. Kumar and Murugesan won a silver medal in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 event.

Manasi Joshi and Thulasimathi added another gold in the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 final. This marked Thulasimathi’s second medal haul in the doubles event.

Nithya Sre also contributed to India’s medal tally, winning silver in the women’s singles SH6 category.

At the last day of the shooting para sport competition, India’s Mona Agarwal set an incredible score of 357.5 in the R8 women’s 50-metre Rifle 3 Positions SH1.

India added another two bronze medals after para-athletes Navdeep Singh and Rakesh Bhai Bhatt secured third place on the podium in their respective events, taking the medal tally to 108 at the Asian Para Games. Navdeep recorded a best throw of 42.55 metres to score 926 Raza points and finish third in the men’s javelin throw F40/F41 event. Rakesh Bhai, meanwhile, clocked 23.64 seconds to secure a bronze in the men’s 200 metres T37 event.