Athlete Gavit joins India’s gold rush at Asian Para Games

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India fifth with 62 medals, including 14 gold; badminton semifinals, athletics, shooting and swimming events lined up for October 22

Chandigarh: India’s Dilip Gavit won gold in the men’s 100m T47 at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games on Wednesday, taking the country’s medal tally to 62 and keeping it fifth in the overall standings.

Gavit’s victory added to India’s gold-medal haul in para athletics, which also included Simran Sharma in the women’s 100-m T12, Sachin Khilari in shot put F46, Praveen Kumar in high jump T64 and Ayush Verma in shot put F53.

Mohammad Basil won silver in the men’s 100-m T47, while Manjeet Vyas secured silver in javelin F13. India also won bronze medals through Karamjyoti Dalal in discus F55, Shailesh Kumar in long jump T42/61/63, Sharath Makanahalli in the 1,500-m T12, Sukhchain Singh in javelin F55, Anubhav Choudhary in the 100-m T35, Pranav Desai in the 100m T64 and Rakeshbhai Bhatt in the 100-m T37.

Shailesh recorded a jump of 5.57 metres to finish third, just one centimetre ahead of compatriot Mahendra Gurjar, who managed 5.56 m. Sharath secured bronze with a season-best time of 4:11.01.

India also added to its medal tally in para swimming. Ravi Karthik Budigina won silver in the men’s 100m backstroke S13 in 1:10.10, while Himanshu Nandal took bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB11 in 1:20.72. Rohit Kumar also won bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB4.

In para badminton, Sukant Kadam, Ruthick Ragupathi, Hardik Makkar and Prem Kumar Ale exited in their respective quarterfinals on Wednesday.

At the end of Day 3, India had 14 gold, 21 silver and 27 bronze medals, placing it fifth in the overall standings.