Asian Para Games 2026: India’s full schedule for October 19, Nishad Kumar in medal event | Asian Para Games 2026 News
India’s para-athletes will begin a packed day of competition at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Monday, October 19, following the opening ceremony on Sunday. Several Indian stars, including Nishad Kumar, Avani Lekhara, Sheetal Devi, Harvinder Singh and Pramod Bhagat, will be in action across multiple disciplines.India will compete in para athletics, para badminton, para swimming, para archery, para shooting, para powerlifting, para table tennis, boccia, blind football and para cycling, with several medal events scheduled throughout the day.
Nishad Kumar, Deepthi Jeevanji Lead Athletics Challenge
Nishad Kumar will compete in the men’s long jump T47 final at 1:40 PM IST, while Deepthi Jeevanji is scheduled to participate in the women’s 400m T20 heats at 2:10 PM. Ajeet Singh Yadav and Rinku Hooda will feature in the men’s javelin throw F46 final at 3:35 PM, followed by Radha Venkatesh and Soumya in the women’s 1500m T12/T13 final at 3:55 PM. Pranav Desai will compete in the men’s 200m T64 final at 4:30 PM.
Avani Lekhara, Sheetal Devi Among Key Names in Action
Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal will compete in the women’s R2 10m air rifle standing SH1 qualification at 6:30 AM IST. Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag will begin their para archery campaign at 4:30 AM, alongside Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi in their respective ranking rounds.Pramod Bhagat will face South Korea’s Lee Seunghu in the men’s singles SL3 group stage at 7:05 AM. Bhagat will later partner Sukant Kadam in the men’s doubles SL3-SU5 match against Indonesia at noon.
India’s Medal Events in Para Swimming and Powerlifting
India will have several medal opportunities in para swimming. Gopichand Lingutla and Niranjan Mukundan are scheduled for the men’s 400m freestyle S7 final at 1:30 PM, followed by Vaishnavi Jagtap in the women’s 400m freestyle S8 final at 1:38 PM. Himanshu Nandal and Ravi Budigina will also compete in swimming finals during the afternoon.In para powerlifting, Jaspreet Kaur will contest the women’s 45kg final at 1:00 PM, while Manish Kumar and Paramjeet Kumar will compete in the men’s 59kg final at 2:30 PM.
India Face Thailand in Blind Football
India’s men’s blind football team will take on Thailand in a preliminary-round match at 9:00 AM IST. Arshad Shaikh will also compete in the men’s C1-2 3000m individual pursuit qualifying round in para cycling at 7:19 AM.
India’s Full Schedule for October 19: Key Timings in IST
| Time (IST) | Sport | Event / Match |
|---|---|---|
| 4:30 AM | Para Archery | Harvinder Singh, Vijay Sundi — Men’s Recurve Ranking Round |
| 4:30 AM | Para Archery | Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag — Women’s Compound Ranking Round |
| 4:30 AM | Para Archery | Swati Chaudhary — Women’s W1 Ranking Round |
| 5:30 AM | Para Badminton | Nitesh Kumar / Thulasimathi Murugesan vs China — Mixed Doubles |
| 5:35 AM | Para Badminton | Ruthick Ragupathi / Manasi Joshi vs Philippines — Mixed Doubles |
| 6:00 AM | Para Badminton | Prem Kumar Ale vs Malaysia — Men’s Singles WH1 |
| 6:15 AM | Para Badminton | Sudarsan Muthusamy vs Indonesia — Men’s Singles SH6 |
| 6:20 AM | Para Badminton | Krishna Nagar vs China — Men’s Singles SH6 |
| 6:30 AM | Para Shooting | Swaroop Unhalkar, Rakesh Nidagundi, Anandha Krishnan — Men’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification |
| 6:30 AM | Para Shooting | Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal — Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification |
| 6:35 AM | Para Table Tennis | Baby Sahana Ravi vs Kazakhstan |
| 6:35 AM | Para Table Tennis | Sonalben Patel vs Chinese Taipei |
| 7:00 AM | Para Badminton | Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Brunei — Men’s Singles SH6 |
| 7:05 AM | Para Badminton | Pramod Bhagat vs South Korea — Men’s Singles SL3 |
| 7:05 AM | Boccia | Anjali Devi vs South Korea — Women’s Individual BC3 |
| 7:05 AM | Boccia | Sachin Chamaria vs Japan — Men’s Individual BC3 |
| 7:19 AM | Para Cycling | Arshad Shaikh — Men’s C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualification |
| 7:30 AM | Para Table Tennis | Ekta Bhyan vs South Korea |
| 7:32 AM | Para Swimming | Swatik Patil — Men’s 200m Individual Medley Heats |
| 7:45 AM | Para Badminton | Naveen Sivakumar vs South Korea — Men’s Singles SL4 |
| 7:45 AM | Para Badminton | Umesh Kumar vs China — Men’s Singles SL3 |
| 7:50 AM | Para Badminton | Sukant Kadam vs Sri Lanka — Men’s Singles SL4 |
| 8:50 AM | Para Table Tennis | Savita Ajjanakatti vs Japan |
| 8:50 AM | Para Table Tennis | Jehan Madan vs South Korea |
| 8:50 AM | Para Table Tennis | Sandeep Dangi vs Saudi Arabia |
| 8:50 AM | Para Table Tennis | Prachi Pandey vs Thailand |
| 9:00 AM | Blind Football | India vs Thailand — Men’s Preliminary Round |
| 9:15 AM | Para Archery | Bhawna Choudhary, Pooja Jatyan — Women’s Recurve Ranking Round |
| 9:15 AM | Para Archery | Shyam Sundar Swami, Toman Kumar — Men’s Compound Ranking Round |
| 9:15 AM | Para Archery | Amol Vinayak Breed, Adil Ansari — Men’s W1 Ranking Round |
| 9:15 AM | Para Badminton | Nitesh Kumar vs South Korea — Men’s Singles SL3 |
| 10:00 AM | Para Badminton | Ruthick Ragupathi vs Thailand — Men’s Singles SU5 |
| 10:30 AM | Para Badminton | Rakesh Pandey vs Chinese Taipei — Men’s Singles SU5 |
| 10:30 AM | Para Badminton | Abhijeet Sakhuja vs Nepal — Men’s Singles SL4 |
| 10:45 AM | Para Badminton | Hubaida Abu / Prem Kumar Ale vs Japan — Men’s Doubles |
| 11:15 AM | Para Badminton | Suryakant Yadav vs China — Men’s Singles SL4 |
| 11:15 AM | Para Badminton | Suhas Lalinakere vs Indonesia — Men’s Singles SL4 |
| 11:30 AM | Para Badminton | Shanthiya Vishwanathan vs China — Women’s Singles SU5 |
| 11:35 AM | Para Athletics | Suchitra Parida — Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification |
| 12:00 PM | Para Badminton | Sukant Kadam / Pramod Bhagat vs Indonesia — Men’s Doubles |
| 12:05 PM | Boccia | Sachin Chamaria vs South Korea — Men’s Individual BC3 |
| 12:30 PM | Para Badminton | Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Indonesia — Women’s Singles SH6 |
| 12:30 PM | Para Badminton | Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Hong Kong — Women’s Singles SU5 |
| 12:45 PM | Para Badminton | Manisha Ramdass vs Indonesia — Women’s Singles SU5 |
| 12:45 PM | Para Badminton | Mandeep Kaur vs China — Women’s Singles SL3 |
| 1:00 PM | Para Badminton | Alphia James vs Thailand — Women’s Singles WH2 |
| 1:00 PM | Para Powerlifting | Jaspreet Kaur — Women’s 45kg Final |
| 1:30 PM | Para Badminton | Nitesh Kumar / Ruthick Ragupathi vs South Korea — Men’s Doubles |
| 1:30 PM | Para Badminton | Hardik Makkar vs Singapore — Men’s Singles SU5 |
| 1:30 PM | Para Swimming | Gopichand Lingutla, Niranjan Mukundan — Men’s 400m Freestyle S7 Final |
| 1:38 PM | Para Swimming | Vaishnavi Jagtap — Women’s 400m Freestyle S8 Final |
| 1:40 PM | Para Athletics | Nishad Kumar — Men’s Long Jump T47 Final |
| 1:45 PM | Para Badminton | Mythili Haris vs Iraq — Men’s Singles WH2 |
| 2:00 PM | Para Badminton | Suryakant Yadav / Naveen Sivakumar vs Bangladesh — Men’s Doubles |
| 2:10 PM | Para Athletics | Deepthi Jeevanji — Women’s 400m T20 Heats |
| 2:15 PM | Para Badminton | Neeraj vs Malaysia — Women’s Singles SL3 |
| 2:30 PM | Para Badminton | Hubaida Abu / Pallavi Kaluvehalli vs China — Mixed Doubles |
| 2:30 PM | Para Powerlifting | Manish Kumar, Paramjeet Kumar — Men’s 59kg Final |
| 2:47 PM | Para Swimming | Himanshu Nandal — Men’s 100m Backstroke S11 Final |
| 2:57 PM | Para Swimming | Ravi Budigina — Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 Final |
| 3:00 PM | Para Badminton | Krishna Nagar / Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Indonesia — Men’s Doubles |
| 3:07 PM | Para Athletics | Ravanni Valasanaini — Women’s 200m T11 Heats |
| 3:35 PM | Para Athletics | Ajeet Singh Yadav, Rinku Hooda — Men’s Javelin Throw F46 Final |
| 3:55 PM | Para Athletics | Radha Venkatesh, Soumya — Women’s 1500m T12/T13 Final |
| 4:03 PM | Para Athletics | Rakshita Raju, Ravanni Valasanaini — Women’s 1500m T11 Final |
| 4:30 PM | Para Athletics | Pranav Desai — Men’s 200m T64 Final |
| 4:37 PM | Para Athletics | Anjanaben Bumbadiya, Jayanti Behera — Women’s 200m T47 Heats |
| 4:46 PM | Para Swimming | Kapil Kumar, Ajay Bhosale — Men’s 100m Freestyle S10 Final |
