Asian Para Games 2026: Compound Silver and Two Sprint Bronzes

India added three more medals at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 21 October 2026 — a silver in archery's compound doubles and two bronze medals on the track. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated each of the medallists in separate messages the same day.

Silver in the women's compound doubles

Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag secured the silver medal in the Women's Para Compound Doubles event. The Prime Minister praised the pair for a fine display of teamwork and sporting excellence that had made the country proud, and wished both archers well for their coming competitions. A doubles medal is credited to the pair together, so both names go with this result.

Bronze in the Men's 100m T37

Rakeshbhai Bhatt won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m T37 sprint, and did it while clocking a personal best. The Prime Minister called it a brilliant sprint and said the athlete's speed, focus and dedication had earned him a well-deserved place on the podium.

Bronze in the Men's 100m T35

Anubhav Choudhary took the bronze in the Men's 100m T35 event with an impressive timing, and this too was a personal best. It was his first appearance at the Asian Para Games, which the Prime Minister described as a memorable debut and an impressive start to his journey, with the hope that many more milestones would follow in his career.

Reading the classes

The three results sit in different sports and classes. The compound doubles belongs to para archery, where athletes shoot with a compound bow, while the T35 and T37 classes in para athletics are for runners with coordination impairments, T35 indicating the greater degree of impairment of the two. Two of the three medals came with personal bests, a detail worth noting because paper setters often ask which Indian athletes improved their own marks while winning.