Rinku Hooda Wins Javelin F46 Gold With 65.11 Metre Throw

India took both of the top two places in one para athletics final at the Asian Para Games 2026. Rinku Hooda won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F46 class with a season-best effort of 65.11 metres, and Ajeet Singh finished second in the same competition for the silver. Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted both results on 19 October 2026.

A season-best throw for the title

The winning distance of 65.11 metres was the furthest Rinku Hooda had thrown all season, so the gold medal and his strongest mark of the year arrived together. A season best is measured against every competition an athlete has entered during that year, which makes it a fair yardstick of the form a thrower carries into a continental final. The Prime Minister called the performance exceptional, said it underlined the thrower's discipline and dedication, and hoped he would keep scaling new heights.

Silver from the same final

Ajeet Singh was the second-placed thrower in the F46 javelin competition and collected the silver medal. His display of skill and his competitive spirit were singled out for praise, and the Prime Minister wished him well for the efforts ahead. Because the two Indians were in one and the same final, a single event delivered two medals to the country.

How the F46 class is read

In para athletics a class is written as a letter and a number. The letter F marks a field event, which is where throws such as the javelin, the discus and the shot put sit, while T marks a track event. The number that follows identifies the sport class in which athletes of comparable function compete against one another. Medals are awarded class by class, so the class is part of the result and has to be remembered with it: this gold and this silver belong to the F46 javelin and not to the javelin as a whole.

What a paper setter asks

A result of this kind is usually tested on four points: the gold medallist, the event with its class, the distance thrown, and the name behind the second medal. The commonest slip is to swap the two Indian throwers, because both are in the same final on the same day.