India moved up from sixth to fifth in the overall standings on Day 3 of the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Wednesday, taking its medal tally to 62 — 14 gold, 22 silver and 26 bronze — ANI reported.

Source: ANI via LatestLY

The throwing arena was the highlight of the day. India claimed all three medals in the men's shot put F46: Sachin Khilari won gold with a Games record of 15.79m on his very first attempt, with all his throws exceeding 15m; Mohd Yasser took silver with a season-best 15.06m, and Praveen added bronze with 13.83m, according to the ANI report.

Ayush Verma won gold in the men's shot put F53 with a throw of 8.16m. Bhagyashri Jadhav took silver in the women's shot put F34 with a personal best of 8.19m, while Ravi Rongali won bronze in the men's shot put F40 with 10.02m.

In the javelin arena, Manjeet won silver in the men's F13 event with a career-best 61.03m, and Sukhchain claimed bronze in the men's javelin F55 with 29.94m. Karamjyoti won bronze in the women's discus F55 with a personal best of 21.60m, and Haney secured bronze in the men's discus F37 with a personal best of 57.04m, the ANI report said.

On the track earlier in the day, Simran Sharma completed a sprint double with the women's 100m T12 gold in a Games-record 12.02 seconds, and Dilip Gavit led an Indian one-two in the men's 100m T47 in 10.69 seconds ahead of Mohammed Basil, as reported in Awaaz Punjab's earlier coverage of the Games.