India added 27 medals on Wednesday, the third day of competition at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games, taking their overall tally to 62 medals — 14 gold, 22 silver and 26 bronze — and climbing back to fifth place in the standings, The Times of India's syndicated report said.

Source: NewsAspire (TOI syndication)

The five gold medals all came in athletics. Simran Sharma won the women's 100m T12 in a Games-record 12.02 seconds, ahead of Iran's Hajar Safarzadeh (12.30s) — her second Games record in 24 hours after Tuesday's 200m T12 gold — Daily Jagran reported. Praveen Kumar took gold in the men's high jump T44/64 with a Games record, with compatriot Banti winning silver in the same event.

Sachin Khilari led an Indian podium sweep in the men's shot put F46, winning gold with a Games-record throw of 15.87 metres, while Mohammed Yasser took silver with 15.06m and Parveen bronze with 14.94m, Daily Jagran and Tech Word News reported. Ayush Verma won gold in the men's shot put F53, and Dilip Gavit won the men's 100m T46/47 combined event in 10.69 seconds, with Mohammed Morssinganakath Basil taking silver in 10.72 seconds.

Medals also came outside athletics. Armless compound archer Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag won silver in the women's doubles, losing the final to China, while in the pool Ravi Kartik Budigina took his second silver of the Games in the men's 100m backstroke S13 in 1:10.10 and Himanshu Nandal won bronze in the men's 100m breaststroke in 1:20.72, the TOI report said. Powerlifter Kasthuri Rajamani claimed silver in the women's 67kg category.

China continued to dominate the Games with 226 medals, including 107 gold, while Japan were second with 100 medals and South Korea fourth with 46, the report said. India, Thailand and Iran each had 14 golds, with silver counts separating them. The Games conclude on Saturday.

Sources: NewsAspire / The Times of India syndication, Daily Jagran, Tech Word News.