India's medal tally at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, reached 83 on Thursday, October 22, as medals arrived across para-swimming, para-athletics and para-badminton, ANI reported.
Source: ANI via DevDiscourse
In the pool, Kapil Kumar secured the silver medal in the men's 400m freestyle S10 with a time of 4:38.44, finishing behind Japan's Akito Minai, who won gold in 4:27.44, ANI reported. Swastik Patil added a bronze for India in the men's breaststroke SB9 final with a time of 1:13.77.
More medals on the track and court
On the track, Tejalben Damor won silver in the women's 400m T12 final, clocking 57.60 seconds behind Iran's Hajar Safarzadeh, who set a new Asian Para Games record of 56.43 seconds, according to ANI. In para-badminton, Manisha Ramadass took bronze in the women's singles SU5: she won the first game 21-19 against compatriot Thulasimathi Murugesan in the semifinal before Thulasimathi took the next two games 21-15 and 21-13. Surya Kant Yadav and Naveen Sivakumar also won bronze in the men's doubles.
The swimming and track medals came on the same day India completed a full podium sweep in the men's high jump T63, where Shailesh Kumar set a new Games record of 1.89 metres, IANS reported — India's third clean sweep of these Games.
Source: IANS
With medals now coming from the pool as well as the track and the badminton court, India's campaign in Nagoya is its broadest at these Games — the tally stood at 83 at the time of ANI's report, with more events still to come.
Sources: ANI's Asian Para Games report carried by DevDiscourse and New Kerala, IANS's high jump T63 report, and MyKhel's Games round-up, all published on October 22, 2026.