Indian para-athletes Pradeep Kumar and Ayush Verma won silver and bronze medals respectively in the men's javelin throw F53/F54 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Tuesday, giving India a double podium finish. Pradeep recorded a personal-best throw of 27.45 metres for 901 Raza points to take silver — his second successive Asian Para Games silver medal — while Ayush won bronze with a personal-best 17.88 metres for 793 points. Iran's Erfan Bondori won gold with 30.24 metres.

India added two more bronzes on Tuesday: Sonalben Patel took bronze in the women's singles Class 3 para table tennis after losing her semi-final to South Korea's Yoon Jiyu in straight games (7-11, 5-11, 6-11) — India's second table tennis medal of the day after Bhavina Patel's bronze — and Praveen Sharma clinched bronze in the men's shot put F11 with a personal-best 13.86 metres on his final attempt, behind Iran's Amirhossein Alipour, whose 14.99 metres set an Asian record, and Mahdi Olad.

Sources: ANI and The Times of India.