India claimed every medal on offer in the men's high jump T63 final at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, as Shailesh Kumar cleared 1.89 metres to win gold with a new Asian Para Games record, ANI and IANS reported.

Source: ANI via Devdiscourse

Varun Bhati took silver with a season-best 1.84 metres and Rahul completed the sweep with a personal-best 1.81 metres for bronze. It was India's third podium clean sweep of these Games, IANS reported, after Devender Kumar led a sweep in the men's discus throw F44/64 and Sachin Khilari led another in the men's shot put F46 final.

Source: IANS

1.89 mShailesh Kumar — gold, new Games record
1.84 mVarun Bhati — silver, season best
1.81 mRahul — bronze, personal best
83India's medal tally at the time of reporting

Medals in the pool and on the badminton court too

The medals kept coming in other arenas. In para-swimming, Kapil Kumar won silver in the men's 400m freestyle S10 in 4:38.44, behind Japan's Akito Minai, who took gold in 4:27.44, and Swastik Patil added a bronze in the men's breaststroke SB9 final in 1:13.77, ANI reported.

Source: ANI via Devdiscourse

In para-badminton, Manisha Ramadass secured bronze in the women's singles SU5 after losing her semifinal to compatriot Thulasimathi Murugesan, while Surya Kant Yadav and Naveen Sivakumar also took bronze after their semifinal defeat to Indonesia's Suryo Nugroho and Muh Al Imran. With these results, India's medal tally reached 83 at the time of reporting, according to ANI.

Source: MyKhel

The high jump sweep follows a string of Indian podium finishes through the week in Aichi-Nagoya, where the athletics contingent has been the biggest contributor to the country's medal count at the Games, which run until October 24.