India Win Five Golds on Day 3 of the Asian Para Games as Simran Sharma Completes a Sprint Double

India won five gold medals on Wednesday, the third day of the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and took the country's tally to 62 medals. The count stood at 14 gold, 22 silver and 26 bronze at the end of the day, with India fifth in the standings and athletics providing 42 of those medals.

Simran completes the double

Simran Sharma won the women's 100m T12 in a Games record 12.02 seconds, completing a sprint double after her win in the 200m T12 on Tuesday, also in a Games record. Iran's Hajar Safarzadeh took silver in 12.30 seconds and Indonesia's Made Ni Putri took bronze in 12.51 seconds.

At the last Asian Para Games in Hangzhou in 2023, Sharma won silver in both sprints. This week she has upgraded both medals to gold, each time with a Games record.

A one-two in the men's 100 metres

Dilip Gavit won the men's 100m T47 gold in 10.69 seconds, leading an Indian one-two. Mohammed Basil took silver in 10.72 seconds, a Games record for his class, according to a Paralympic Committee of India release cited by ANI. China's Kangjun Shi took bronze in 10.80 seconds.

An all-Indian podium in the shot put

Sachin Khilari won the men's shot put F46 with a Games record throw of 15.87 metres on his sixth and final attempt, beating the old mark of 15.67 metres. Mohammed Yasser took silver with 15.06 metres and Parveen took bronze with 14.94 metres, so all three medals went to India.

Ayush Verma added the fifth gold of the day in the men's shot put F53. In the men's high jump T44/64, Praveen Kumar won gold with a Games record jump and Banti took silver, another Indian one-two.

Silver and bronze across the programme

Preethi Pal won silver in the women's 100m T35, her second silver of these Games after the 200m T35 on Tuesday. Bhagyashri Jadhav took silver in the women's shot put F34, and Manjeet won silver in the men's javelin F12/13 with a personal best of 61.03 metres.

The bronze medals came from Ravi Rongali in the men's shot put F40, with a throw of 10.02 metres, Pranav Desai in the men's 100m T64 in 11.96 seconds, Anubhav Choudhary in the men's 100m T35 and Rakeshbhai Bhatt in the men's 100m T37.

How the week has built

India opened the Games with 11 medals on the first day, then posted a record day on Tuesday, when Deepthi Jeevanji defended her women's 400m T20 title in a Games record, Pranav Soorma set an Asian record in the discus and Sharma won her first gold of the week in the 200m. Wednesday's haul of five golds kept that pace going and left India fifth overall with five days of competition still to come.