Indian para shooter Mona Agarwal clinched her second gold medal at the Asian Para Games 2026 on Friday, setting a world record in the women’s 50m rifle 3 Positions SH1 final with a score of 357.5.
Mona finished 3.8 points ahead of China’s Cuiping Zhang, who took silver, while India’s Avani Lekhara narrowly missed the podium, finishing fourth in the event.
The latest victory adds to Mona’s gold medal from the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event on the opening day, where she recorded 250 points to establish an Asian Para Games record. She had also finished ahead of Avani in that final, with the latter settling for silver.
India enjoyed a productive Day 5 of competition, winning medals across shooting, para badminton, para archery and athletics as the country continued its pursuit of a record-breaking campaign.
In para badminton, Nitesh Kumar won gold in the men’s singles SL3 final, while Pramod Bhagat claimed silver. Naveen Sivakumar added another gold in the men’s singles SL4 event after defeating Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan.
Para archers Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi secured gold in the men’s recurve doubles competition. In athletics, Sandeep won the men’s 400m T64 final, with Ajay Kumar taking bronze, while Haney claimed gold in the men’s javelin throw F37/38 event.
India also collected silver medals through Thulasimathi Murugesan in women’s singles SU5, Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan in women’s singles SH6, Pooja Jatyan and Bhawna Choudhary in women’s recurve doubles, Parmod Bijarnia in the men’s 1500m T46 and Nimisha Suresh in the women’s long jump T47. Jehan Madan and Shubham Wadhwa added a bronze in men’s doubles para table tennis MD4.
India’s medal tally stood at 103, comprising 27 gold, 33 silver and 43 bronze medals, placing the country fourth in the standings. China led the table with 354 medals.
India are aiming to surpass their previous best of 111 medals, achieved at the 2023 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, with competition continuing in Aichi-Nagoya.
