Sheetal, Toman clinch gold in compound mixed team archery

India’s para archers Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar clinched the compound mixed team gold at the Asian Para Games, beating Indonesia’s Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148 in a one-sided final in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday. The top-seeded Indians, who set a new world record in the qualification round, consistently hit the target to build and maintain their lead throughout the clash. Sheetal and Kumar, the reigning world champions and world No. 1 pair, combined for 1,402 points in the mixed team qualification round, surpassing the previous world record of 1,400, also held by India.

#AsianParaGames2026 में भारत का परचम... पैरा तीरंदाजी में शीतल देवी ने महिला कंपाउंड व्यक्तिगत स्पर्धा में स्वर्ण पदक तथा तोमन कुमार के साथ कंपाउंड मिक्स्ड टीम स्पर्धा में भी स्वर्ण पदक जीतकर देश का गौरव बढ़ाया। वहीं पैरा बैडमिंटन में सुहास एल. यतिराज ने पुरुष एकल SL4 वर्ग और संजना कुमारी ने महिला एकल SL3 वर्ग में कांस्य पदक हासिल कर भारत को गौरवान्वित किया। सभी पदक विजेताओं को हार्दिक बधाई एवं उज्ज्वल भविष्य की शुभकामनाएं! #Cheer4Bharat

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In para table tennis, Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa confirmed a medal in mixed doubles XD7 after defeating Japan’s Kimie Bessho and Masanori Uno in straight games, 11-9, 11-3, and 11-6. They will face a South Korean pair in the semifinals. Meanwhile, Dattaprasad Chougule and Savita lost 2-3 to the Philippines in the XD17 quarterfinals despite winning the first two games.
India also secured several bronze medals in para-badminton. Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat lost their mixed doubles semifinal to Indonesia’s Leani Ratri Oktila and Hikmat Ramadani. Sanjana Kumari won bronze in women’s singles SL3, while Suhas Yathiraj and Abhijeet Sakhuja secured bronze in men’s singles SL4. Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre also claimed bronze in mixed doubles SH6.