Asian Para Games Live: Sheetal leads archery, Mona tops shooting, Avani fourth

Asian Para Games 2026Asian Para Games 2026 Live Updates: India’s para archers and shooters have made a promising start at the Asian Para Games, with Sheetal Devi leading the women’s compound rankings and Mona Agarwal topping the shooting standings. Double Paralympic champion Avani Lekhara is fourth as qualification continues....Read MoreAsian Para Games 2026, October 19 live (Courtesy: PTI)Here is India's full schedule for Monday, October 19, at the Asian Para Games 2026: 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Men's Recurve Qualification: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi. 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Men's Recurve Doubles Qualification: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi. 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Women's Compound Qualification: Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi. 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Women's Compound Doubles Qualification: Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi. 4:30 AM IST: Para Archery — Women's W1 Qualification: Swati Chaudhary. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Doubles WH1-WH2 Group A: Abu Hubaida and Prem Kumar Ale vs Daiki Kajiwara and Keita Nishimura. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Singles WH2 Group B: Alphia James vs Amnouy Wetwithan. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Doubles WH1-WH2 Group B: Alphia James and Pallavi Kaluvehalli vs Amnouy Wetwithan and Onanong Phraikaeo. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar vs Chen Pengfei and Huang Zixuan. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SL3 Group A: Nitesh Kumar vs Joo Dongjae. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SU5 Group C: Ruthick Ragupathi vs Pricha Somsiri. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Singles SU5 Group A: Shanthiya Vishwanathan vs Yang Qiuxia. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group D: Sukant Kadam and Pramod Bhagat vs Suryo Nugroho and Muh Al Imran. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group C: Nitesh Kumar and Ruthick Ragupathi vs Lee Seunghu and Lee Jeongsoo. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B: Mandeep Kaur and Shanthiya Vishwanathan vs Wong Lai Ming and Zhang Tsz Huen. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SH6 Group D: Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Faiq Zali. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SL3 Group C: Umesh Kumar vs Yi Yuzhe. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SU5 Group B: Rakesh Pandey vs Fang Jen-yu. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SL4 Group C: Surya Kant Yadav vs Chen Pengfei. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Singles SH6 Group A: Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Apriliyana Sulistyawati. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Singles SU5 Group A: Manisha Ramdass vs Warining Rahayu. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group A: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Joshi vs Yang Qiuxia and Xiao Zuxian. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SH6 Group B: Sudarsan Muthusamy vs Dimas Tri Aji. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SL4 Group A: Naveen Sivakumar vs Jeon Sunwoo. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B: Surya Kant Yadav and Naveen Sivakumar vs Mohammad Ali Imam and Joytu Dhar. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles WH1 Group A: Prem Kumar Ale vs Muhammad Ikhwan Bin Ramli. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles WH2 Group E: Haris Mythili vs Mohammed Al-Ameer. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2 Group B: Abu Hubaida and Pallavi Kaluvehalli vs Qu Zimo and Liu Yutong. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group C: Ruthick Ragupathi and Manasi Joshi vs Kathleen Pedrosa and Khian Kyle Urbano. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SH6 Group C: Krishna Nagar vs Lin Naili. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SL3 Group B: Pramod Bhagat vs Lee Seunghu. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SL4 Group B: Sukant Kadam vs Sanjeewa Madduma. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SL4 Group F: Abhijeet Sakhuja vs Prakash Adhikari. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Singles SU5 Group B: Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Wong Lai Ming. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Singles SL3 Group C: Mandeep Kaur vs Xiao Zuxian. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Singles SU5 Group F: Hardik Makkar vs Tay Wei Ming. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Women's Singles SL3 Group C: Neeraj vs Siti Maisarah B. Mat Lawani. 5:30 AM IST onwards: Para Badminton — Men's Doubles SH6 Group Stage: Krishna Nagar and Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Dimas Tri Aji and Subhan. 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men's J1, -70kg Quarter-final: Kapil Parmar vs opponent to be confirmed. 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Women's J2, -52kg Semi-final: Kokila vs opponent to be confirmed. 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men's J1, -70kg Repechage: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification. 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Women's J1, -52kg Repechage: Kokila, subject to qualification. 6:30 AM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men's J1, -70kg Semi-final: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification. 6:30 AM IST: Para Shooting — Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification: Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar, Rakesh Nidagundi and Anandha Krishnan H. 6:30 AM IST: Para Shooting — Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal. 6:35 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women's Singles Class 9 Group B: Baby Sahana Ravi vs Altynay Yerzhankyzy. 6:35 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women's Singles Class 3 Group B: Sonalben Patel vs Chao Pei-hsi. 7:05 AM IST: Boccia — Women's Individual BC3 Pool A: Anjali Devi vs Choi Ye Jin. 7:05 AM IST: Boccia — Men's Individual BC3 Pool A: Sachin Chamaria vs Kazuki Takahashi. 7:19 AM IST: Para Cycling — Men's C1-2 3,000m Individual Pursuit Qualification: Arshad Shaik. 7:20 AM IST: Para Archery — Men's Recurve Elimination Round of 1/16: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi. 7:20 AM IST: Para Archery — Women's Compound Elimination Round of 1/16: Payal Nag and Sheetal Devi. 7:30 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women's Singles Class 1 Group A: Ekta Bhyan vs Eun Hee Kim. 7:32 AM IST: Para Swimming — Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9 Heat 1: Swatik Patil. 8:40 AM IST: Para Shooting — Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final, subject to qualification: Indian qualifiers. 8:50 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women's Singles Class 8 Group A: Savita Ajjanakatti vs Asako Kurashimo. 8:50 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Men's Singles Class 1 Group A: Jehan Madan vs Kim Hyeonuk. 8:50 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Men's Singles Class 1 Group A: Sandeep Dangi vs Rakan Al-Salmi. 8:50 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women's Singles Class 6 Group A: Prachi Pandey vs Kanokporn Phathumchai. 9:00 AM IST: Blind Football — Men's Preliminary Round: India vs Thailand. 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Women's Recurve Qualification: Pooja and Bhawna. 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Women's Recurve Doubles Qualification: Pooja and Bhawna. 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Men's Compound Qualification: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami. 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Men's Compound Doubles Qualification: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami. 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Men's W1 Qualification: Vinayak Amol Breed and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari. 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Men's W1 Doubles Qualification: Vinayak Amol Breed and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari. 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — W1 Mixed Team Qualification: India. 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Compound Mixed Team Qualification: India. 9:15 AM IST: Para Archery — Recurve Mixed Team Qualification: India. 10:35 AM IST: Para Shooting — Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final, subject to qualification: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal. 11:30 AM IST: Para Table Tennis — Men's Singles Class 3 Quarter-final: Shubham Wadhwa vs Feng Panfeng. 12:05 PM IST: Boccia — Men's Individual BC3 Pool A: Sachin Chamaria vs Jeong Howon. 12:05 PM IST: Para Archery — Men's Compound Elimination Round of 1/16: Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami. 12:05 PM IST: Para Archery — Men's W1 Elimination Round of 1/8: Vinayak Amol Breed and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari. 12:05 PM IST: Para Cycling — Men's C1-2 3,000m Individual Pursuit Medal Races: Arshad Shaik, subject to qualification. 12:10 PM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women's Singles Class 3 Quarter-final: Sonalben Patel, subject to qualification. 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Women's J2, -52kg Bronze Medal Match: Kokila, subject to qualification. 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Women's J2, -52kg Final: Kokila, subject to qualification. 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men's J1, -70kg Bronze Medal Match: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification. 12:30 PM IST onwards: Para Judo — Men's J1, -70kg Final: Kapil Parmar, subject to qualification. 1:00 PM IST: Para Powerlifting — Women's Up to 45kg Final: Jaspreet Kaur. (Medal event) 1:30 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men's 400m Freestyle S7 Final: Gopichand Lingutla and Niranjan Mukundan. (Medal event) 1:30 PM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women's Singles Classes 4-5 Quarter-final: Bhavina Patel vs opponent to be confirmed. 1:38 PM IST: Para Swimming — Women's 400m Freestyle S8 Final: Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap. (Medal event) 1:40 PM IST: Para Athletics — Men's Long Jump T47 Final: Nishad Kumar. (Medal event) 2:10 PM IST onwards: Para Athletics — Women's 400m T20 Round 1 Heats: Deepthi Jeevanji. 2:10 PM IST: Para Table Tennis — Women's Singles Class 8 Semi-final: Savita Ajjanakatti, subject to qualification. 2:30 PM IST: Para Powerlifting — Men's Up to 59kg Final: Parmjeet Kumar and Manish Kumar. (Medal event) 2:47 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men's 100m Backstroke S11 Final: Himanshu Nandal. (Medal event) 2:57 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men's 100m Freestyle S13 Final: Ravi Karthik Budigina. (Medal event) 3:07 PM IST onwards: Para Athletics — Women's 200m T11 Round 1 Heats: Ravanni Valasanaini. 3:35 PM IST onwards: Para Athletics — Men's Javelin Throw F46 Final: Ajeet Singh and Rinku. (Medal event) 3:55 PM IST: Para Athletics — Women's 1,500m T12/T13 Final: Radha Venkatesh and Soumya. 4:03 PM IST: Para Athletics — Women's 1,500m T11 Final: Rakshitha Raju and Ravanni Valasanaini. (Medal event) 4:11 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9 Final: Swatik Patil, subject to qualification. 4:30 PM IST: Para Athletics — Men's 200m T64 Final: Pranav Desai. (Medal event) 4:37 PM IST onwards: Para Athletics — Women's 200m T47 Round 1 Heats: Jayanti Behera and Anjanaben Bumbadiya. 4:46 PM IST: Para Swimming — Men's 100m Freestyle S10 Final: Ajay Hindurao Bhosale and Kapil Kumar (Medal event) ...Read MoreOct 19, 2026 07:02 ISTAsian Para Games Live: Mona Agarwal leads, Avani Lekhara fourth in shootingIndia have reason to be encouraged in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 qualification, with Mona Agarwal leading the standings on 272.8 points after three of the six series. However, double Paralympic champion Avani Lekhara is currently fourth with 322.8 after four series, leaving her with two more rounds to climb the leaderboard. Lekhara won gold in this event at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, making her current position an intriguing one to watch as the qualification progresses. In the men’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 qualification, Rakesh Nidagundi is seventh with 268.1 points after three series. Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar is 11th on 245.2 after three series, while Anandha Krishnan H is 12th with 203.6 after two. With the shooters having completed different numbers of series, the standings remain provisional as the qualification rounds continue. Oct 19, 2026 06:51 ISTAsian Para Games Live: India’s shuttlers in actionIt will be a busy day on the para badminton courts, with Indian shuttlers featuring across singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Pramod Bhagat takes on South Korea’s Lee Seunghu in the men’s singles SL3 Group B at 7:05 AM IST before teaming up with Sukant Kadam against Indonesia at noon. Nitesh Kumar faces South Korea’s Dongjae Joo at 9:15 AM IST and also has a mixed doubles assignment with Thulasimathi Murugesan against China at 5:30 AM IST. Krishna Nagar, Manasi Joshi, Manisha Ramdass and several other Indians will also be in action through the day. Oct 19, 2026 06:42 ISTAsian Para Games: Sheetal Devi leads compound ranking roundIndia’s para archery star Sheetal Devi is setting the pace in the women’s compound ranking round, currently sitting at the top with 589 points. She has recorded 29 Xs and 21 10s, opening up an 18-point lead over Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahlidah, who is second with 571. Sheetal has scored 352 in the first half and 237 in the second so far. India’s Payal Nag is also in contention, currently seventh with 559 points. China’s Xu Xueqing occupies third place with 567. With the ranking round still underway, the standings remain provisional. Sheetal and Nag will look to maintain their positions as the field completes its rounds. Women’s para compound ranking round | Sheetal Devi: 589 (1st) | Payal Nag: 559 (7th) Sheetal Devi leads India's charge in archery. (Photo: PTI) Oct 19, 2026 06:40 ISTAsian Para Games: India top men’s recurve doubles ranking roundIndia topped the men’s para recurve doubles ranking round with 1,051 points, edging Indonesia by just two points. The Indian pair also recorded 22 Xs and 13 10s, finishing ahead of a tightly contested field. Indonesia finished second with 1,049 points, while China took third with 1,043. South Korea were fourth on 1,031, with Japan and Chinese Taipei rounding off the top six. India will look to carry this momentum into the next stage as they aim to turn their strong ranking-round showing into a medal challenge. Men’s para recurve doubles ranking round | India: 1,051 points (1st) Oct 19, 2026 06:38 ISTArchery Live: Sundi fourth, Harvinder ninth in men's recurveVijay Sundi is leading India’s charge in the men’s para recurve ranking round, finishing fourth with 477 points. He is just six points behind Thailand’s Kholidin, who took third place with 483. Sundi scored 318 in the first half before adding 159 in the second. India’s Paralympic champion Harvinder Singh finished ninth with 467 points, having scored 310 in the first half and 157 in the second. He trails Sundi by 10 points, with Bangladesh’s Hossain Al Amin and Thailand’s Netsiri Hanreuchai ahead of him in seventh and eighth, respectively, both on 469 points. South Korea’s Kwang Geonhwi topped the standings with 498 points, followed by China’s Zhao Lixue on 485. Men’s para recurve ranking round | Vijay Sundi: 477 (4th) | Harvinder Singh: 467 (9th) Oct 19, 2026 06:27 ISTAsian Para Games live: Archers take first stand for IndiaIndia’s para archers will be among the first Indian athletes in action, with the ranking rounds getting underway at 4:30 AM IST. Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi will compete in the men’s recurve individual, doubles and mixed ranking rounds. Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag will take part in the women’s compound ranking rounds, while Swati Chaudhary will be in action in the women’s W1 individual and mixed events. The action will continue later in the morning, with Bhawna Choudhary and Pooja Jatyan featuring in the women’s recurve ranking rounds. Shyam Sundar Swami and Toman Kumar will compete in the men’s compound events. Amol Vinayak Breed and Adil Ansari will round off India’s scheduled archery action in the men’s W1 ranking rounds, beginning at 9:15 AM IST. Oct 19, 2026 06:27 ISTAsian Para Games live: The big campaign begins The road to glory begins in Nagoya as India gears up for the 2026 Asian Para Games. Welcome to India Today’s LIVE coverage, where we bring you all the action, results and stories from the Indian contingent. A 168-member Indian athlete contingent will be looking to make its mark, with Paralympic champions Avani Lekhara and Sumit Antil among those carrying the country’s medal hopes. India returned from Hangzhou in 2022 with a record haul of 111 medals. Three years on, the challenge is to go one better and make this campaign count. Stay tuned as we track India’s medal chase, one event at a time.