India’s campaign at the Asian Para Games gathered momentum on Tuesday as athletics delivered five gold medals, taking the country’s tally to 35, including nine gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze, after two days of competition.
Nishad Kumar emerged as the standout performer, winning the men’s T47 high jump with a Games-record 2.04m. Having claimed long jump gold on Monday, he became only the third Indian to win gold in two events at a single Para Asiad.
Deepthi Jeevanji defended her women’s 400m T20 title in a Games-record 56.36 seconds. Simran won the women’s 200m T12 in a record 24.80 seconds, while Pranav Soorma (F51/52/53 discus throw) and Devender Kumar (F44/64 discus throw) also struck gold.