India eyes an early medal rush at the Asian Para Games 2026 on Friday, October 23. Athletes started their day with high-stakes finals in badminton and archery. Many stars like Thulasimathi Murugesan and Pramod Bhagat competed for gold. These events showed the grit of Indian players on the international stage.
Here is India's full schedule for Friday, October 23, at the Asian Para Games 2026:
5:30 AM IST: Para Badminton, Women's Singles SU5 Final: Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Yang Quixia (China) (gold medal match).
5:55 AM IST: Para Archery, Recurve Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match: Pooja Jatyan and Bhawna Choudhary vs Wang Xueqian and Gao Zihan (China).
6:15 AM IST: Shooting Para Sport, P3 Open 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification - Precision: Nihal Singh and Amir Ahmad Bhat
6:17 AM IST: Para Athletics, Men's 1500m T46 Final: Parmod Bijarnia (medal event).
6:20 AM IST: Para Badminton, Men's Singles SL3 Final: Pramod Bhagat vs Nitesh Kumar (gold medal match).
6:30 AM IST: Shooting Para Sport, R8 Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Qualification: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal
6:30 AM IST: Para Athletics, Women's Long Jump T47 Final: Nimisha Suresh (medal event).
6:35 AM IST: Para Athletics, Men's Discus Throw F11 Final: Praveen Sharma (medal event).
6:44 AM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle S6 Heat 1: Chaitanya Kulkarni
6:45 AM IST: Para Archery, Recurve Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match: Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi vs Zhao Lixue and Yun Duo (China).
6:45 AM IST: Para Table Tennis, Men's Doubles MD4 Group A: Jehan Madan and Shubham Wadhwa vs Jincheol Park and Kyunghyun Kim (South Korea).
7:00 AM IST: Para Badminton, Men's Singles SL4 Final: Naveen Sivakumar vs Fredy Setiawan (Indonesia) (gold medal match).
7:05 AM IST: Para Badminton, Women's Singles SH6 Final: Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Li Fengmei (China) (gold medal match).
7:05 AM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 50m Backstroke S5 Heat 2: Abdul Quadir Indori
7:25 AM IST: Para Athletics, Women's Shot Put F46 Final: Amisha Rawat (medal event).
7:35 AM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle S6 Heat 2: Chaitanya Kulkarni
7:40 AM IST: Boccia, Mixed Pairs BC3 Pool A: Anjali Devi and Sachin Chamaria vs Chinese Taipei.
8:00 AM IST: Para Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw F37/38 Final: Haney (medal event).
8:05 AM IST: Para Athletics, Men's 400m T64 Final: Ajay Kumar and Sandeep (medal event).
8:30 AM IST: Para Cycling, Men's C1-3 Road Race Final: Arshad Shaikh (medal event).
9:15 AM IST: Shooting Para Sport, R8 Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Final: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal (subject to qualification; medal event).
9:20 AM IST: Para Archery, Recurve Mixed Team Semifinal: Harvinder Singh and Bhawna Choudhary vs Zhao Lixue and Wang Xueqian (China).
10:10 AM IST: Para Archery, Recurve Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match: Harvinder Singh and Bhawna Choudhary (subject to qualification).
10:35 AM IST: Para Archery, Recurve Mixed Team Gold Medal Match: Harvinder Singh and Bhawna Choudhary (subject to qualification).
11:00 AM IST: Para Powerlifting, Women's Team Event Heats: Kasthuri Rajamani, Suman Devi and Jaspreet Kaur.
11:50 AM IST: Para Powerlifting, Women's Team Event Head-to-Head Match: Kasthuri Rajamani, Suman Devi and Jaspreet Kaur.
12:35 PM IST: Para Powerlifting, Women's Team Event Bronze Medal Match: Kasthuri Rajamani, Suman Devi and Jaspreet Kaur (subject to qualification).
12:50 PM IST: Para Powerlifting, Women's Team Event Gold Medal Match: Kasthuri Rajamani, Suman Devi and Jaspreet Kaur (subject to qualification).
1:00 PM IST: Shooting Para Sport, P3 Open 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification - Rapid: Nihal Singh and Amir Ahmad Bhat.
1:49 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle S6 Final: Chaitanya Kulkarni (subject to qualification; medal event).
2:02 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 50m Backstroke S5 Final: Abdul Quadir Indori (subject to qualification; medal event).
2:12 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 200m Individual Medley SM13 Final: Ravi Karthik Budigina (medal event).
2:21 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men's 100m T44 Round 1, Heat 2: Sandeep
2:30 PM IST: Shooting Para Sport, P3 Open 25m Pistol SH1 Final: Nihal Singh and Amir Ahmad Bhat (subject to qualification; medal event).
2:30 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men's 5000m T12/T13 Final: Sharath Makanahalli (medal event).
2:50 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle S11 Final: Himanshu Nandal (medal event).
3:00 PM IST: Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Final: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar vs Leani Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani (Indonesia) (gold medal match).
3:10 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw F40/41 Final: Ravi Rongali and Navdeep Singh (medal event).
3:17 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle S7 Final: Tejas Nandakumar and Suyash Jadhav (medal event).
3:25 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle S6 Final: Chaitanya Kulkarni (subject to qualification; medal event).
3:30 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men's Club Throw F51 Final: Pranav Soorma, Dharambir Nain and Amit Kumar Saroha (medal event).
3:50 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men's 200m T35 Final: Anubhav Choudhary (medal event).
3:57 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men's 200m T37 Final: Rakeshbhai Bhatt (medal event).
4:01 PM IST: Para Swimming, Men's 100m Butterfly S12 Final: Jahangir Molla (medal event).
4:46 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw F42-F44/F61-F64 Final: Sumit Antil, Sandip Sargar and Mahendra Gurjar (medal event).
5:10 PM IST: Para Athletics, Men's 100m T44 Final: Sandeep (subject to qualification; medal event).