Asian Para Games 2026: India's full schedule for October 19, Nishad Kumar in medal event

India’s para-athletes will begin a packed day of competition at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Monday, October 19, following the opening ceremony on Sunday. Several Indian stars, including Nishad Kumar, Avani Lekhara, Sheetal Devi, Harvinder Singh and Pramod Bhagat, will be in action across multiple disciplines.India will compete in para athletics, para badminton, para swimming, para archery, para shooting, para powerlifting, para table tennis, boccia, blind football and para cycling, with several medal events scheduled throughout the day.Nishad Kumar, Deepthi Jeevanji Lead Athletics ChallengeNishad Kumar will compete in the men’s long jump T47 final at 1:40 PM IST, while Deepthi Jeevanji is scheduled to participate in the women’s 400m T20 heats at 2:10 PM. Ajeet Singh Yadav and Rinku Hooda will feature in the men’s javelin throw F46 final at 3:35 PM, followed by Radha Venkatesh and Soumya in the women’s 1500m T12/T13 final at 3:55 PM. Pranav Desai will compete in the men’s 200m T64 final at 4:30 PM.Avani Lekhara, Sheetal Devi Among Key Names in ActionAvani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal will compete in the women’s R2 10m air rifle standing SH1 qualification at 6:30 AM IST. Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag will begin their para archery campaign at 4:30 AM, alongside Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi in their respective ranking rounds.Pramod Bhagat will face South Korea’s Lee Seunghu in the men’s singles SL3 group stage at 7:05 AM. Bhagat will later partner Sukant Kadam in the men’s doubles SL3-SU5 match against Indonesia at noon.India’s Medal Events in Para Swimming and PowerliftingIndia will have several medal opportunities in para swimming. Gopichand Lingutla and Niranjan Mukundan are scheduled for the men’s 400m freestyle S7 final at 1:30 PM, followed by Vaishnavi Jagtap in the women’s 400m freestyle S8 final at 1:38 PM. Himanshu Nandal and Ravi Budigina will also compete in swimming finals during the afternoon.In para powerlifting, Jaspreet Kaur will contest the women’s 45kg final at 1:00 PM, while Manish Kumar and Paramjeet Kumar will compete in the men’s 59kg final at 2:30 PM.India Face Thailand in Blind FootballIndia’s men’s blind football team will take on Thailand in a preliminary-round match at 9:00 AM IST. Arshad Shaikh will also compete in the men’s C1-2 3000m individual pursuit qualifying round in para cycling at 7:19 AM.India’s Full Schedule for October 19: Key Timings in ISTTime (IST)SportEvent / Match4:30 AMPara ArcheryHarvinder Singh, Vijay Sundi — Men's Recurve Ranking Round4:30 AMPara ArcherySheetal Devi, Payal Nag — Women's Compound Ranking Round4:30 AMPara ArcherySwati Chaudhary — Women's W1 Ranking Round5:30 AMPara BadmintonNitesh Kumar / Thulasimathi Murugesan vs China — Mixed Doubles5:35 AMPara BadmintonRuthick Ragupathi / Manasi Joshi vs Philippines — Mixed Doubles6:00 AMPara BadmintonPrem Kumar Ale vs Malaysia — Men's Singles WH16:15 AMPara BadmintonSudarsan Muthusamy vs Indonesia — Men's Singles SH66:20 AMPara BadmintonKrishna Nagar vs China — Men's Singles SH66:30 AMPara ShootingSwaroop Unhalkar, Rakesh Nidagundi, Anandha Krishnan — Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification6:30 AMPara ShootingAvani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal — Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification6:35 AMPara Table TennisBaby Sahana Ravi vs Kazakhstan6:35 AMPara Table TennisSonalben Patel vs Chinese Taipei7:00 AMPara BadmintonSivarajan Solaimalai vs Brunei — Men's Singles SH67:05 AMPara BadmintonPramod Bhagat vs South Korea — Men's Singles SL37:05 AMBocciaAnjali Devi vs South Korea — Women's Individual BC37:05 AMBocciaSachin Chamaria vs Japan — Men's Individual BC37:19 AMPara CyclingArshad Shaikh — Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualification7:30 AMPara Table TennisEkta Bhyan vs South Korea7:32 AMPara SwimmingSwatik Patil — Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats7:45 AMPara BadmintonNaveen Sivakumar vs South Korea — Men's Singles SL47:45 AMPara BadmintonUmesh Kumar vs China — Men's Singles SL37:50 AMPara BadmintonSukant Kadam vs Sri Lanka — Men's Singles SL48:50 AMPara Table TennisSavita Ajjanakatti vs Japan8:50 AMPara Table TennisJehan Madan vs South Korea8:50 AMPara Table TennisSandeep Dangi vs Saudi Arabia8:50 AMPara Table TennisPrachi Pandey vs Thailand9:00 AMBlind FootballIndia vs Thailand — Men's Preliminary Round9:15 AMPara ArcheryBhawna Choudhary, Pooja Jatyan — Women's Recurve Ranking Round9:15 AMPara ArcheryShyam Sundar Swami, Toman Kumar — Men's Compound Ranking Round9:15 AMPara ArcheryAmol Vinayak Breed, Adil Ansari — Men's W1 Ranking Round9:15 AMPara BadmintonNitesh Kumar vs South Korea — Men's Singles SL310:00 AMPara BadmintonRuthick Ragupathi vs Thailand — Men's Singles SU510:30 AMPara BadmintonRakesh Pandey vs Chinese Taipei — Men's Singles SU510:30 AMPara BadmintonAbhijeet Sakhuja vs Nepal — Men's Singles SL410:45 AMPara BadmintonHubaida Abu / Prem Kumar Ale vs Japan — Men's Doubles11:15 AMPara BadmintonSuryakant Yadav vs China — Men's Singles SL411:15 AMPara BadmintonSuhas Lalinakere vs Indonesia — Men's Singles SL411:30 AMPara BadmintonShanthiya Vishwanathan vs China — Women's Singles SU511:35 AMPara AthleticsSuchitra Parida — Women's Javelin Throw Qualification12:00 PMPara BadmintonSukant Kadam / Pramod Bhagat vs Indonesia — Men's Doubles12:05 PMBocciaSachin Chamaria vs South Korea — Men's Individual BC312:30 PMPara BadmintonNithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Indonesia — Women's Singles SH612:30 PMPara BadmintonThulasimathi Murugesan vs Hong Kong — Women's Singles SU512:45 PMPara BadmintonManisha Ramdass vs Indonesia — Women's Singles SU512:45 PMPara BadmintonMandeep Kaur vs China — Women's Singles SL31:00 PMPara BadmintonAlphia James vs Thailand — Women's Singles WH21:00 PMPara PowerliftingJaspreet Kaur — Women's 45kg Final1:30 PMPara BadmintonNitesh Kumar / Ruthick Ragupathi vs South Korea — Men's Doubles1:30 PMPara BadmintonHardik Makkar vs Singapore — Men's Singles SU51:30 PMPara SwimmingGopichand Lingutla, Niranjan Mukundan — Men's 400m Freestyle S7 Final1:38 PMPara SwimmingVaishnavi Jagtap — Women's 400m Freestyle S8 Final1:40 PMPara AthleticsNishad Kumar — Men's Long Jump T47 Final1:45 PMPara BadmintonMythili Haris vs Iraq — Men's Singles WH22:00 PMPara BadmintonSuryakant Yadav / Naveen Sivakumar vs Bangladesh — Men's Doubles2:10 PMPara AthleticsDeepthi Jeevanji — Women's 400m T20 Heats2:15 PMPara BadmintonNeeraj vs Malaysia — Women's Singles SL32:30 PMPara BadmintonHubaida Abu / Pallavi Kaluvehalli vs China — Mixed Doubles2:30 PMPara PowerliftingManish Kumar, Paramjeet Kumar — Men's 59kg Final2:47 PMPara SwimmingHimanshu Nandal — Men's 100m Backstroke S11 Final2:57 PMPara SwimmingRavi Budigina — Men's 100m Freestyle S13 Final3:00 PMPara BadmintonKrishna Nagar / Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Indonesia — Men's Doubles3:07 PMPara AthleticsRavanni Valasanaini — Women's 200m T11 Heats3:35 PMPara AthleticsAjeet Singh Yadav, Rinku Hooda — Men's Javelin Throw F46 Final3:55 PMPara AthleticsRadha Venkatesh, Soumya — Women's 1500m T12/T13 Final4:03 PMPara AthleticsRakshita Raju, Ravanni Valasanaini — Women's 1500m T11 Final4:30 PMPara AthleticsPranav Desai — Men's 200m T64 Final4:37 PMPara AthleticsAnjanaben Bumbadiya, Jayanti Behera — Women's 200m T47 Heats4:46 PMPara SwimmingKapil Kumar, Ajay Bhosale — Men's 100m Freestyle S10 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