Asian Para Games Live: No medal for India as Swaroop Unhalkar finishes fourth, Rakesh Nidagundi seventh in 10

Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting India's Swaroop Unhalkar misses out on a medal in the men's 10m air rifle final, finishing fourth with a score of 205.9 points. Rakesh Nidagundi finished seventh with 141.5 points. Kazakhstan's Yerkin Gabbasov won the gold medal with 249.1 points, while South Korea's Jinho Park took silver with 248.5 points. South Korea's Jangho Lee claimed bronze with 226.9 points..Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting Swaroop Unhalkar slips to fourth now. He is way behind the third-placed Lee Jangho of South Korea. Swaroop has 205.9 at the end of Stage 2 - Series 5. Jangho sitting comfortably at third with 226.9. .Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting What a comeback! Swaroop Unhalkar is in silver medal position at the moment. He shoots brilliantly in Stage 2 Series 4 . His score is 185.5. Incredible show from him. .Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting Rakesh Nidagundi shoots 101.7 in Stage 1 - Series 2 Swaroop Unhalkar shoots 102.2 in Stage 1 - Series 2 in the men's 10m air rifle final Mahavir is jumps to fourth now. .Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting Men's 10m air rifle final. Rakesh Nidagundi shoots 49.8 in Stage 1 Series 1 Swaroop Unhalkar shoots 52 in Stage 1 Series 1 Not a good start from Swaroop..Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting India's Rakesh Nidagundi and Swaroop Unhalkar are in action in the men's 10m air rifle final. Rakesh finished seventh in the qualification round with 619.3 points, while Swaroop secured eighth place with 617.4 points. Can the Indian duo pull off a 1-2 finish and win two medals for the country?.Asian Para Games Live: Para Cycling Arshad Shaikh fails to qualify for Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit FINAL Arshad finished last (ninth) with timing of 4:22.755. His average speed was 41.103..Asian Para Games Live: Para Table Tennis India's Sonalben Patel beats Chinese Taipei's Chao Pei-hsi 3-0 in the women's singles event. Sonalben dominated the match, winning the three games 11-2, 11-5, 11-4 to seal a straight-games victory in 15 minutes..Asian Para Games Live: Para Table Tennis India's Ekta Bhyan loses 0-3 to South Korea's Kim Eun Hee in the women's singles Class 1 Group A match. Kim won the contest 11-4, 13-11, 11-4 to seal victory in 16 minutes..Asian Para Games Live: Boccia India's Anjali Devi loses 0-8 to South Korea's Choi Ye Jin in the women's individual BC3 event. Choi dominated the match, scoring two points in each of the four ends to register a comfortable victory..Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting India's Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhara have qualified for the women's 10m air rifle final. Mona topped the qualification round with a score of 629.1, while Avani finished second with 626.4 points. The final is scheduled to take place at 10:35 AM IST..Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting India's Rakesh Nidagundi and Swaroop Unhalkar have qualified for the men's 10m air rifle final. Rakesh finished seventh in the qualification round with a score of 619.3, while Swaroop secured eighth place with 617.4 points. The FINAL is scheduled to begin at 8:40 AM IST..Asian Para Games Live: Para Badminton India's Sivarajan Solaimalai beats Brunei's Faiq Zali 2-0 in the men's singles SH6 group match. Sivarajan won 21-8, 21-11 to seal a straight-games victory in 19 minutes..Asian Para Games Live: Para Badminton India's Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan beat China's Chen Pengfei and Huang Zixuan 2-0 in the mixed doubles group match. The Indian pair won 21-4, 21-18 to seal the victory in 23 minutes..Asian Para Games Live: Para Badminton India's Sivarajan Solaimalai beats Brunei's Faiq Zali 2-0 in the men's singles SH6 group match. Sivarajan dominated the contest, winning 21-8, 21-11 to seal a straight-games victory..Asian Para Games Live: Para Table Tennis India's Baby Sahana Ravi beats Kazakhstan's Altynay Yerzhankyzy 3-0 in Group B clash. Sahana won the three games 11-4, 11-6, 11-5 to seal a straight-games victory in 16 minutes..Asian Para Games Live: Para Archery Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi have completed the men's recurve ranking round. Harvinder finished fifth with 631 points, while Vijay secured seventh place with 630 points. South Korea's Kwak Geonhwi topped the standings with 661 points, followed by Indonesia's Kholidin in second place with 640 points. The men's para recurve elimination round (Round of 16) will take place at 7:20 AM IST..Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal are in action in the women's 10m air rifle qualification round. The FINAL in the event will take place later today..Asian Para Games Live: Para Shooting Swaroop Unhalkar, Rakesh Nidagundi and Anandha Krishnan are in action in the men's 10m air rifle qualification event. The FINAL will be played later in the day.Asian Para Games Live: Key Timings in IST Time Event 4:30 AM Para archery ranking rounds 5:30 AM Nitesh Kumar/Thulasimathi Murugesan in mixed doubles para badminton 6:30 AM Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal in shooting qualification 7:05 AM Pramod Bhagat in men’s singles SL3 9:00 AM India vs Thailand in men’s blind football 11:35 AM Suchitra Parida in women’s javelin qualification 12:00 PM Pramod Bhagat/Sukant Kadam in men’s doubles para badminton 1:00 PM Jaspreet Kaur in women’s 45kg powerlifting final 1:30 PM Gopichand Lingutla and Niranjan Mukundan in swimming final 1:38 PM Vaishnavi Jagtap in swimming final 1:40 PM Nishad Kumar in men’s long jump T47 final 2:10 PM Deepthi Jeevanji in women’s 400m T20 heats 2:30 PM Manish Kumar and Paramjeet Kumar in powerlifting final 3:35 PM Ajeet Singh Yadav and Rinku Hooda in javelin final 3:55 PM Radha Venkatesh and Soumya in 1500m final 4:03 PM Rakshita Raju and Ravanni Valasanaini in 1500m final 4:30 PM Pranav Desai in men’s 200m T64 final 4:46 PM Kapil Kumar and Ajay Bhosale in swimming final .Asian Para Games Live: Para Archery Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag are in action in the women's compound ranking round. Sheetal is currently leading with 470 points. She has hit the X ring 22 times and scored 10 points on 17 occasions so far..Asian Para Games Live: Para Archery Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi are in action in the men's recurve ranking round. Vijay is currently placed sixth, while Harvinder is seventh. South Korea's Kwak Geonhwi leads the standings with 438 points..Asian Para Games Live: India Face Thailand in Blind Football India’s men’s blind football team will take on Thailand in a preliminary-round match at 9:00 AM IST. The fixture will be an important test for the Indian side as it begins its campaign in the competition. India will also feature in para cycling, with Arshad Shaikh scheduled to compete in the men’s C1-2 3000m individual pursuit qualifying round at 7:19 AM IST. Boccia and para table tennis will provide further opportunities for Indian athletes, with several group-stage matches and knockout fixtures scheduled during the day..Asian Para Games Live: Jaspreet Kaur, Manish Kumar in Para Powerlifting Finals India’s powerlifters will also have medal opportunities on Monday. Jaspreet Kaur is scheduled to compete in the women’s 45kg final at 1:00 PM IST. Manish Kumar and Paramjeet Kumar will take part in the men’s 59kg final at 2:30 PM IST as India look to make their mark in the strength-based discipline..Asian Para Games Live: Multiple Medal Opportunities in Para Swimming India will have several athletes competing in para swimming finals, beginning with Gopichand Lingutla and Niranjan Mukundan in the men’s 400m freestyle S7 final at 1:30 PM IST. Vaishnavi Jagtap will compete in the women’s 400m freestyle S8 final at 1:38 PM IST. Himanshu Nandal is scheduled for the men’s 100m backstroke S11 final at 2:47 PM IST, followed by Ravi Budigina in the men’s 100m freestyle S13 final at 2:57 PM IST. Kapil Kumar and Ajay Bhosale will feature in the men’s 100m freestyle S10 final at 4:46 PM IST. Swatik Patil is scheduled to compete in the men’s 200m individual medley SM9 heats at 7:32 AM IST..Asian Para Games: Can India’s para-athletes script another 100-medal triumph India’s para-athletes will look to build on the country’s remarkable rise in international para-sports as the fifth edition of the Asian Para Games gets underway in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on October 18. After India’s fourth-place finish at the Asian Games 2026, the para contingent will aim to continue the country’s impressive medal-winning run at the continental event. India will be represented by 166 athletes across 10 disciplines at the October 18-24 event. The contingent features several Paralympic medallists, world champions and emerging talents, including archer Sheetal Devi, badminton stars Pramod Bhagat and Suhas Yathiraj, and para-table tennis player Bhavina Patel..Asian Para Games: Pramod Bhagat, Nitesh Kumar Headline Para Badminton Action Para badminton will feature a packed schedule, with Indian players competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles events throughout the day. Pramod Bhagat will face South Korea’s Lee Seunghu in the men’s singles SL3 Group B match at 7:05 AM IST. He will later partner Sukant Kadam in the men’s doubles SL3-SU5 Group D encounter against Indonesia’s Suryo Nugroho and Muh Al Imran at noon. Nitesh Kumar will face South Korea’s Dongjae Joo in the men’s singles SL3 Group A at 9:15 AM IST. He will also partner Thulasimathi Murugesan in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 Group B match against China’s Chen Pengfei and Huang Zixuan at 5:30 AM IST. Other Indian shuttlers scheduled to compete include Krishna Nagar, Sukant Kadam, Manasi Joshi, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Manisha Ramdass, Mandeep Kaur, Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan and Ruthick Ragupathi..Asian Para Games: Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal Begin Shooting Campaign India’s shooting contingent will be in action from 6:30 AM IST, with Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal competing in the women’s R2 10m air rifle standing SH1 qualification. Swaroop Unhalkar, Rakesh Nidagundi and Anandha Krishnan will represent India in the men’s R1 10m air rifle standing SH1 qualification at the same time. The qualification rounds will be important for the Indian shooters as they seek places in the respective finals..Asian Para Games: Key Indian Athletes to Watch on October 19 Nishad Kumar will compete in the men’s long jump T47 final at 1:40 PM IST, while Deepthi Jeevanji is scheduled to feature in the women’s 400m T20 heats at 2:10 PM IST. India will have further medal opportunities in the evening session. Ajeet Singh Yadav and Rinku Hooda are scheduled to compete in the men’s javelin throw F46 final at 3:35 PM IST. Radha Venkatesh and Soumya will feature in the women’s 1500m T12/T13 final at 3:55 PM IST, followed by Rakshita Raju and Ravanni Valasanaini in the women’s 1500m T11 final at 4:03 PM IST. Pranav Desai is scheduled to compete in the men’s 200m T64 final at 4:30 PM IST, while Suchitra Parida will take part in the women’s javelin throw F55/F56 qualification at 11:35 AM IST..Asian Para Games: 11 sports on day 1 India’s para-athletes will begin their Asian Para Games 2026 campaign in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Monday, October 19, with a packed schedule across 11 sports. Nishad Kumar, Avani Lekhara, Sheetal Devi, Harvinder Singh and Pramod Bhagat are among the key Indian athletes in action..Asian Para Games: A Busy Monday Awaits India's Para-Athletes India will begin its Asian Para Games 2026 campaign on October 19, with several medal contenders in action across athletics, swimming, powerlifting and shooting. Nishad Kumar, Avani Lekhara, Sheetal Devi and Pramod Bhagat are among the key Indian athletes to watch as the 281-member contingent looks to build on its historic performance at Hangzhou 2023, where India won 111 medals, including 29 gold..Asian Para Games: Sheetal Devi, Harvinder Singh in Para Archery India’s archers will begin their campaign early in the morning, with the ranking rounds scheduled from 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 are scheduled for the women’s compound ranking rounds, while Swati Chaudhary will compete in the women’s W1 individual and mixed ranking rounds. Later in the morning, Bhawna Choudhary and Pooja Jatyan will feature in the women’s recurve ranking rounds, while Shyam Sundar Swami and Toman Kumar will compete in the men’s compound events. Amol Vinayak Breed and Adil Ansari are scheduled for the men’s W1 ranking rounds at 9:15 AM IST.