India’s stellar campaign at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya continued on Friday, pushing the nation’s gold medal count to 25 alongside 32 silver and 42 bronze medals.
Leading the morning’s medal rush, Paralympic gold medalist Harvinder Singh teamed up with debutant Vijay Sundi to clinch gold in the men’s recurve doubles archery event, outclassing China’s Yun Duo and Zhao Lixue 5-1 on set points.
In badminton, India dominated the men’s singles SL3 final, where Nitesh Kumar secured the gold medal in an all-Indian clash against Pramod Bhagat, winning 21-18, 21-16.
Adding to the badminton success, Naveen Sivakumar outplayed Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan 21-9, 21-17 to capture the SL4 title. On the track, Sandeep set a new record time of 52.28 seconds in the men’s 400m T64 final to claim gold, while Parmod brought home silver in the men’s 1500m T46 event.
