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India won 30 medals (6 gold, 8 silver and 16 bronze) on Day 3 of the Asian Para Games 2023. On Wednesday, October 25, it was in athletics that world records were broken and Indians impressed the most. In fact, all six gold medals were bagged in athletics.
The day began with a bang, as Sumit Antil from Sonepat set a new bar for para athletics as he broke own world record with a 73.29m effort in the javelin throw F64 category. Sumit is a leg amputee, and had to perform with a prosthetic leg attached to his left knee.
The 25-year-old broke his previous world record of 70.83m. Pushpendra Singh also threw 62.06m effort and had to settle for a bronze medal in what were early signs of the success India were to achieve on Day 3.
Ankur Dharma became the first athlete to win two gold medals in a single Asian para games when he took home gold in T11 1500m race with a time of 4:27.70. He had won the gold in the T11 5000m on Day 2.
India had a field day in the F46 Javelin throw when Sundar Singh Gurjar set a new world record with a 68.60m throw, and was joined in the podium by Rinku and Ajeet Singh, who took home silver and bronze, respectively.
Rakshitha Raju won gold in the T11 1500m race, while Kilaka Lalitha won silver in the same event. Haney and Nimisha Suresh Chakkungalparambil won golds in the F37/38 Javelin throw event and the women's T47 long jump events.
List of all winners on Day 3 of Asian Para Games 2023
Athletics
Women's Disucss Throw F54/55 - Pooja (Silver)
Men's F64 Javelin Throw - Sumit Antil (Gold)
Men's F64 Javelin Throw - Pushpendra Singh (Silver)
Men's 200m T35 - Narayan Thakur (Bronze)
Men's Javelin Throw F37 - Haney (Gold)
Men's 200m T37 - Shreyansh Trivedi (Bronze)
Men's Shot Put F56/57 - Soman Rana (Silver)
Men's Shot Put F56/57 - Sema Hokato Hotozhe (Bronze)
Men's Javelin Throw F46 - Sundar Gurjar (Gold)
Men's Javelin Throw F46 - Rinku Hooda (Silver)
Men's Javelin Throw F46 - Ajeet Singh Yadav (Bronze)
Men's 1500m T11 - Ankur Dhama (Gold)
Men's 1500m T13 - Shankarappa Sharath Makanahalli (Silver)
Women's 1500m T11 - Rakshitha Raju (Gold)
Women's 1500m T11 - Lalitha Killaka (Silver)
Women's Long Jump T47 - Nimisha (Gold)
Table Tennis
Women's Singles Class 4 - Bhavina Patel (Bronze)
Men's Singles Class 1 - Sandeep Dangi (Bronze)
Badminton
Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 - Pramod Bhagat/Manisha Ramadass (Bronze)
Women's Singles SL3 - Manasi Joshi (Bronze)
Mixed Doubles SH6 - Sivarajan Solaimalai/Sivan Nithya Sre Sumathy (Bronze)
Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 - Nitesh Kumar/Thulasimathi Murugesan (Bronze)
Women's Singles SL3 - Mandeep Kaur (Bronze)
Women's Singles SL4 - Vaishnavi Puneyani (Bronze)
Archery
Men's Doubles Recurve Open - Harvinder Singh/Sahil (Bronze)
Women's Double Compound Open - Sheetal Devi/Saritha (Silver)
Men's Double Compound Open - Rakesh Kumar/Suraj Singh (Bronze)
Powerlifting
Women's -61kg - Zainab Khatoon (Silver)
Women's -61kg - Raj Kumari (Bronze)
