Asian Para Games 2026: Avani Lekhara, Seetal Devi in action

The first day of the Asian Para Games 2026 promises to be action-packed for the Indian contingent, with several medal events scheduled in Nagoya on Monday.Av Lekhara, Mona Agarwal, Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Nishad Kumar, Rinku Hooda, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Nitesh Kumar and Manasi Joshi are among the prominent names who will headline India's campaign.Indian athletes will also look to add to the country's medal tally across para swimming, para judo, para cycling and para powerlifting.Schedule 19 October Para Archery: 04:30 AM: Para Compound & W1 Women & Recurve Men Ranking RoundPara Badminton: 05:30 AM: Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Murugesan/Kumar Vs ChinaPara Badminton: 05:35 AM: Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Ruthick/Manasi Vs PhilippinesPara Badminton: 06:00 AM: Men's Singles WH1 Group Stage: India Vs MalaysiaPara Badminton: 06:05 AM: Men's Singles SH6 Group Stage: Sudarsan Muthusamy Vs D. Aji (INA)Para Badminton: 06:05 AM: Men's Singles SH6 Group Stage: Krishna Nagar Vs N. Lin (CHN)Para Shooting: 06:30 AM: Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 QualificationPara Shooting: 06:30 AM: Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 QualificationPara Badminton: 06:35 AM: Men's Singles SH6 Group Stage: Sivarajan Solaimalai Vs F. Zali (BRU)Para Table Tennis: 06:35 AM: Women's Singles Class 9 Group Stage: India Vs KazakhstanPara Table Tennis: 06:35 AM: Women's Singles Class 3 Group Stage: India Vs Chinese TaipeiPara Badminton: 06:40 AM: Men's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Pramod Bhagat Vs S. Lee (KOR)Boccia: 07:05 AM: Women's Individual BC3 Group Stage: India Vs South KoreaBoccia: 07:05 AM: Men's Individual BC3 Group Stage: India Vs JapanPara Badminton: 07:15 AM: Men's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Umesh Kumar Vs Y. Yi (CHN)Para Badminton: 07:15 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Naveen Sivakumar Vs S. Jeon (KOR)Para Badminton: 07:15 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Sukant Kadam Vs S. Madduma (SRI)Para Cycling: 07:19 AM: Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit QualifyingPara Table Tennis: 07:30 AM: Women's Singles Class 1 Group Stage: India Vs South KoreaPara Judo: 07:40 AM: Men's 70Kg J1 Quarterfinal: Kapil ParmarPara Badminton: 07:50 AM: Men's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Rakesh Pandey Vs J. Fang (TPE)Para Badminton: 07:50 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Abhijeet Sakhuja Vs P. Adhikari (NEP)Para Judo: 07:55 AM: Women's 52Kg J2 Semifinal: Kokila KaushiklatePara Badminton: 08:25 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Suryakant Yadav Vs P. Chen (CHN)Para Badminton: 08:25 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Suhas Yathiraj Vs F. Setiawan (INA)Para Badminton: 08:25 AM: Men's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Nitesh Kumar Vs D. Joo (KOR)Para Shooting: 08:40 AM: Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 FinalPara Table Tennis: 08:50 AM: Women's Singles Class 8 Group Stage: India Vs JapanPara Table Tennis: 08:50 AM: Men's Singles Class 1 Group Stage: India Vs South KoreaPara Table Tennis: 08:50 AM: Men's Singles Class 1 Group Stage: India Vs Saudi ArabiaPara Table Tennis: 08:50 AM: Women's Singles Class 6 Group Stage: India Vs ThailandPara Badminton: 09:00 AM: Men's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Ruthick Ragupathi Vs P. Somsiri (THA)Blind Football: 09:00 AM: Men's Team Group Stage: India Vs ThailandPara Archery: 09:15 AM: Para Compound & W1 Men & Recurve Women Ranking RoundPara Badminton: 09:35 AM: Women's Singles SH6 Group Stage: India Vs IndonesiaPara Badminton: 09:35 AM: Men's Doubles WH1-WH2 Group Stage: India Vs JapanPara Badminton: 10:10 AM: Women's Singles SU5 Group Stage: T. Murugesan Vs L. Wong (HKG)Para Badminton: 10:10 AM: Women's Singles SU5 Group Stage: S. Vishwanathan Vs W. Rahayu (INA)Para Badminton: 10:10 AM: Women's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Msha Ramadass Vs Q. Yang (CHN)Para Badminton: 10:10 AM: Women's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Mandeep Kaur Vs Z. Xiao (CHN)Para Shooting: 10:35 AM: Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 FinalPara Badminton: 10:45 AM: Men's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Hardik Makkar Vs W. Tay (SGP)Para Badminton: 10:45 AM: Men's Singles WH2 Group Stage: Haris Mythili Vs M. Alameer (IRQ)Para Badminton: 11:20 AM: Women's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Neeraj Vs S. Law (MAS)Para Badminton: 11:20 AM: Women's Singles WH2 Group Stage: India Vs ThailandPara Badminton: 11:20 AM: Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2 Group Stage: Abu/Pallavi Vs ChinaPara Badminton: 11:20 AM: Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Pramod/Sukant Vs IndonesiaPara Badminton: 11:20 AM: Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Suryakant/Naveen Vs BangladeshPara Table Tennis: 11:30 AM: Men's Singles Class 3 Quarterfinals: India Vs ChinaPara Athletics: 11:35 AM: Women's Javelin F55/56 QualificationPara Badminton: 11:55 AM: Men's Doubles SH6 Group Stage: India Vs IndonesiaBoccia: 12:05 PM: Men's Individual BC3 Group Stage: India Vs South KoreaPara Table Tennis: 12:10 PM: Women's Singles QuarterfinalsPara Badminton: 12:30 PM: Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Nitesh/Ruthick Vs South KoreaPara Judo: 12:30 PM: Men's 70Kg J1 & Women's 52Kg J2 Medal BoutsPara Cycling: 12:36 PM: Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit FinalsPara Powerlifting: 01:00 PM: Women's 45kg FinalPara Badminton: 01:05 PM: Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Murugesan/Joshi Vs ChinaPara Badminton: 01:05 PM: Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Mandeep/Shanthiya Vs Hong KongPara Swimming: 01:30 PM: Men's 400m Freestyle S7 FinalPara Athletics: 01:40 PM: Men's Long Jump T47 FinalPara Badminton: 01:40 PM: Women's Doubles WH1-WH2 Group Stage: India Vs ThailandPara Athletics: 02:10 PM: Women's 400m T20 Round 1Para Powerlifting: 02:30 PM: Men's 59Kg FinalPara Swimming: 02:46 PM: Men's 100m Backstroke S11 FinalPara Swimming: 02:56 PM: Men's 100m Freestyle S13 FinalPara Swimming: 03:29 PM: Women's 50m Freestyle S10 FinalPara Athletics: 03:35 PM: Men's Javelin F46 FinalPara Athletics: 03:55 PM: Women's 1500m T13 FinalPara Athletics: 04:30 PM: Men's 200m T64 FinalPara Athletics: 04:37 PM: Women's 200m T47 Round 1Para Swimming: 04:45 PM: Men's 100m Freestyle S10 Final