Asian Para Games 2026 India Schedule for October 21

India will return to competition across a wide range of events on October 21 at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with medal opportunities scheduled in para athletics, para badminton, para swimming, para table tennis, para judo, para powerlifting and para archery.

The programme follows a productive second day for the Indian para contingent, which added 24 medals. India won 14 medals in para athletics, while Deepthi Jeevanji, Pranav Soorma, Devender Kumar, Simran Sharma and Nishad Kumar secured gold medals. The schedule for October 21 presents another lengthy day across individual, doubles, team and medal events.

Early schedule includes badminton, athletics and archery

The morning begins at 5:30 AM with Sukant Kadam facing F. Setiawan of Indonesia in the men’s singles SL4 quarterfinals. Five minutes later, Abhijeet Sakhuja is due to play Suryakant Yadav in another SL4 quarterfinal, while the men’s shot put F53 final is also scheduled for 5:35 AM.

At 5:45 AM, the women’s 100m T12 round one is listed, followed by the para compound women’s doubles final between India and China at 5:55 AM. India also have a women’s singles WH1 group-stage match against Japan and a men’s singles WH1 quarterfinal against South Korea at 6:00 AM.

Suhas Yathiraj is scheduled to meet N. Cho of South Korea in the men’s singles SL4 quarterfinals at 6:05 AM. Ruthick Ragupathi faces M. Li of China in the men’s singles SU5 quarterfinals at the same time. The men’s long jump T13 final is scheduled for 6:02 AM, with the men’s 100m T35 final following at 6:19 AM.

India’s para compound men’s doubles team is listed to play China in the bronze-medal match at 6:20 AM. The para judo programme starts at 6:30 AM with men’s 95kg J2 and women’s +70kg J1 round-robin events. India then have a men’s doubles class MD4 group-stage table tennis match against Saudi Arabia at 6:35 AM.

Further morning events include the men’s high jump T64 final, Naveen Sivakumar’s SL4 quarterfinal against K. Shin of South Korea, women’s 70kg J2 quarterfinals for Vrushali More and Gulshan, swimming heats, and several athletics finals. India are also scheduled for women’s doubles table tennis group matches against China in class WD14 and South Korea in class WD5.

Medal events and afternoon programme

The schedule continues with women’s singles SU5 badminton group-stage matches involving Manisha Ramadass, S. Vishwanathan and T. Murugesan. The men’s javelin throw T12/T13 final is set for 8:00 AM, while India face Thailand in the women’s singles individual BC3 boccia semifinal at 8:10 AM.

At 9:00 AM, India are scheduled to play China in the women’s doubles WH1-WH2 badminton semifinal, while the women’s 67kg para powerlifting final is also listed. India have a men’s doubles SH6 badminton group match against China at 9:30 AM.

The later schedule includes blind football against China at 11:30 AM and a men’s doubles SL3-SU5 badminton quarterfinal between Nitesh and Ruthick against Suryakant and Naveen. India are also due to meet South Korea in the W1 mixed-team archery semifinal at 11:50 AM, followed by the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 badminton semifinal against China at noon.

Para table tennis has mixed doubles group-stage fixtures through the afternoon. India are listed against the Philippines, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Kuwait and Iraq across classes XD7, XD17 and XD4. Athletics and swimming medal events run from 1:30 PM through 4:32 PM, including finals in javelin, discus, shot put, sprinting, long jump, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, backstroke and individual medley.

With events spread throughout the day, October 21 offers India another extensive programme after the contingent’s 24-medal return on the second day of the Games.