India's Mona Agarwal etched her name in the history books after shattering the world record in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event, registering an incredible score of 357.5, at the Para Asian Games in Nagoya today. The earlier record score was 356, by Sweden's Anna Benson.
Compatriot Avani Lekhara narrowly missed out on a podium spot, ending her campaign in fourth place with a score of 333.2. China's Cuiping Zhang secured the silver medal with 353.7, while South Korea's Myoung Kim won the bronze with 344.4.
Meanwhile, track and field stars Sandeep and Haney won the gold in the men's 400m T64 and men's javelin throw F37/38 events. Sandeep clocked a breathtaking world-record mark of 52.28 seconds to command the 400m T64 final at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. He crossed the finishing line 0.85 seconds clear of Saudi Arabia's Nour Alsana, who secured silver with a season-best 53.13 seconds. Ajay Kumar claimed the bronze medal with a Games Record of 53.61 seconds, while China's Huang Ruihua ended fourth with a personal best of 54.39 seconds.
At the same venue, Haney produced an extraordinary display in the javelin throw F37/38 final, setting a new world record with a 60.49-metre effort, picking up the gold medal with 1116 points. Iran's Hormoz Seidikazpounji took silver with a personal best of 50.68 meters (1009 points), while China's Yu Chengjie took bronze with an Asian record throw of 53.66 metres (943 points).
These medals helped India cross the 100-medal threshold at the Games.
In the javelin competition, athletes across the F37 and F38 sport classes compete in a combined field and are ranked using Raza points—which explains how Seidikazpounji's shorter throw placed higher than Yu's mark. In the men's 400m, Sandeep and Alsana are categorised in the T44 class, whereas Kumar runs in T64. Both classifications encompass lower-limb impairments and are routinely grouped together in competition.
Earlier in the day, Nimisha Chakkungalparambil and Parmod Bijarnia expanded the nation's medal count with silver-medal finishes in the women's long jump T47 and men's 1500m T46 events.
Nimisha took second place on the podium with a peak jump of 5.37 metres. Dhananjana Wickramasinghe of Sri Lanka took the gold medal with a Games Record of 5.52 metres, edging 15cm ahead of the Indian jumper. China's Chen Jin finished third with a leap of 5.17 metres.
In the men's 1500m, Parmod claimed silver after recording a time of 4:09.65 at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. Sri Lanka's Puwakpitikande P. Wahumpurage seized the gold with a Games Record performance of 4:03.25, finishing 6.40 seconds in front of Parmod, who preserved a safe cushion over the rest of the field. King James Reyes of the Philippines earned bronze with a personal best of 4:13.81, 10.56 seconds behind the winner.
The T47 division is designated for athletes experiencing a unilateral upper-limb impairment (affecting one arm), such as limb deficiency, amputation below the elbow or through the wrist, or impaired muscle strength and passive range of movement. The T46 class covers standing track and field participants with upper-limb impairments, including single-arm amputations above or below the elbow, or similar functional limitations at the shoulder or elbow joints.
In badminton, Nitesh Kumar and Naveen Sivakumar won gold in the men's singles SL3 and SL4 divisions. Nitesh produced a masterclass in composure to defeat compatriot Pramod Bhagat 21-18, 21-16 in an all-Indian final featuring two Paralympic gold medallists.
Competing in his maiden Asian Para Games, Naveen dispatched Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan 21-9, 21-17 in 36 minutes to capture the men's singles SL4 title.
Naveen had earlier won gold at the Uganda Para Badminton International in 2022 and picked up silver at the 2026 BWF Para Badminton World Championships in Bahrain. He also took silver at the French Para Badminton International in June 2026, demonstrating his steady progression against elite international competition.
Bhagat, who captured the top honours at both the 2018 and 2022 Games, had to settle for silver on this occasion.
Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan closed her campaign with a silver medal following a 12-21, 13-21 loss to China's Li Fengmei in the women's singles SH6 final.
Earlier, 24-year-old Thulasimathi Murugesan, a silver medallist from the Paris Paralympics, suffered an 18-21, 11-21 defeat at the hands of China's Yang Qiuxia in the women's singles SU5 final at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium.
Despite that setback, Murugesan remains in contention for two more continental crowns. She will partner Nitesh in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 final against Indonesia's Leani Ratri Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani, before teaming up with Manasi Girishchandra Joshi to challenge China's Yang Qiuxia and Xiao Zuxian in the women's doubles SL3-SU5 final.
Under para badminton classification rules, SL3 is designated for competitors with severe lower-limb impairments competing across a half-court setup, while SL4 is intended for athletes with lower-limb impairments who possess greater running ability and agility. SU5 is reserved for players with upper-limb impairments, and SH6 is designated for athletes of short stature.
