India takes men's doubles gold and women's doubles silver in archery

The Asian Para Games 2026 are under way in Nagoya, and Indian archery has produced its first major headlines of the competition. With medals on offer in recurve doubles, the results on Friday add to India's growing tally in para sport.

Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi clinched the gold medal for India in the para recurve men's doubles event, beating China 5-1 in the final at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square. The match took place on Friday, October 23, 2026. The Indian duo shared the opening set with China after both sides shot 35. They then took control, winning the second set 37-36 and the third 38-36 to seal the title and take the match 5-1 on set points. The Chinese pair of Yun Duo and Zhao Lixue could not keep up with the Indians' consistency in the closing two sets.

Indian archers Bhawna Choudhary and Pooja Jatyan lost to China's Gao Zihan and Wang Xueqian 0-6 in the women's para recurve doubles final to settle for the silver medal. The Indian women's pair lost all three sets, scoring 31, 30 and 29 points against China's 38, 35 and 39 at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square.

On the same day, Nimisha Chakkungalparambil won silver for India in the women's long jump T47 event in Nagoya. She produced her best jump of 5.37m in her third attempt, finishing behind Sri Lanka's Dhananjana Wickramasinghe, who recorded 5.52m, a games record.

India will continue its archery campaign across the remaining days of the Asian Para Games, with further individual and team events still to be decided.

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Sources

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