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India continued its campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games on Tuesday, October 20, with Deepthi Jeevanji winning the women’s 400m T20 gold in an Asian Para Games-record time of 56.36 seconds. Para table tennis player Bhavina Patel also added a medal for India, securing bronze in the women’s singles Class 4-5 event after her semifinal defeat to China’s Zhang Bian.
The second day followed a productive opening for the Indian contingent, which had collected 11 medals on October 19: four gold, five silver and two bronze. The live coverage from The Bridge and updates from other outlets tracked Indian athletes across para-athletics, archery, table tennis, swimming and several other disciplines.
Deepthi’s victory in the women’s 400m T20 was one of India’s headline results on October 20. She completed the race in 56.36 seconds, with the performance reported as a new Asian Para Games record. The T20 classification is used in para-athletics for athletes with intellectual impairments.
The result added to India’s momentum after the first day’s four gold medals. It also gave the athletics campaign another significant result as the programme moved into a busy second day of track and field finals. Exact comparisons with previous records should be made against the Games’ official results and record listings.
Bhavina Patel secured bronze in the women’s singles Class 4-5 para table tennis competition. She lost 3-0 to China’s Zhang Bian in the semifinal, with game scores of 7-11, 5-11 and 7-11. Reaching the semifinal assured Patel of a podium finish in the event.
Patel had reached the last four after defeating China’s Miao Zhang 3-1 in the quarterfinal. The result added another medal to India’s growing tally and showed the importance of each knockout round in para table tennis, where semifinalists are guaranteed a medal even if they do not advance to the final.
India’s Sheetal Devi continued her run in the women’s compound archery event, beating Hong Kong’s Chan Yuen Wah 149-134 to reach the quarterfinals, according to live coverage. Devi had also been among the most closely watched Indian athletes after matching the world record in the women’s compound qualification round on the opening day with 704 points.
The qualification results had placed Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag at the top of the women’s compound rankings, with a combined score of 1,379 points. Their progress gave India a strong position heading into the elimination rounds, although each knockout match brought a new challenge.
India began the second day with 11 medals from the opening day, including golds from shooter Mona Agarwal, long jumper Nishad Kumar, runner Soumya Kumar and javelin thrower Rinku Hooda. The opening-day total also included five silver medals and two bronze, putting India fourth in the overall standings in reports published on October 20.
The October 20 schedule featured further medal opportunities across para-athletics, para swimming, shooting, powerlifting, para table tennis and other sports. Results from a live blog can change throughout the day, so the final medal tally and any late results should be checked against official event records before publication updates are made.
For Indian fans, the day’s results highlight the breadth of the country’s para-sport challenge: athletes are competing not only for individual podiums but also to build the national total across a wide range of classifications and disciplines. Deepthi’s record gold, Patel’s bronze and Sheetal’s progress offered three distinct markers of India’s second-day campaign.
