The fourth edition of the Asian Para Games got underway on Sunday, 22 October with India among the nations competing in the event in in Hangzhou, China.
India had registered their best performance at the continental Para-Games with 72 medals in the 2018 edition in Jakarta, and are off to a promising start in Hangzhou with 64 medals so far.
Here’s a detailed look at the medal-winners so far in the 2023 Asian Para-Games:
1 Ankur Dhama — Athletics (Men’s 5000m-T11) — Gold
2 Nishad Kumar — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T47) — Gold
3 Ram Pal — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T47) — Silver
4 Shailesh Kumar — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T63) — Gold
5 Mariyappan Thangavelu — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T63) — Silver
6 Monu Ghangas — Athletics (Men’s Shot Put-F11) — Bronze
7 Pranav Soorma — Athletics (Men’s Club Throw-F51) — Gold
8 Dharambir — Athletics (Men’s Club Throw-F51) — Silver
9 Amit Kumar — Athletics (Men’s Club Throw-F51) — Bronze
10 Prachi Yadav — Canoe (Women’s VL2) — Silver
11 Kapil Parmar — Judo (Men -60 kg J1) — Silver
12 Kokila — Judo (Women -48 kg J2) — Bronze
13 Avani Lekhara — Shooting R2 (Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) — Gold
14 Rudransh Khandelwal — ShootingP4 (Mixed 50m Pistol SH1) — Silver
15 Aruna — (Taekwondo Women’s K44 -47KG) — Bronze
16 Praveen Kumar — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T64) — Gold
17 Unni Renu — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T64) — Bronze
18 Ekta Bhyan — Athletics (Women’s Club Throw-F32/51) — Bronze
19 Simran — Athletics (Women’s 100m-T12) — Silver
20 Deepthi Jeevanji — Athletics (Women’s 400m-T20) — Gold
21 Ajay Kumar — Athletics (Men’s 400m-T64) — Silver
22 Manish Kaurav — Canoe (Men’s KL3) — Bronze
23 Prachi Yadav — Canoe (Women’s KL2) — Gold
24 Gajendra Singh — Canoe (Men’s VL2) — Bronze
25 Neeraj Yadav — Athletics (Men’s Discus Throw-F54/55/56) — Gold
26 Yogesh Kathuniya — Athletics (Men’s Discus Throw-F54/55/56) — Silver
27 Muthuraja — Athletics (Men’s Discus Throw-F54/55/56) — Bronze
28 Ravi Rongali — Athletics (Men’s Shot Put-F40) — Silver
29 Pramod — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T46) — Silver
30 Rakesh Bhaira — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T46) — Bronze
31 Ashok — Powerlifting (Men’s -65kg) — Bronze
32 Rudransh Khandelwal Shooting (Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1) — Silver
33 Manish Narwal — Shooting (Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1) — Bronze
34 Rubina Francis — Shooting (Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1) — Bronze
35 Team India — Archery (Men’s Doubles Recurve-Open) — Bronze
36 Team India — Archery (Women’s Doubles Compound-Open) — Silver
37 Team India — Archery (Men’s Doubles Compound- Open) — Silver
38 Pooja — Athletics (Women’s Discus Throw- F54/55) —Silver
39 Sumit — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F64)— Gold
40 Pushpendra Singh — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F64) — Bronze
41 Haney — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F37/38) — Gold
42 Narayan Thakur — Athletics (Men’s 200m-T35) — Bronze
43 Shreyansh Trivedi — Athletics (Men’s 200m-T37)— Bronze
44 Soman Rana — Athletics (Men’s Shot Put-F57) — Silver
45 Hokato Sema Hotozhe — Athletics (Men’s Shot Put-F57) — Bronze
46 Sundar Singh Gurjar — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F46) — Gold
47 Rinku — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F46) — Silver
48 Ajeet Singh — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F46) — Bronze
49 Ankur Dhaka — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T11) — Gold
50 Rakshitha Raju — Athletics (Women’s 1500m-T11) — Gold
51 Lalitha Killaka — Athletics (Women’s 1500m-T11) — Silver
52 Sharath Makanahalli — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T13) — Silver
53 Balwant Singh Rawat — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T13) — Bronze
54 Nimisha Suresh — Athletics (Women’s Long Jump-T47) — Gold
55 Pramod Bhagat/Manisha Ramadass — Badminton (Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5) — Bronze
56 Manasi Joshi — Badminton (Women’s Singles SL3) — Bronze
57 Sivarajan Solaimalai / Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan — Badminton (Mixed Doubles SH6) — Bronze
58 Nitesh Kumar / Thulasimathi Murugesan — Badminton (Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5) — Bronze
59 Mandeep Kaur — Badminton (Women’s Singles-SL3) — Bronze
60 Vaishnavi Puneyani — Badminton (Women’s Singles-SL4) — Bronze
61 Zainab Khatoon — Powerlifting (Women’s 61kg) — Silver
62 Kumari Raj — Powerlifting (Women’s 61kg) — Bronze
63 Bhavina Patel — Table tennis (Women’s Singles-Class 4) — Bronze
64 Sandeep Dangi — Table tennis (Men’s Singles-Class 1)-Bronze
Here’s a detailed look at the 2023 Asian Para-Games medal table:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
| 1 | China | 118 | 96 | 86 | 300 |
| 2 | Iran | 24 | 13 | 19 | 73 |
| 3 | Japan | 20 | 21 | 28 | 69 |
| 4 | Thailand | 20 | 13 | 30 | 63 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 17 | 17 | 21 | 55 |
India have sent a much larger contingent this time around — 303 compared to 190 in Jakarta — and will hope to better their 2018 performance.
India had won a record 107 medals in the Asian Games that took place between 23 September and 8 October, the first time they crossed the 100-medal mark at the event, and will hope for something similar in the Para-Games.
The first-ever Asian para-games took place in Guangzhou 2010 and has taken place after every Asian Games ever since. India had won 14 medals in the inaugural edition, including one gold, but would put up an improved performance in Incheon 2014, where they won 33 medals including three gold.
After finishing 15th in the first two editions, India would break into the top-10 in Jakarta, finishing ninth with 72 medals. They will be aiming to break into the top five in Hangzhou this time.
