Asian Para Games 2026: Parmod bags silver in men’s 1500m T46
File photo: Indian para athlete Parmod Bijarnia finished 6.40 seconds behind Sri Lanka’s Puwakpitikande P. Wahumpurage in the men’s 1500m T46 final at the Asian Para Games. | Photo Credit: Parmod Bijarnia/Instagram
File photo: Indian para athlete Parmod Bijarnia finished 6.40 seconds behind Sri Lanka’s Puwakpitikande P. Wahumpurage in the men’s 1500m T46 final at the Asian Para Games. | Photo Credit: Parmod Bijarnia/Instagram
India’s Parmod Bijarnia claimed the silver medal in the men’s 1500m T46 final at the Asian Para Games on Friday, at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium.
He clocked 4:09.65 and finished behind Sri Lanka’s Puwakpitikande P. Wahumpurage, who won the gold with a Games Record time of 4:03.25, finishing 6.40 seconds ahead of the Indian.
Parmod, however, stayed clear of the remaining runners to clinch a podium finish.
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King James Reyes of Philippines took bronze with a personal best of 4:13.81, 10.56 seconds behind Wahumpurage .
The T46 classification in para-athletics is for standing athletes with upper-limb impairments, such as a single-arm above- or below-elbow amputation or a similar severe functional impairment affecting the shoulder or elbow.
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