Asian Para Games 2026: All-Indian podium in shot put F46 — Sachin wins gold; Yasser, Parveen clinch silver and bronze
FILE PHOTO: Sachin Sarjerao Khilari is a two-time world champion and has a Paralympics silver medal to his name. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Sachin Sarjerao Khilari is a two-time world champion and has a Paralympics silver medal to his name. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
India once again swept the podium as Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Mohd. Yasser, and Parveen bagged the medals in the men’s shot put F46 at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Wednesday.
Khilari took gold with a Games Record-breaking throw of 15.87m, bettering the 15.67m-mark set by China’s Wei Enlong in Jakarta 2018.
Yasser clinched silver with a best of 15.06m, while Parveen bagged bronze with 14.94m. Both of the shot putters notched up their Season Bests with these efforts.
Khilari is a two-time world champion and has a Paralympics silver medal to his name.
With this, India has bagged its 12th gold medal, with athletics contributing 11 of them.
On Tuesday, there was another all-Indian podium when Devender Kumar, Rakesh and Pardeep Kumar swept all the medals in the men’s discus throw F43/F44/F62/F64 event.
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