Asian Para Games 2026: Deepthi Jeevanji takes women’s 400m T20 gold
Indian athlete Deepthi Jeevanji won the gold medal in the women's 400m T20 event at the 2026 Asian Para Games with a record-breaking time. Other Indian athletes also secured medals in the men's javelin throw F53/54 category.
Why it matters
This highlights significant achievements in para-athletics and the growing prominence of Indian athletes in international disability sports.
Asian Para Games 2026: Deepthi Jeevanji takes women’s 400m T20 gold left File photo of Deepthi Jeevanji Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Shiv Kumar Pushpakar https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/umhutg/article71603167.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/68_World_Para_Athletics_27_09_Delhi.jpg SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR NEW DELHI, 27/09/2025:India's Jeevanji Deepthi during the Women's 400m T20 Final in the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi on Saturday. September 27, 2025. Photo : SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR / The Hindu Deepthi Jeevanji clocked a Para Asian Games record time of 56.36 sec in Nagoya Nagoya India's Deepthi Jeevanji clinched the gold medal in the Asian Para Games' women's 400m T20 event after clocking a Games record time of 56.36sec in Nagoya on Tuesday (October 20, 2026). The 23-year-old from Telangana is a two-time Para World Championships medallist, having won the gold in 2024. She is also a Paralympic bronze winner in the same event.
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