Pariksha SaathiPM highlights India's rise from 14 to 114 medals at the Asian Para Games: 30 golds, five world records and nine Asian records this year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 November 2026 highlighted India's rise from 14 to 114 medals at the Asian Para Games, noting that the achievement reflects the immense potential and talent of the country's athletes. According to the Prime Minister, Indian athletes at this year's Games won 30 gold medals, set five world records and nine Asian records, and achieved a clean sweep of the podium in four events. He singled out two achievements: 36 of the 61 athletes making their Asian Para Games debut returned with medals, and 34 of the 56 women athletes won medals. In a post on X, he said the athletes have shown that no dream is too big and no challenge too great when there is determination, that the days when society frowned upon youngsters pursuing sports are over, and that India will support and cheer for those with talent. The same day, in a separate release, PIB said the Prime Minister had interacted with the Indian contingent at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi.
Drafted with AI assistance from the official PIB release linked above and checked against it by a second AI pass. Not line-edited by a human.
Learning context
A PIB explainer of 31 October 2023 described the Asian Para Games (Para Asiad) as a quadrennial multi-sport event overseen by the Asian Paralympic Committee for athletes with physical disabilities, held in the years of the Asian Games; recognised by the International Paralympic Committee, it is considered the second-largest multi-sport event globally after the Paralympic Games. It superseded the FESPIC Games, which debuted in 1975 in Oita, Japan, and the inaugural Asian Para Games were held in 2010 in Guangzhou, China. The 2022 edition was held in Hangzhou, China, from 22 to 28 October 2023, after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; India's contingent of 303 sportspersons across 17 sporting disciplines won 111 medals - 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze - surpassing its previous best of 72 medals at the 2018 edition in Indonesia, and India finished fifth. According to the explainer's table, India won 14 medals in 2010, 33 in 2014, 72 in 2018 and 111 in 2022. It said the next Games were scheduled to be held in Nagoya, Japan.
Check yourself: where and in which year were the first Asian Para Games held, and how many medals did India win there according to the explainer?
In Guangzhou, China, in 2010; 14 medals.
Revision task: from this release, note India's medal count then and now, the golds, world records, Asian records and podium sweeps, and the debutant and women medallist figures; from the note, the body that oversees the Games, the event they replaced, the host and year of the first edition, India's tally at Hangzhou with its gold-silver-bronze split, and India's medal count at each edition in the explainer's table.
Test yourself
According to the Prime Minister (5 November 2026), how many gold medals did Indian athletes win at this year's Asian Para Games, at which India's medal count rose to 114?
Show the answer
Answer: 30
The Prime Minister said Indian athletes won 30 gold medals, set five world records and nine Asian records, and swept the podium in four events, as India's tally rose from 14 to 114 medals. 36 is the number of debutants (out of 61) who won medals, and 34 the number of women medallists (out of 56).
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