Asia Youth Para Games: The Indian badminton contingent in the Asia Youth Para Games 2021 finished the campaign with 15 medals against their name. At Asia Youth Para Games, for India, Tokyo Paralympian Palak Kohli, Hardik Makkar, and Sanjana Kumari won three medals each. The Indian Para shuttlers at the Asian Youth Para Games 2021 won total of 4 Gold, 7 Silver, and 4 Bronze.
The 4th Asia Youth Para Games (AYPG) were Bahrain’s biggest Para sport event ever which took place from December 2 to December 6, 2021. At Asia Youth Para Games 2021, around 750 Para athletes under 23 years of age from 30 countries around the world competed for cross nine sports.
Asian Youth Para Games 2021:
Gold Medallist Indian Shuttlers-
| 1. | Nithya Sre- WS- SH6 |
| 2. | Sanjana Kumari- WS SL3 |
| 3. | Palak Kohli and Sanjana Kumari- WD SL3-SU5 |
| 4. | Nehal Gupta and Abhijeet Sakhuja- MD SL3- SL4 |
Silver Medallist Indian Shuttlers-
| 1. | Nithya Sre and Aditya Kulkarni- XD SH6 |
| 2. | Jyoti- WS SL4 |
| 3. | Naveen S.- MS SL4 |
| 4. | Hardik Makkar- MS SU5 |
| 5. | Karan and Ruthick- MD SU5 |
| 6. | Hardik and Sanjana- XD SL3-SU5 |
| 7. | Jyoti- WD SL3-SU5 |
Bronze Medallist Indian Shuttlers
| 1. | Palak Kohli- WS SU5 |
| 2. | Palak Kohli and Nehal Gupta- XD SL3-SU5 |
| 3. | Naveen S. and Hardik Makkar- MD SU5 |
| 4. | Santhiya- WS SL3- SU5 |
Asia Youth Para Games 2021
The 4th edition of the Asia Youth Para Games 2021 was held in Manama, Bahrain from December 2 to 6, 2021. Around 750 para-athletes under the age of 23 years participated in the mega games which were organized in the conjunction with the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Bahrain along with the support of the local government.
The previous edition of Asia Youth Para Games was held in Dubai, UAE in 2017. Japan had finished at the last edition followed by Iran and China.
Sports played at Asia Yout Para Games-
Goalball, Para-athletics, Para-Badminton, Boccia, Para Powerlifting, Para Table Tennis, Para-Swimming, Para-Taekwondo, and Wheelchair Basketball.
Asian Youth Para Games 2021 Medal tally
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Iran | 34 | 44 | 19 | 97 |
| 2 | Thailand | 24 | 20 | 11 | 55 |
| 3 | Japan | 21 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 12 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | India | 11 | 11 | 14 | 36 |
| 6 | South Korea | 9 | 5 | 18 | 32 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 9 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | Iraq | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Bahrain | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
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