Asian Para Games 2026: Complete Details, Indian Squad and Where to Watch

The 5th edition of the Asian Para Games 2026 is set to commence on October 18, 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The continental para-sports tournament will run until October 24, featuring around 3,000 athletes from 45 National Paralympic Committees. 

India will once again enter the competition as a strong contender following brilliant performance in the previous edition.

In this article, we will cover all the key details of the Asian Para Games 2026, including the schedule, Indian athletes, sports and where to watch live.

Asian Para Games 2026: Key Details and Participating Countries

The motto of the Asian Para Games 2026 is Imagine One Heart, whereas its official mascot is Uzumin. Inspired by water and the shachihoko guardian symbol associated with Nagoya.

List of Participating Countries in Asian Para Games 2026

• Afghanistan

• Bahrain

• Bangladesh

• Bhutan

• Brunei Darussalam

• Cambodia

• China

• Chinese Taipei

• DPR Korea Hong Kong, China

• India

• Indonesia

• Iran

• Iraq

• Japan (Host)

• Jordan

• Kazakhstan

• Kuwait

• Kyrgyzstan

• Laos

• Lebanon

• Macao, China

• Malaysia

• Maldives

• Mongolia

• Myanmar

• Nepal

• Oman

• Pakistan

• Palestine

• Philippines

• Qatar

• Saudi Arabia

• Singapore

• South Korea

• Sri Lanka

• Syria

• Tajikistan

• Thailand

• Timor-Leste

• Turkmenistan

• United Arab Emirates

• Uzbekistan

• Vietnam

• Yemen

Asian Para Games 2026: India's Sport-Wise Contingent and Athletes

In Asian Para Games 2026 a total of 168 Indian athletes will participate, including 112 men and 26 women. 

Sport-Wise List of Indian Athletes

1. Blind Football – 10 Athletes

• Boje Marbom – Men's Blind Football

• Klingson Marak – Men's Blind Football

• Pradeep Patel – Men's Blind Football

• Sahil – Men's Blind Football

• Shivam Singh – Men's Blind Football

• Sovendra Singh – Men's Blind Football

• Tushar Kumar – Men's Blind Football

• Vishnubhatejuba Vaghela – Men's Blind Football

• Aditya Sajwan – Men's Blind Football

• Sujith Puthankattunikarath Sasi – Men's Blind Football

2. Boccia – 2 Athletes

• Sachin Chamaria – Men's Individual BC3; Mixed Pairs BC3

• Anjali Devi – Women's Individual BC3; Mixed Pairs BC3

3. Para Archery – 11 Athletes

• Harvinder Singh – Men's Recurve; Men's Recurve Doubles

• Vijay Sundi – Men's Recurve; Men's Recurve Doubles

• Toman Kumar – Men's Compound; Men's Compound Doubles

• Shyam Sunder Swami – Men's Compound; Men's Compound Doubles

• Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari – Men's W1; Men's W1 Doubles

• Vinayak Amol Breed – Men's W1; Men's W1 Doubles

• Sheetal Devi – Women's Compound; Women's Compound Doubles

• Payal Nag – Women's Compound; Women's Compound Doubles

• Bhawna – Women's Recurve; Women's Recurve Doubles

• Pooja – Women's Recurve; Women's Recurve Doubles

• Swati Chaudhary – Women's W1

4. Para Athletics – 62 Athletes

• Ajay Kumar – Men's 400m

• Akira Nandan Banothu – Men's 400m

• Devender Kumar – Men's Discus Throw

• Haney – Men's Javelin; Men's Discus Throw

• Dilip Mahadu Gavit – Men's 100m; Men's 400m

• Mahendra Gurjar – Men's Javelin; Men's Long Jump

• Manjeet – Men's Javelin

• Mohammed Basil Morssinganakathi – Men's 100m

• Nishad Kumar – Men's Long Jump; Men's High Jump

• Parveen – Men's Shot Put

• Pranav Soorma – Men's Club Throw; Men's Discus Throw

• Rakeshbhai Bhatt – Men's Long Jump; Men's 100m; Men's 200m

• Ram Ratan Singh – Men's Discus Throw

• Rinku – Men's Javelin

• Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Men's Shot Put

• Shailesh Kumar – Men's Long Jump; Men's High Jump

• Sharath Makanahalli Shankarappa – Men's 5000m; Men's 1500m

• Sumit – Men's Javelin

• Ajeet Singh – Men's Javelin

• Ayush Verma – Men's Javelin; Men's Shot Put

• Dharambir – Men's Club Throw

• Hokato Hotozhe Sema – Men's Shot Put

• Mohd Yasser – Men's Shot Put

• Navdeep – Men's Javelin

• Parmod – Men's 1500m

• Pranav Prashant Desai – Men's 100m; Men's 200m

• Praveen Kumar – Men's High Jump

• Rakesh – Men's Discus Throw

• Ravi Rongali – Men's Javelin; Men's Shot Put

• Solairaj Dharmaraj – Men's Long Jump

• Sujith Mandalamkunnath Sivadasan – Men's Long Jump; Men's 100m

• Varun Singh Bhati – Men's High Jump

• Vishesh – Men's Shot Put

• Amit Kumar – Men's Club Throw

• Anubhav Choudhary – Men's 100m; Men's 200m

• Banti – Men's High Jump

• Bhavikkumar Dineshbhai Bharwad – Men's 400m

• Pardeep Kumar – Men's Discus Throw

• Pradeep Kumar – Men's Javelin

• Rahul – Men's High Jump

• Sandeep – Men's 100m; Men's 400m

• Sandip Sanjay Sargar – Men's Javelin

• Soman Rana – Men's Shot Put

• Sukhchain – Men's Javelin

• Parveen Kumar – Men's Javelin; Men's Discus Throw

• Praveen Sharma – Men's Shot Put; Men's Discus Throw

• Anjanaben Rohitbhai Bumbadiya – Women's 400m

• Deepthi Jeevanji – Women's 400m

• Nimisha Chakkungalparambil Suresh – Women's Long Jump

• Preeti Pal – Women's 100m

• Simran – Women's 100m

• Soumya – Women's 1500m

• Jayanti Behera – Women's 400m

• Tejalben Amraji Damor – Women's 400m

• Radha Venkatesh – Women's 1500m

• Amisha Rawat – Women's Shot Put

• Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav – Women's Shot Put

• Karamjyoti – Women's Discus Throw

• Rakshitha Raju – Women's 1500m

• Suchitra Parida – Women's Javelin

• Suvarna Raj – Women's Discus Throw

• Ravanni Valasanaini – Women's 1500m

5. Para Badminton – 28 Athletes

• Manisha Ramadass – Women's Singles; Mixed Doubles

• Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan – Women's Singles; Mixed Doubles

• Alphia James – Women's Singles; Women's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

• Thulasimathi Murugesan – Women's Singles; Women's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

• Mandeep Kaur – Women's Singles; Women's Doubles

• Neeraj – Women's Singles

• Shanthiya Vishwanathan – Women's Singles; Women's Doubles

• Kanak Singh Jadaun – Women's Singles

• Manasi Girishchandra Joshi – Women's Singles; Women's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

• Pallavi Kaluvehalli Manjunathareddy – Women's Singles; Women's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

• Sanjana Kumari – Women's Singles

• Naveen Sivakumar – Men's Singles

• Nitesh Kumar – Men's Singles; Mixed Doubles

• Krishna Nagar – Men's Singles; Men's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

• Pramod Bhagat – Men's Singles; Men's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

• Sukant Kadam – Men's Singles; Men's Doubles

• Surya Kant Yadav – Men's Singles

• Ruthick Ragupathi – Men's Singles; Mixed Doubles

• Sivarajan Solaimalai – Men's Singles; Men's Doubles

• Abu Hubaida – Men's Singles; Men's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

• Prem Kumar Ale – Men's Singles; Men's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

• Sudarsan Muthusamy Saravanakumar – Men's Singles

• Umesh Vikram Kumar – Men's Singles

• Haris Mythili Srikumar – Men's Singles

• Hardik Makkar – Men's Singles

• Abhijeet Sakhuja – Men's Singles

• Rakesh Pandey – Men's Singles

• Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj – Men's Singles

6. Para Cycling – 1 Athlete

•  Arshad Shaik – Men's Time Trial; Men's Individual Pursuit; Men's Road Race

7. Para Judo – 7 Athletes

• Kapil Parmar – Men's -70kg

• Bijender – Men's -95kg

• Renuka Narayan Salave – Women's -70kg

• Kokila – Women's -52kg

• Gulshan – Women's -70kg

• Vrushali Ashok More – Women's -70kg

• Dimple – Women's +70kg

8. Para Powerlifting – 8 Athletes

• Ashok – Men's Up to 65kg

• Jhandu Kumar – Men's Up to 72kg

• Manish Kumar – Men's Up to 59kg

• Parmjeet Kumar – Men's Up to 59kg

• Suman Devi – Women's Up to 61kg; Women's Team Event

• Kasthuri Rajamani – Women's Up to 67kg; Women's Team Event

• Jaspreet Kaur – Women's Up to 45kg; Women's Team Event

• Seema Rani – Women's Up to 61kg

9. Para Shooting – 13 Athletes

• Anandha Krishnan H – Men's 10m Air Rifle

• Amir Ahmad Bhat – Open 25m Pistol

• Manish Narwal – Men's 10m Air Pistol

• Nihal Singh – Men's 10m Air Pistol; Open 25m Pistol

• Rakesh Nidagundi – Men's 10m Air Rifle

• Rudransh Khandelwal – Men's 10m Air Pistol; Open 50m Pistol

• Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar – Men's 10m Air Rifle

• Avani Lekhara – Women's 10m Air Rifle; Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

• Mona Agarwal – Women's 10m Air Rifle; Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

• Bhakti Sharma – Women's 10m Air Pistol

• Rubina Francis – Women's 10m Air Pistol

• Shrishti Arora – Women's 10m Air Pistol

• Sumedha Pathak – Women's 10m Air Pistol

10. Para Swimming – 16 Athletes

• Kapil Kumar – Men's 100m Freestyle; Men's 400m Freestyle; Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Ajay Hindurao Bhosale – Men's 50m Freestyle; Men's 100m Freestyle

• Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Budigina – Men's 50m Freestyle; Men's 100m Freestyle; Men's 400m Freestyle; Men's 100m Backstroke; Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Abdul Quadir Indori – Men's 50m Backstroke; Men's 50m Butterfly

• Suyash Narayan Jadhav – Men's 50m Freestyle; Men's 50m Butterfly

• Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni – Men's 50m Freestyle; Men's 100m Freestyle; Men's 400m Freestyle; Men's 100m Breaststroke; Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Rohit Kumar – Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Gopichand Linguta – Men's 400m Freestyle; Men's 100m Backstroke

• Vanga Niranjan Mukundan – Men's 400m Freestyle; Men's 50m Butterfly

• Tejas Nandakumar – Men's 50m Freestyle; Men's 100m Backstroke; Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay

• Himanshu Nandal – Men's 50m Freestyle; Men's 100m Freestyle; Men's 400m Freestyle; Men's 100m Backstroke; Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Swatik Patil – Men's 100m Breaststroke; Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay

• Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh – Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Jahangir Molla – Men's 100m Breaststroke; Men's 100m Butterfly

• Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap – Women's 50m Freestyle; Women's 100m Freestyle; Women's 400m Freestyle; Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay; Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay

• Devanshi Satija – Women's 50m Freestyle; Women's 100m Backstroke; Women's 100m Butterfly; Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay; Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay

11. Para Table Tennis – 10 Athletes

• Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel – Women's Singles; Women's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

• Sonalben Manubhai Patel – Women's Singles

• Baby Sahana Ravi – Women's Singles

• Ekta Bhyan – Women's Singles; Women's Doubles

• Prachi Pandey – Women's Singles

• Savita Vittal Ajjanakatti – Women's Singles; Mixed Doubles

• Dattaprasad Jotiram Chougule – Men's Singles; Mixed Doubles

• Sandeep Dangi – Men's Singles

• Jehan Dorab Madan – Men's Singles; Men's Doubles

• Shubham Wadhwa – Men's Singles; Men's Doubles; Mixed Doubles

When and Where to Watch Asian Para Games 2026 Live

Indian viewers can follow the Asian Para Games 2026 through television and digital streaming platforms. Here are the broadcast and streaming details.

• Television: DD Sports - Free-to-air telecast in India.

• Live Streaming: FanCode App and Website - Digital streaming across mobile and web platforms.

• Official Website: Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Official Website - Schedules, results and event information.

Also READ: Asian Games 2026 Medal Tally: India's Complete Gold Silver Bronze Medals Tally and Winners List