Nagoya:Armless archer Sheetal Devi picked up two gold medals in less than two hours to reaffirm her peerless credentials, while the track-and-field contingent remained the biggest contributor to India’s tally, which swelled to 88 at the Asian Para Games on Thursday.

The 19-year-old world champion and world number one first teamed up with Toman Kumar to defend the mixed team gold, beating Indonesia’s Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148.

She then overcame a four-point deficit to defeat Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahidah 142-139, repeating their individual final result from Hangzhou 2023.

India’s medal count stood at 21 gold, 26 silver and 41 bronze. Para-athletics led the haul with 52 medals, including 18 gold. Suvarna Raj opened the day’s gold rush by winning the women’s F54 discus with a best throw of 15.66m. Shailesh Kumar led an Indian sweep in the men’s T63 high jump, setting a Games record of 1.89m. Varun Bhati won silver with 1.84m, while Rahul took bronze with 1.81m. Anjanaben Bumbadiya won the women’s T47 400m in 59.97 seconds, ahead of Jayanti Behera (1:00.65). Dilip Mahadu Gavit claimed the men’s T47 400m gold in 48.27 seconds, while Dharmaraj Solairaj defended his long jump crown with an Asian record of 7.15m. Tejalben Damor added a silver in the women’s T12 400m.

Archery also witnessed history as Swati Chaudhary won India’s first Asian Para Games medal in the W1 category, taking silver after losing 4-6 to China’s Cen Mengkan.

In swimming, teenage Andhra Pradesh swimmer Ravi Budigina claimed bronze in the men’s S13 50m freestyle in 25.89 seconds, completing a hat-trick of medals. Kapil Kumar won silver in the S10 400m freestyle, while Swatik Patil and Tejas Nandakumar secured bronze medals in the SB9 100m breaststroke and S7 100m backstroke, respectively.

India also secured a men’s SL3 badminton final between Pramod Bhagat and Nitesh Kumar. Bhagat defeated Korea’s Lee Seunghu after a 2-hour-9-minute battle, while Nitesh reached the singles and mixed doubles SL3-SU5 finals with Thulasimathi Murugesan. Naveen Sivakumar entered the SL4 final.

In table tennis, Bhavina Patel and Subham Wadhwa won bronze in mixed doubles XD7 after losing their semifinal to South Korea.