Asian Para Games in Nagoya: two Indian men's singles titles in para-badminton
On 23 October 2026 Nitesh Kumar and Naveen Sivakumar won men's singles gold; India also took silvers, and the two reports differ on one class.
Two gold medals
At the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, Nitesh Kumar won the men's singles SL3 final against fellow Indian Pramod Bhagat, 21-18, 21-16, and Naveen Sivakumar won the SL4 final against Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan, 21-9, 21-17, on 23 October 2026, according to GKToday. Bhagat took silver.
Silver medals
The Hans India reports that Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan lost the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 final 21-11, 19-21, 14-21 to Indonesia's Leani Ratri Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani, and that Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan took silver in women's singles SH6 after a 12-21, 13-21 loss to China's Li Fengmei. Both reports list Thulasimathi Murugesan as women's singles SU5 silver medallist.
Where the reports differ
The Hans India places Nitesh Kumar's win against Pramod Bhagat in the SL4 class; GKToday says SL3. We use the GKToday version and cannot settle it from these two texts. The medal tables also differ (98 and 104 medals for India), most likely because they were written at different moments, so we give none.
Why it matters
Para-badminton classes group players by type of impairment so that matches stay fair: SL3 and SL4 are lower-limb classes, SU5 is upper-limb, SH6 is short stature, as listed by The Hans India. The event shows the sport's range beyond the main tour.