{
  "id": 15688451,
  "title": "Asian Para Games 2026 Day 2: Nishad Kumar, Indian Para Athletes Target More Medals Across Athletics, Swimming, Shooting & Badminton",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/asian-para-games-2026-day-2-nishad-kumar-indian-para-athletes-target",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T02:25:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/asian-para-games-2026-day-2-nishad-kumar-indian-para-athletes-target-more-medals-across-athletics-swimming-shooting-badminton"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On the second day of the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, Indian para-athletes aim to build upon their impressive opening performance that yielded 11 medals on Monday. Among them, two-time Paralympic silver medallist Nishad Kumar, the men's high jump T45/T46/T47 champion, is set to compete in the final at 4:05 PM IST. Other notable competitors include Preeti Pal in the women's 200m T35 final at 3:23 PM IST, and Rinku Hooda, Ayush Verma, and Pradeep Kumar in the men's javelin throw F53/F54 final at 5:40 AM IST. Additional medal hopefuls are slated to compete in various disciplines, including para athletics, para swimming, para shooting, para table tennis, para powerlifting, and para archery.",
  "summary": "Aichi-Nagoya: After opening their campaign at the 2026 Asian Para Games with 11 medals on Monday, Indian para-athletes will look to continue their strong performance as they compete across multiple disciplines on Day 2 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday. India began its campaign with 11 medals, including four gold, five silver and two bronze, to sit fourth in the overall medal standings. The…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Asian Para Games 2026: Two Indian Pairs Reach Badminton Semis, Assure India Of Two Medals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/asian-para-games-2026-two-indian-pairs-reach-badminton-semis-assure",
        "published": "2026-10-20T02:35:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}