Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 20 -- Indian para-athlete Deepthi Jeevanji clinched gold in the women's 400m T20 event at the 2026 Asian Para Games, setting a new Games record with a time of 56.36 seconds on Tuesday.

Jeevanji's medal marked India's fifth gold medal and the first for Day 2 of the Para Asian Games.

The Paris 2024 Paralympics bronze medallist dominated the race, finishing more than two seconds ahead of her closest competitor, Japan's Niina Kanno, who secured silver for Japan in 58.92 seconds.

Japan's Akane Kato secured the bronze medal with a time of 1:00.26.

Earlier today, para table tennis player Bhavina Patel secured a bronze medal after facing a 3-0 defeat to China's Zhang Bian in the Women's Singles Class 4-5 semi-finals.

Patel...