New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- India's Sandeep raced his way to a gold medal with a world record performance in the men's 400m T44 at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday. Sandeep clocked 52.28 seconds, a world record, to win the 400m T64 final at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. He finished 0.85s ahead of Saudi Arabia's Nour Alsana (53.13s season's best).

Indian compatriot Ajay Kumar took bronze in 53.61, also a Games Record, while China's Huang Ruihua was fourth with a personal best of 54.39. Incidentally, Sandeep's gold medal was India's 100th in the 2026 edition of Asian Para Games and the second time in a row.

In the previous edition in Hangzhou in 2023, India had won 107 medals. Notably, T44 and T64 are both lower-limb clas...