October 20, 2026 5:01 PM
Asian Para Games: Deepthi Jeevanji smashes record to take 400m T20 gold
India's Deepthi Jeevanji reasserted her continental supremacy by snaring a second successive Asian Para Games gold medal in the women's 400m T20 event after clocking a Games record time of 56.36sec in Nagoya on Tuesday. The 23-year-old from Telangana, who also holds the Asian record, is a two-time Para World Championships medallist, having won the gold in 2024. She is also a Paralympic bronze winner in the same event. On Tuesday, Japan's Niina Kanno (58.92sec) won the silver and her compatriot...