Asian Para Games: Haney sets personal best of 57.04m to claim discus bronze
Indian para-athlete Haney won bronze in the men’s F37 discus throw with a personal-best 57.04m at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Japan. Indian athletes also secured medals in javelin events and the men’s T64 100m sprint
Nagoya: Indian para-athlete Haney clinched a bronze medal in the men’s discus throw F37 event with a personal best of 57.04 metres at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Wednesday, adding to India’s medal tally in para athletics.
Supported by the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), Haney produced his best effort to secure a podium finish on Day 6 of the competition. He is scheduled to compete next in the men’s javelin throw F37/F38 event on Thursday.
In the final, Haney opened with a throw of 52.80m. He fouled on his second attempt and managed 49.57m on his third. On his fourth attempt, Haney reached 52.07m before securing the bronze medal with his personal-best throw of 57.04m.
His performance marked an improvement of 12.91m over Rishi Raj’s throw of 44.13m at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, where Raj finished seventh.
Kudratillokhon Marugkhujaev of Uzbekistan won the gold medal with a Games-record throw of 57.39m, while Haidar Ali of Pakistan took silver with a personal-best throw of 57.20m.
Earlier in the day, Sukhchain won bronze in the men’s javelin throw F55 event with a personal best of 29.94 metres. China’s Feifei Zhou took gold with a world-record throw of 37.63m, while Iran’s Zafar Zaker claimed silver with a personal best of 36.00m.
Manjeet Vyas added a silver medal in the men’s javelin throw F12/13 event with a personal best of 61.03m. India also secured two podium finishes in the men’s javelin throw F53 event, with Pradeep Kumar winning silver with a personal best of 27.45m and Ayush Verma claiming bronze with a personal best of 17.88m.
The Indian athletics contingent continued its strong showing at the Asian Para Games as Pranav Desai won bronze in the men’s 100m T64 event in 11.96 seconds. He improved on his fourth-place finish at the 2022 Asian Para Games, where he clocked 11.91 seconds.
