India selected 168 athletes for the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, the Indian Express reported on 17 October. The event was due to open officially the next day, with a smaller Indian contingent than at the previous edition.
Athletics and badminton account for more than half the team, with 62 and 28 participants respectively. Among the athletes highlighted were Sumit Antil, Avani Lekhara, Sheetal Devi and Simran Sharma, while Pramod Bhagat and Sharma were named as opening-ceremony flag bearers.
The report compares the team’s ambitions with India’s 108 medals at the previous Games. That number is historical context, not a medal total already achieved in Japan; this is a dated preview of the new competition.