After finishing sixth in the 200m final, Odisha woman international para athlete Jayanti Behera bounced back with determination to win the silver medal in the 400m T47 sprint event of the 5th Asian Para Games at Paloma Mizuho Sports Park in Nagoya, Japan today.

Jayanti clocked 1 minute and 00.65 seconds to finish second in the final. India asserted supremacy in the 400m event as fellow Indian Anjanaben Bumbadiya, from Gujarat, bagged the gold with a time of 59.97 seconds.

This was the second silver and third Para Asian Games medal for Jayanti, who won the 400m silver and 200m bronze at the third edition of the continental Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, eight years ago.

In the 200m T47 event of the ongoing Games, the 27-year-old Jayanti achieved a personal best time of 26.75 seconds in her heat before finishing sixth in the final with a time of 26.81 seconds.

Odisha woman javelin thrower Suchitra Parida also represented India at the Aichi-Nagoya Games, but could not win any medal. She finished fourth in the F55/56 category with a personal best of 19.09 metres.
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PHOTO: Odisha woman sprint star Jayanti Behera poses with her 400m silver medal at the 5th Asian Para Games in Nagoya, Japan on 22 October 2026.