Team Saudi Arabia collected seven medals today — one gold and six silver — at the fifth Asian Para Games, Aichi-Nagoya 2026, being held in Japan until October 24.

Sanad Sufyani took gold in the 400 metres T20, finishing first in 48.25 seconds and breaking the Asian Para Games record.

In athletics, Hani Al-Nakhli won silver in the shot put F33 with 10.00 metres, Haider Salami took silver in the shot put F57 with a throw of 14.97 metres, Hassan Doshi won silver in the long jump and Albaraa Al-Qarni claimed silver in the 100 metres T54. In para table tennis, Rakan Al-Salmi and Mariam Al-Muraisel each won silver after finishing second in their singles events.

Among other results, Ziyad Al-Khuraibi set a personal best of 10.55 metres to finish sixth in the shot put F11, Ibrahim Al-Marzouqi was eighth in the 50 metres butterfly S5 final in 42.09 seconds, and Abbas Al-Hashem finished fourth in the track cycling 1,000 metres C1-3 final in 1:11.587.

On the sidelines of the Games, Deputy Minister of Sport Badr bin Abdulrahman Al-Qadi and Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Baashen, CEO and Secretary General of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, met International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons to discuss developing Saudi athletes and training national classification staff. They also met the Governor of Aichi and the Mayor of Nagoya to discuss learning from the Games' organisation and improving services for athletes with disabilities.

Saudi athletes continue tomorrow in athletics, cycling, swimming and table tennis.