Asian Games 2026: India’s complete schedule on September 24; medal events and timing

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Animesh Kujur (left) and Gurindervir Singh of Punjab become the winner and first runner-up respectively in the men’s 100m during the Indian Athletics Final Series 2026 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. (PTI photo) India’s 2026 Asian Games campaign continues on Thursday, September 24, when athletes compete in multiple sports in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.India will have medal opportunities on day five in rowing, wushu, shooting, canoe sprint, swimming and athletics.The day starts with rowing where Balraj Panwar will compete in the men’s double jump A final at 5:10 am IST. Satnam Singh and Salman Khan will then be in action in the men’s double sculls A final. India will also compete in the medal events of women’s quad, men’s lightweight and men’s quad.One of India’s biggest medal hopes will be Roshibina Devi, who takes on China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the women’s Sanda 60kg final at 6:10 am IST.Athletics will also feature several Indian athletes. Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht will compete in the women’s triple jump final, while Seema will contest the women’s 10,000m final. Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh will begin their men’s 100m campaign.The Indian men’s kabaddi team will face Chinese Taipei, while the women’s team will face Japan. In hockey, the Indian men’s team will take on South Korea.Here is the complete schedule for Indian athletes at the 2026 Asian Games on Thursday, September 24:

  • 5.10am: Rowing – Balraj Panwar in men’s single sculls final (medal event).
  • 5.30 am: Rowing – Satnam Singh and Salman Khan in the men’s sculls final (medal event).
  • 6:10 Wushu – Roshibina Devi vs. Zhang Xiaoyu of China in the women’s 60kg final (medal event).
  • 6:15 AM: Shooting – Akash Bharadwaj, Kamaljeet, Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve in Men’s 10m Air Pistol Individual Qualification and Team Final.
  • 6:30: Table tennis – Diya Chitale-Yashaswini Ghorpade vs. Setayash Iloukhani-Mashid Ashtari of Iran in the Women’s Doubles 2nd Round match.
  • 6:30 am: Shooting – Parinaaz Dhaliwal-Anant Jeet Singh Naruka in mixed team skeet qualification and final.
  • 6.30am: Canao Sprint – Megha Pradeep in Women’s Canoe Individual 200m Semi Final 1.
  • 6.30am: Athletics – Anamika Aneesh in Women’s Heptathlon Heat 1.
  • 6:38: Athletics – Pooja in the women’s heptathlon heat 2.
  • 6.46am: Swimming – Benedicton Beniston in the men’s 50m butterfly heats.
  • 6.50am: Canao Sprint – Soniya Devi-Parvathy Geetha in Women’s Kayak Doubles 500m Semi Final 1.
  • 7.01am: Athletics – Jay Kumar, Ansa Babu, Manu TS, Rashdeep Kaur in the men’s 4x400m 2 medley relay.
  • 7:10: Table tennis – Sreeja Akula-Syndrela Das vs. Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh-Burenjargal Sanjaa in the match of the 2nd round of women’s doubles.
  • 7.10am: Rowing – Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Haobijam, Poonam in the women’s fours final (medal event).
  • 7.21am: Swimming – Aryan Nehra in the men’s 800m freestyle heats.
  • 7.32am: Swimming – Benedicton Beniston, Aneesh Sunil, Akash Mani and Gitesh Shah in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay.
  • 8:00: Squash – Suraj Chand-Shameena Riaz vs. Joshana Chinappa-Velavan Senthilkumar.
  • 8:05: Table Tennis – Manush Shah Vs. Wong Qi Shen of Malaysia in the men’s singles first round match.
  • 8.10am: Canao Sprint – Naocha Laitonjam, Varinder Singh, Oinam Arun Singh and Harshawardhan Shaktawat in the men’s kayak 500m final A (medal placement).
  • 8.30am: Canoe Sprint – Raju Rawat-Gyaneshwor Singh Men’s Canoe 500m Double A Final (medal placement).
  • 8:30 am: Shooting – Akash Bharadwaj, Kamaljeet, Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve in the 10m individual air pistol final (if they qualify).
  • 9.40 am: Kabaddi – India Vs. Chinese Taipei in the Men’s Group A match.
  • 10.30am: Squash – Tanvi Khanna vs. Au Yeong Wai Yhann of Singapore in the women’s singles round of 16 match.
  • 10:30: Squash – Anahat Singh vs. Au Yeong Wai Iynn of Singapore in the women’s singles round of 16 match.
  • 11.10am: Canao Sprint – Harshawardhan Shaktawat Men’s 500m Individual Kayak Heat 2.
  • 11.15am: Squash – Abhay Singh vs Sri Lanka’s Ravindu Laksiri in Men’s Singles Match 16
  • 11.15am: Squash – Veer Chotrani vs Sanjay Jeeva of Malaysia in Men’s Singles Match 16
  • 11:30 am to 2:10 pm: Esports – Paritosh in four group matches of Puyo Puyo Champions.
  • 11:30 a.m.: Hockey – India vs. South Korea in Men’s Group A match.
  • 11.40 am: Canao Sprint – Parvarthy Geetha- Prasanna Kumar Sathyaprakash in mixed doubles kayak, 500m2 start.
  • 12:00pm: Rowing – Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Rohit in the men’s lightweight doubles final (medal event).
  • 1:00 pm: Rowing – Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh and Jakar Khan in the men’s sculls final (medal placement).
  • 1.35am: Swimming – Benedicton Beniston in the men’s 50m butterfly final (if he qualifies).
  • 2:15: Swimming – Aryan Nehra in men’s 800m freestyle final (if he qualifies).
  • 2.48am: Swimming – Benedicton Beniston, Aneesh Sunil, Akash Mani and Gitesh Shah in the men’s 4x100m freestyle final (if they qualify).
  • 15:15: Boxing – Parveen vs. Malika Nozimova of Tajikistan in the women’s round of 32.
  • 16:14: Athletics – Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht in the women’s triple jump final (medal race).
  • 16:14: Kabaddi – India Vs. Japan in the Women’s Group A match.
  • 16:38: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in Men’s 100m 1st.
  • 17:02: Athletics – Gurindervir Singh in Men’s 100m 4th.
  • 17:55: Athletics – Seema in the final of the women’s 10,000 m (medal events).
  • 18:45: Athletics – Indian team in the final of the 4x400m mixed relay, subject to qualification (medal events).