Asian Games, September 29 schedule: Shooting, surfing, athletics lead India's medal hopes

September 29 could be one of India’s biggest medal days at the Asian Games so far, with opportunities to win medals in shooting, surfing, kurash, cycling and athletics.

The action starts early at the shooting range, with India hosting two team medal competitions at 6.30am. Kynan Chenai, Ahvar Rizvi and Shapath Bharadwaj will compete in the men’s trap team final, while Neeru, Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat will compete in the women’s trap team final.

The shooting medal ride does not end there. The women’s singles trap final at 10.30am features Neeru, Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat before Kynan, Ahvar and Shapath return at noon for the men’s singles final. This gives India several chances to add to their medal tally.

There could be more medals in surfing, with Anbarasu Kishore Kumar slated to compete for bronze and gold if he gets through the earlier rounds. Vipin Kumar is also on a potential medal run in the men’s 66kg kurash, with his semi-final and final scheduled for later in the day.

Cycling then takes center stage, with the women’s and men’s sprint medal finals scheduled for around lunch. And then comes the evening athletic training session, packed with medal events.

India will have athletes in the men’s pole vault, high jump, women’s hammer throw, women’s and men’s 800m and men’s 5000m, before the athletics program concludes with three relay finals: the 4x100m medley, the women’s 4x400m and the men’s 4x400m.

Here is the complete schedule for Indian athletes at the 2026 Asian Games for Tuesday, September 29:

4:54 – Surfing – Men Shortboard Quarter Final Heat 4 – Anbarasu Kishore Kumar vs Toby Espejon (Philippines)
5:30 – Archery – Recurve Men’s Singles 1/16 Elimination Round – Dhiraj Bommadevara
5:30 – Archery – Recurve Men’s Singles 1/16 Elimination Round – Neeraj Chauhan Vs. Salsabilla Riau Ega Agata (Indonesia)
6:24 – Match – Men’s 66kg Round of 16 – Vipin Kumar
6:30 – Shooting – Individual Trap Qualification Day 3 – Kynan Chenai
6:30 – Shooting – Men’s Trap Individual Qualification Day 3 – Ahvar Rizvi
6:30 – Shooting – Individual Trap Qualifying Day 3 – Shapath Bharadwaj
6:30 – Shooting – Men’s Trap Team Final – Kynan Chenai, Ahvar Rizvi, Shapath Bharadwaj (medal event)
6:30 – Shooting – Women’s Trap Individual Qualification, Day 3 – Neeru
6:30 – Shooting – Women’s Trap Individual Qualification, Day 3 – Manisha Keer
6:30 – Shooting – Women’s Trap Individual Qualification, Day 3 – Aashima Ahlawat
6:30 – Shooting – Women’s Trap Team Final – Neeru, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat (medal event)
6:30 – Cycling (track) – Women’s Team Sprint Qualification – Celestina, Keerthi Rangaswamy, Chikka, Sarita Kumari
6:30 – Squash – Women’s Team 2nd Group C Match – India vs Iran
After 6:30 – tennis – Men’s Singles Round 2 Match 7 – Dhakshineswar Suresh Vs. Gunawan Trismuwantara (Indonesia)
6:48 – Cycling (track) – Men’s Team Sprint Qualification – Rojit Singh Yanglem, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam
7:00 a.m. – canoe (slalom) – Men’s Kayak Single Heat – Hitesh Kewat
7:00 a.m. – canoe (slalom) – Men’s Single Kayak – Pradhyumna Singh Rathod
7:12 a.m. – Cycling (track) – Women’s Team Pursuit Qualification – Harshita Jhakar, Pooja Baban Danole, Meenakshi, Swasti Singh
7:30 – Sailing – Men’s Skiff/49er Races 3, 4, 5 & 6 – Prince Noble, Manu Francis
7:40 – Sailing – Women’s Skiff/49er FX Races 3, 4, 5 & 6 – Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma
7:40 – Sailing – Girls Dinghy/ILCA 4, Opening Series, Races 1, 2 & 3 – Mahi Verma
7:47 AM – Surfing – Men’s Shortboard Semi-Final – Anbarasu Kishore Kumar (If Qualified)
7:50 – Canoe (slalom) – Women’s Canoe Single Heat – Rina Sen
7:50 – Canoe (slalom) – Women’s Canoe Single Heat – Pallavi Jagpat
8:00 – Match – Men’s 66kg Quarter Final – Vipin Kumar (if qualified)
8:47 – Canoe (slalom) – Ladies Kayak Single Heat – Shikha Chouhan
9:00 – Sport climbing – Women’s Speed Qualification – Joga Purty
After 9:00 – tennis – Men’s Singles Round 2 Match 9 – Sumit Nagal vs Seongchan Hong (South Korea)
After 9:00 – tennis – Men’s Doubles Round 2 Match 5 – Yuki Bhambri & Dhakshineswar Suresh Vs. Beibit Zhukayev & Denis Yevseyev (Kazakhstan)
After 9:00 – tennis – Men’s Doubles Round 2 Match 1 – Anirudh Chandrasekar & N Sriram Balaji Vs. Pradip Khadka & Abhishek Bastola (Nepal)
9:26 – Surfing – Men’s Shortboard Bronze Match – Anbarasu Kishore Kumar (if qualified, medal event)
9:30 – Archery – Recurve Men’s Singles 1/8 Elimination Round – Dhiraj Bommadevara
9:45 – Archery – Recurve Women’s Singles 1/16 Knockout Round – Kumkum Anil Mohod vs Bishindee Urantungalag (Mongolia)
9:45 – Archery – Recurve Women’s Singles 1/16 Knockout Round – Kirti Sharma vs Hoang Phuong Thao (Vietnam)
10:15 – Archery – Recurve Men’s Singles 1/8 Elimination Round – Neeraj Chauhan
10:15 – Boxing – Women’s 65kg semi-final – Parveen vs Li Shu (China)
10:25 – Archery – Recurve Women’s Singles 1/8 Elimination Round – Kumkum Anil Mohod
10:25 – Archery – Recurve, Singles, 1/8 Elimination Round – Kirti Sharma
10:30 – Shooting – Women’s Trap Final – Neeru (medal event)
10:30 – Shooting – Women’s Trap Final – Manisha Keer (medal event)
10:30 – Shooting – Women’s Trap Final – Aashima Ahlawat (medal event)
Mon 10:30 – Sailing – Men’s Boat/ILCA 7 Qualifying Series Races 3, 4 and 5 – Vishnu Sarvanan
10:35 – Surfing – Men’s Shortboard Gold Medal Match – Anbarasu Kishore Kumar (if qualified, medal event)
10:40 a.m. – Sailing – Women’s Windsurfing/IQFOIL Races 1, 2, 3 and 4 – Katya Coelho
10:40 a.m. – Sailing – ladies boat/ILCA 6qualifying series, races 3, 4 and 5 – Nethra Kumanan
10:50 – Match – men up to 66 kg, semi-finals – Vipin Kumar (if qualified)
11:00 a.m. – Boxing – Men’s semi-finals up to 80 kg – Ankush vs Erkinboev Fazliddin (Uzbekistan)
11:30 – Boxing – men over 90 kg, semi-finals – Narendra vs Oralbay Aibek (Kazakhstan)
From 11:30 a.m. – Cycling (track) – Women’s Team Sprint Round 1 – Celestina, Keerthi Rangaswamy, Chikka, Sarita Kumari (if qualified)
11:42 onwards – Cycling (track) – Men’s Team Sprint Round 1 – Rojit Singh Yanglem, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam (if qualified)
11:45 – Match – Men’s 66kg Final – Vipin Kumar (if qualified, medal event)
11:54 onwards – Cycling (track) – Women’s Team Pursuit Round 1 – Harshita Jhakar, Pooja Baban Danole, Meenakshi (if qualified)
12:00 – Shooting – Men’s Trap Final – Kynan Chenai (medal event)
12:00 – Shooting – Men’s Trap Final – Ahvar Rizvi (medal event)
12:00 – Shooting – Men’s Trap Final – Shapath Bharadwaj (Medal Event)
After 12:00 – tennis – Mixed Doubles Round 1 Match 5 – N Sriram Balaji & Ankita Raina vs Kairan Thompson & Eudice Chong (Hong Kong)
12:30 – Volleyball – men’s team, preliminary round, group C – India vs. Catarrh
12:43 – Cycling (track) – Women’s Team Sprint Bronze Medal Final – Celestina, Keerthi Rangaswamy, Chikka, Sarita Kumari (if qualified, medal)
12:46 – Cycling (track) – Women’s Team Sprint Gold Medal Final – Celestina, Keerthi Rangaswamy, Chikka, Sarita Kumari (if qualified, medal event)
12:49 – Cycling (track) – Men’s Team Sprint Bronze Medal Final – Rojit Singh Yanglem, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam (if qualified, medal race)
12:52 – Cycling (track) – Men’s Team Sprint Gold Medal Final – Rojit Singh Yanglem, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam (if qualified, medal race)
14:50 – Athletics – Men’s Pole Vault Final – Dev Kumar Meena (Medal Event)
14:50 – Athletics – Men’s Pole Vault Final – Kuldeep Kumar (Medal Event)
15:35 – Athletics – Women’s High Jump Final – Pooja (medal event)
15:35 – Athletics – Women’s High Jump Final – Supriya Sindigere Basavaraju (medal event)
16:05 – Athletics – Women’s Hammer Throw Final – Tanya Chaudhary (medal event)
16:05 – Athletics – Women’s Hammer Throw Final – Anushka Yadav (medal event)
16:20 – Athletics – Women’s 800m Final – Pooja (medal event)
16:35 – Athletics – Men’s 800m Final – Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath (medal event)
16:45 – Athletics – Men’s 5000m Final – Gulveer Singh (medal event)
16:45 – Athletics – Men’s 5000m Final – Avinash Mukund Sable (medal event)
17:18 – Athletics – 4x100m Medley Relay Final – Indian Team (Medal Event)
17:35 – Athletics – Women’s 4x400m Relay Final – Team India (Medal Event)
17:47 – Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay Final – Indian Team (Medal Event)
TBD – Tennis – Mixed DoublesRound 2 – Yuki Bhambri & Rutuja Bhosale (if qualified)

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