Asian Games, September 25 schedule: Shooters, Gulveer among India’s medal contenders
The medal race gathers pace on Day 6 of the Asian Games, with India facing a busy schedule and several opportunities to add to their tally. Shooting will get an early chance to make amends for a poor start, while sprint canoeing and weightlifting will put Indian athletes in contention for medals. Athletics, meanwhile, will ensure a strong finish to the day with four medal events.
Seven confirmed medal events involving Indian athletes are scheduled for Friday, with the action starting early in the morning and extending into the evening. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil and Niraj Kumar will be among the first Indians in medal contention when they compete in the men’s 50m rifle 3-position team final, while Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh will start the shooting campaign earlier by qualifying the 10m air pistol mixed team.
Apart from the medal events, India will also participate in several important competitions during the day. TThe semi-finals will feature men’s and women’s kabaddi teamswhile the fencing teams begin their elimination campaigns. Squash, table tennis, swimming, surfing, hockey and esports will add to the already busy schedule of the Indian contingent.
Here is the complete schedule for Indian athletes at the 2026 Asian Games for Thursday, September 25:
4:16: Surfing – Sugar Shanti in Women’s Shortboard Round 1, Heat 3.
5:02 AM: Surfing – Kamali Moorthy in Women’s Shortboard Round 1 Heat 5.
6:00: Equestrian – Shruti Vora in Individual Dressage 1st Individual Qualification.
6:00 am: Equestrian – Gaurav Pundir in Individual Dressage 1st Individual Qualification.
6:00: Equestrian – Hriday Chheda in Individual Dressage 1st Individual Qualification.
6:00: Equestrian – Jai Sud in individual dressage 1st individual qualification.
6:00: Equestrian – Shruti Vora, Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Chheda and Jai Sud in Dressage Mixed Team Final (Medal Race).
6:00 am: Fencing – Sachin Sanasam Hemash Singh, Aditya and Tejas Manoj Patil in Men’s Team Table of 16.
6:10: Badminton – Dhruv and Tanisha Vs. Abdul Razzaq Aminath Nabeeha Ahmed Nibal of Maldives in mixed doubles 32.
6:15 am: Shooting – Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh in the 10m air pistol mixed team qualification.
6.30am: Canoe sprint – Prasanna Kumar CS and Prohit Baroi in men’s 500m kayak semi-final.
6.30: Table Tennis – Manush Shah and Diya Chitale Vs. Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong in the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
6:30: Table Tennis – Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Vs. Lin Shidong and Man Kuai of China in the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
6:30: Athletics – Anamika KA in the women’s heptathlon long jump.
6:30: Athletics – Pooja in the long jump of the women’s heptathlon.
6.40am: Swimming – Danush Suresh in the 3-man 50m breaststroke.
6.50am: Canoe sprint – Megha Pradeep and L Neha Devi in the women’s 500m canoe semi-final.
6.58am: Swimming – Rishabh Das in Men’s 200m Breaststroke Heat 1.
7:00 am: Fencing – Taniksha Khatri and Anupriya Mitva Chaudhari Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer in table 16 women’s pe team.
7:00: Squash – Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar vs. David Pelino and Jemyca Aribado in the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
7:06 am: Swimming – Utkarsh Santosh Patil in the 3-man 200m backstroke.
7.10am: Swimming – Dhakshan Shashikumar in Heat 1 of Men’s 400m Freestyle.
7.15am: Shooting – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar in Men’s 50m 3P Individual Qualification.
7:15 AM: Shooting – Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil in Men’s 50m 3P Individual Qualification.
7.15am: Shooting – Niraj Kumar in Men’s 50m 3P Individual Qualification.
7.15am: Shooting – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil and Niraj Kumar in the men’s 50m rifle 3P team final (medal event, subject to qualification).
7.20am: Surfing – Kishore Kumar in Men’s Shortboard Round 1, Heat 3.
7.22am: Swimming – Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda in heat 3 men’s 400m freestyle.
7:30 a.m.: Hockey – India Women Vs. Japan in Group B.
7.30am: Table Tennis – G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai Vs. Affan Pratama and Muhammad Negara of Indonesia in the Men’s Doubles 32.
7.36am: Swimming – Sajan Prakash in the 3 men’s 200m butterfly.
7:55 AM: Esports – Adnan Mohammed Badshah, Deepkumar Vipulbhai Patel, Sai Krishna Nalluri, Dipjyoti Laxman Nath, Rudra Narayan Nayak and Reuben Fernandes Vs. Korea Republic in Pokmon Unite Group C Match 1.
7:55: Athletics – Anamika KA in the women’s javelin heptathlon.
7.55am: Athletics – Pooja in the women’s javelin heptathlon.
8:00am: Canoe sprint – Prasanna Kumar CS and Prohit Baroi in men’s 500m doubles final (medal race, subject to qualification).
8:10 am: Canoe sprint – Khwairakpam Dhanamajuri Devi, Phairembam Soniya Devi, Pooja and Parvathy Geetha in the women’s quadruple 500m A final (medal race).
8.15am: Table Tennis – Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah Vs. Tomokazu Harimoto and Hiroto Shinozuka of Japan in the men’s doubles 32.
8.20am: Fencing – Sachin Sanasam Hemash Singh, Aditya and Tejas Manoj Patil in men’s foil quarter-finals (subject to qualification).
8.20am: Fencing – Taniksha Khatri, Anupriya, Mitva Chaudhari and Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer in the women’s pe team quarter-finals (subject to qualification).
8.30am: Canoe sprint – Megha Pradeep and L Neha Devi in women’s 500m canoe final (medal race, subject to qualification).
8.30am: Shooting – Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh in the 10m air pistol mixed team final (medal event, subject to qualification).
9am: Table tennis – Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Hend Zaza of Syria in women’s singles 32.
9.15am: Surfing – Sivaraj Babu in Men’s Shortboard Round 1, Heat 8.
9.15am: Squash – Abhay Singh v Tsukue Ryunosuke of Japan in the men’s singles quarter-finals.
9.30am: Kabaddi – Women India vs Nepal in semi-final.
9:38 a.m. onwards: Surfing – Sugar Shanti in Women’s Shortboard Round 2, subject to qualification.
9:38am onwards: Surfing – Kamali Moorthy in Women’s Shortboard Round 2, subject to qualification.
9.45am: Table tennis – Sreeja Akula vs. Song Gyong Pyon of the People’s Republic of Korea in the women’s singles round of 16.
10am: Squash – Anahat Singh vs Tanvi Khanna in women’s singles quarter-final.
10:00am: Squash – Tanvi Khanna vs Anahat Singh in women’s singles quarter-final.
10.15am: Boxing – Sachin versus Abu Jajeh Mohammad of Jordan in the men’s 60kg round of 16.
10.30am: Shooting – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar in Men’s 50m 3P Individual Rifle (medal placement, subject to qualification).
10.30am: Shooting – Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil in Men’s 50m Rifle 3P Final 50m Individual Rifle (Medal Race, subject to qualification).
10.30am: Shooting – Niraj Kumar in men’s rifle 50m 3P individual final (medal race, subject to qualification).
10:30 a.m.: Table tennis – Manav Thakkar vs. U Tae Ryong of the People’s Republic of Korea in Men’s Singles Round of 32.
10.50am onwards: Fencing – Sachin Sanasam Hemash Singh, Aditya and Tejas Manoj Patil in men’s foil semi-finals (subject to qualification).
10:45 AM: Kabaddi – Men India Vs. Thailand in the semi-finals.
10:45 am: Squash – Veer Chotrani vs Irfan Muhammad of Pakistan in the men’s singles quarter-finals.
11.15am: Table Tennis – Manush Shah vs Farazi Benyamin of Iran in Men’s Singles 32
12:00: Table Tennis – Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das Vs. Man Kuai and Manyu Wang of China in the women’s doubles round of 16.
From 12:30 PM: Badminton – Dhruv and Tanisha in Mixed Doubles Round of 16.
From 12:30: Badminton – Satwik and Chirag vs. Pakkapon Teeraratsukul and Peeratchai Sukphun of Thailand in the men’s doubles round of 32.
From 12:30: Badminton – Treesa and Gayatri vs. Lui Lok Lok and Tsang Hiu Yan of Hong Kong in the women’s doubles round of 32.
From 12.30 pm: Badminton – Kavipriya and Simran vs. Kusuma Febriana Dwipuji Puspitasari and Meilysa Trias of Indonesia in the women’s doubles round of 32.
From 12.30 pm: Badminton – Hariharan and Arjun Vs. Muh Shohibul Fikri and Fajar Alfian of Indonesia in the men’s doubles round of 32.
12.45pm: Table Tennis – Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade vs. Chen Yi and Fan Shuhan of China in the women’s doubles round of 16.
From 12.50 pm: Fencing – Taniksha Khatri, Anupriya, Mitva Chaudhari and Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer in women’s team semi-finals (subject to qualification).
1.30pm: Weightlifting – Nirupama Devi in the women’s 61kg final, Group A (medal position).
1.35pm: Swimming – Danush Suresh in men’s 50m breaststroke final (medal race, subject to qualification).
1.55pm: Swimming – Rishabh Das in men’s 200m breaststroke final (medal race, subject to qualification).
1.55pm: Swimming – Utkarsh Santosh Patil in men’s 200m breaststroke final (medal race, subject to qualification).
2.15pm: Boxing – Preeti versus Korea Republic’s Pang Choi Mi in the women’s 54kg round of 16.
2.22pm: Swimming – Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda in the men’s 400m freestyle final (medal race, subject to qualification).
2.22pm: Swimming – Dhakshan Shashikumar in men’s 400m freestyle final (medal race, subject to qualification).
2.50pm: Fencing – Sachin Sanasam Hemash Singh, Aditya and Tejas Manoj Patil in men’s foil final (medal event, subject to qualification).
14:51: Swimming – Sajan Prakash in the men’s 200m butterfly final (medal events, qualification).
3:00 pm: Table Tennis – Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini in the mixed doubles semi-finals.
3.35pm: Athletics – Manpreet Kaur in the women’s shot put final (medal event).
3.35pm: Athletics – Krishna Jayasankar Menon in the women’s shot put final (medal event).
3.45pm: Table Tennis – Manush Shah and Diya Chitale in mixed doubles semi-final.
3.50pm: Fencing – Taniksha Khatri, Anupriya, Mitva Chaudhari and Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer in the women’s pe team final (medal race, subject to qualification).
16:11: Athletics – Gurindervir Singh in men’s 100m semi-final heat 2.
16:19: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in the men’s 100m semi-final, heat 3.
16:33: Athletics – Sindhushree Ganesha in the women’s pole vault final (medal event).
16:41: Athletics – Anamika KA in the women’s 800m heptathlon.
16:41: Athletics – Pooja in the women’s 800m heptathlon.
17:02: Athletics – Gulveer Singh in the men’s 10,000m final (medal events).
5.10pm: Athletics – Damneet Singh in the men’s hammer throw final (medal event).
5.10pm: Athletics – Praveen Kumar in the men’s hammer throw final (medal event).
17:53: Athletics – Kiran in the 1st round of the women’s 400m, heat 2.
18:01: Athletics – Women’s 400 m Prachi 1st round, start 3.
18:21: Athletics – Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi in Men’s 400m heat 1 heat 2.
18:50: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in the men’s 100m final (medal race, subject to qualification).
6.50pm: Athletics – Gurindervir Singh in men’s 100m final (medal race, subject to qualification).
TBD: Badminton – Unnati Hooda vs DPR Korea’s Yu Mi Song in Women’s Singles Round of 64.
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