Avinash Sable (Image credit: PTI)
India’s campaign at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, continues with another busy day on Tuesday, September 29. The Indian contingent will be involved in medal events, knockout contests, qualification rounds and team matches across several sports.Athletics will be one of the biggest attractions, with Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar competing in the men’s pole vault final. Pooja and Supriya Basavaraju will be in the women’s high jump final, while Anushka Yadav and Tanya Chaudhary will compete in the women’s hammer throw final.There will also be medal events in the 800m, 5000m and relay races.In boxing, Parveen, Ankush Panghal and Narender will be aiming to book places in their respective finals.Shooting will also offer medal opportunities, with Indian shooters competing in the men’s and women’s trap events.
India’s Asian Games schedule of September 29 (All timings are IST)
- 4:54 AM — Surfing: Men’s Shortboard Quarterfinal: Kishore Kumar Anbarasu vs Toby Espejon (Philippines)
- 5:30 AM — Archery: Men’s Recurve Individual, Elimination Round: Dhiraj Bommadevara and Neeraj Chauhan
- 6:24 AM — Kurash: Men’s 66kg, Round of 16: Vipin Kumar.
- 6:30 AM — Shooting: Men’s Trap Individual Qualification and Team Final: Shapath Bharadwaj, Kynan Chenai and Ahvar Rizvi – Medal event
- 6:30 AM — Shooting: Women’s Trap Individual Qualification and Team Final, Day 3: Neeru, Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat – Medal event
- 6:30 AM onwards — Squash: Women’s Team, Group Game: India vs Iran
- 6:30 AM onwards — Track Cycling: Women’s Team Sprint, Qualification, Heats and Medal Races: Celestina, Sarita Kumari, Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka and Triyasha Paul
- 6:38 AM onwards — Track Cycling: Men’s Team Sprint, Qualification, Heats and Medal Races: Rojit Singh, David Beckham, Ronaldo Singh and Jemsh Singh
- 7:00 AM onwards — Canoe Slalom: Men’s Kayak Single Heats: Hitesh Kewat and Pradhyumna Singh Rathod
- 7:00 AM onwards — Canoe Slalom: Women’s Canoe Single Heats: Pallavi Jagtap and Rina Sen
- 7:00 AM onwards — Canoe Slalom: Women’s Kayak Single Heats: Shikha Chouhan
- 7:12 AM onwards — Track Cycling: Women’s Team Pursuit: Harshita Jakhar, Pooja Danole, Meenakshi and Swosti Singh
- 9:45 AM — Archery: Women’s Recurve Individual: Kirti and Kumkum Mohod
- 10:00 AM — Sailing: Men’s Dinghy, Qualification Series Race 3: Vishnu Saravanan
- 10:00 AM — Tennis: Men’s Singles, Second Round: Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Gunawan Trismuwantara (Indonesia)
- 10:15 AM — Boxing: Women’s 65kg Semifinal: Parveen vs Li Shu (China) – Medal event
- 10:30 AM — Shooting: Women’s Trap Individual Final, if qualified: Neeru, Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat- Medal event
- 11:00 AM — Boxing: Men’s 80kg Semifinal: Ankush Panghal vs Fazliddin Erkinboev (Uzbekistan) – Medal event
- 11:30 AM — Boxing: Men’s +90kg Semifinal: Narender vs Aibek Oralbay (Kazakhstan) – Medal event
- 12:00 PM — Shooting: Men’s Trap Individual Final, if qualified: Shapath Bharadwaj, Kynan Chenai and Ahvar Rizvi – Medal event
- 12:30 PM onwards — Tennis: Men’s Singles, Second Round: Sumit Nagal vs Hong Seongchan (South Korea)
- 12:30 PM onwards — Tennis: Men’s Doubles, Second Round: Yuki Bhambri/Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Denis Yevseyev/Beibit Zhukayev (Kazakhstan)
- 12:30 PM onwards — Tennis: Men’s Doubles, Second Round: Anirudh Chandrasekar/N Sriram Balaji vs Abhishek Bastola/Pradip Khadka (Nepal)
- 12:30 PM — Volleyball: Men’s Pool C: India vs Qatar
- 2:50 PM — Athletics: Men’s Pole Vault Final: Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar – Medal event
- 3:30 PM onwards — Tennis: Mixed Doubles, First Round: Ankita Raina/N Sriram Balaji vs Eudice Chong/Kairan Thompson (Hong Kong)
- 3:35 PM — Athletics: Women’s High Jump Final: Pooja and Supriya Basavaraju – Medal event
- 4:05 PM — Athletics: Women’s Hammer Throw Final: Anushka Yadav and Tanya Chaudhary – Medal event
- 4:20 PM — Athletics: Women’s 800m Final: Gowthami Jayaraman and Pooja – Medal event
- 4:35 PM — Athletics: Men’s 800m Final: Mohammed Afsal – Medal event
- 4:45 PM — Athletics: Men’s 5000m Final: Gulveer Singh and Avinash Sable – Medal event
- 5:18 PM — Athletics: Mixed 4x100m Relay Final: India – Medal event
- 5:35 PM — Athletics: Women’s 4x400m Relay Final: India – Medal event
- 5:47 PM — Athletics: Men’s 4x400m Relay Final: India – Medal event
