India’s campaign at the Asian Games 2026 continues on Thursday, September 24, with athletes competing across multiple sports in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.India will have medal opportunities in rowing, wushu, shooting, canoe sprint, swimming and athletics on Day 5.The day begins with rowing, where Balraj Panwar will compete in the men’s single sculls Final A at 5:10am IST. Satnam Singh and Salman Khan will then be in action in the men’s double sculls Final A. India will also compete in the women’s four, men’s lightweight double sculls and men’s quadruple sculls medal events.One of India’s biggest medal hopes will be Roshibina Devi, who will face China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the women’s Sanda 60kg final at 6:10am 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 take part in the women’s 10,000m final. Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh will begin their men’s 100m campaigns.India’s men’s kabaddi team will face Chinese Taipei, while the women’s team takes on Japan. In hockey, the Indian men’s team will play South Korea.Here’s the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 on Thursday, September 24:
- 5:10am: Rowing – Balraj Panwar in men’s singles sculls final (medal event).
- 5:30am: Rowing – Satnam Singh and Salman Khan in men’s doubles sculls final (medal event).
- 6:10am Wushu – Roshibina Devi vs Zhang Xiaoyu of China in women’s 60kg final (medal event).
- 6:15am: Shooting – Akash Bharadwaj, Kamaljeet, Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve in men’s 10m air pistol individual qualification and team final.
- 6:30am: Table tennis – Diya Chitale-Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Setayash Iloukhani-Mashid Ashtari of Iran in women’s doubles round 2 match.
- 6:30am: Shooting – Parinaaz Dhaliwal-Anant Jeet Singh Naruka in skeet mixed team qualification and final.
- 6:30am: Canao Sprint – Megha Pradeep in women’s canoe single 200m semifinal 1.
- 6:30am: Athletics – Anamika Aneesh in women’s heptathlon heat 1.
- 6:38am: Athletics – Pooja in women’s heptathlon heat 2.
- 6:46am: Swimming – Benedicton Beniston in men’s 50m butterfly heats.
- 6:50am: Canao Sprint – Soniya Devi-Parvathy Geetha in women’s kayak double 500m semifinal 1.
- 7:01am: Athletics – Jay Kumar, Ansa Babu, Manu TS, Rashdeep Kaur in men’s 4x400m relay mixed heat 2.
- 7:10am: Table tennis – Sreeja Akula-Syndrela Das vs Bolor-erdene Batmunkh-Burenjargal Sanjaa in women’s doubles round 2 match.
- 7:10am: Rowing – Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Haobijam, Poonam in Women Four final (medal event).
- 7:21am: Swimming – Aryan Nehra in men’s 800m freestyle heats.
- 7:32am: Swimming – Benedicton Beniston, Aneesh Sunil, Akash Mani and Gitesh Shah in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats.
- 8:00am: Squash – Suraj Chand-Shameena Riaz vs. Joshana Chinappa-Velavan Senthilkumar.
- 8:05am: Table tennis – Manush Shah vs Wong Qi Shen of Malaysia in men’s singles round one match.
- 8:10am: Canao Sprint – Naocha Laitonjam, Varinder Singh, Oinam Arun Singh and Harshawardhan Shaktawat in men’s kayak four 500m final A (medal event).
- 8:30am: Canao Sprint – Raju Rawat-Gyaneshwor Singh in men’s canoe double 500m final A (medal event).
- 8:30am: Shooting – Akash Bharadwaj, Kamaljeet, Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve in men’s 10m air pistol individual final (if they qualify).
- 9:40am: Kabaddi – India vs. Chinese Taipei in men’s team Group A game.
- 10:30am: Squash – Tanvi Khanna vs Au Yeong Wai Yhann of Singapore in women’s singles round of 16 match.
- 10:30am: Squash – Anahat Singh vs Au Yeong Wai Iynn of Singapore in women’s singles round of 16 match.
- 11:10am: Canao Sprint – Harshawardhan Shaktawat in men’s kayak single 500m heat 2.
- 11:15am: Squash – Abhay Singh vs Ravindu Laksiri of Sri Lanka in men’s singles round of 16 match.
- 11:15am: Squash – Veer Chotrani vs Sanjay Jeeva of Malaysia in men’s singles round of 16 match.
- 11:30am to 2:10pm: Esports – Paritosh in Puyo Puyo Champions four group games.
- 11:30am: Hockey – India vs South Korea in the men’s Pool A game.
- 11:40am: Canao Sprint – Parvarthy Geetha- Prasanna Kumar Sathyaprakash in mixed kayak double 500m heat 2.
- 12:00pm: Rowing – Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Rohit in lightweight men’s doubles sculls final (medal event).
- 1:00pm: Rowing – Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh and Jakar Khan in men’s quadruple sculls final (medal event).
- 1:35am: Swimming – Benedicton Beniston in men’s 50m butterfly final (if he qualifies).
- 2:15am: 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 men’s 4x100m freestyle final (if they qualify).
- 3:15pm: Boxing – Parveen vs. Malika Nozimova of Tajikistan in women’s round of 32 bout.
- 4:14pm: Athletics – Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht in women’s triple jump final (medal event).
- 4:14pm: Kabaddi – India vs. Japan in women’s team Group A game.
- 4:38pm: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in men’s 100m heat 1.
- 5:02pm: Athletics – Gurindervir Singh in men’s 100m heat 4.
- 5:55pm: Athletics – Seema in women’s 10,000m final (medal event).
- 6:45pm: Athletics – Indian team in mixed 4x400m relay final, subject to qualification (medal event).
