India’s campaign at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, continues on Friday, October 2, with Indian athletes competing across several disciplines and multiple medal events on the schedule.The recurve archers will be in action in their respective team semifinals. Dhiraj Bommadevara will be one of the Indians to watch as he competes in both the men’s team and mixed team events.The Indian women’s hockey team will play the final against China, with a gold medal and a place at the LA 2028 Olympics at stake. India will be looking to win the final and secure the Olympic qualification.Boxing will also feature three gold medal bouts involving Indian boxers. Lovlina Borgohain, Ankush Panghal and Parveen will compete in their respective finals.India will also have medal opportunities in wrestling, canoe slalom and sepaktakraw.Here’s the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Friday, October 2:5:30am: Sepaktakraw – India vs Thailand in women’s quadrant group match.5:55am: Archery – India vs China in recurve women’s team semifinal, followed by bronze medal match and final (if they qualify).6:00am onwards: Golf – Aditi Ashok, Pranavi Urs and Diksha Dagar in women’s individual stroke play and team round 3.6:00am onwards: Golf – Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar and Yuvraj Sandhu in men’s individual stroke play and team round 3.6:20am: Taekwondo – Kashish Malik vs Lam Siu Wai of Hong Kong in mixed individual virtual taekwondo round of 16 match.6:30am: Volleyball – India vs South Korea in men’s classification 5-8th place.6:30am onwards: Track Cycling – Harshita Jakhar in women’s omnium scratch race quarterfinal; Ronaldo Singh and David Beckham in men’s keirin heats; Harshveer Singh Sekhon and Vishavjeet Singh in men’s madison final.6:30am onwards: Sailing – Mahi Verma, Vishnu Saravanan, Katya Ida Coelho and Nethra Kumanan in girls dinghy, men’s dinghy, women’s windsurfing and women’s dinghy.7:08am onwards: Wrestling – Dipanshi vs Yui Susaki of Japan in women’s 50kg round of 16 bout, followed by repechage and medal bouts (if she qualifies).7:25am onwards: Wrestling – Rajat Ruhal vs Yedige Kassimbek of Kazakhstan in men’s freestyle 125kg round of 16 bout, followed by repechage and medal bouts (if he qualifies).7:30am: Canoe Slalom – Shikha Chauhan and Hitesh Kewat in women’s and men’s kayak cross individual races, followed by quarterfinal, semifinal and medal races (if they qualify).7:32am onwards: Wrestling – Priya vs Kyzy Medet of Kyrgyzstan in women’s 76kg round of 16 bout, followed by repechage and medal bouts (if she qualifies).8:02am onwards: Wrestling – Sujeet vs Sayed Omar Zazai of Afghanistan in men’s freestyle 65kg round of 16 bout, followed by repechage and medal bouts (if he qualifies).8:20am: Archery – India vs Japan in recurve mixed team semifinal, followed by bronze medal match and final (if they qualify).8:50am: Rugby Sevens – India vs Malaysia in women’s Pool E match.10:00am: Boxing – Lovlina Borgohain vs Bao Ziyi of China in women’s 75kg final (gold medal match).10:55am: Archery – India vs Iran in recurve men’s team semifinal, followed by bronze medal match and final (if they qualify).12:00pm: Sepaktakraw – India vs TBD. in men’s quadrant semifinals.2:15pm: Boxing – Parveen vs Chen Nien-chin of Chinese Taipei in women’s 65kg final (gold medal match).2:45pm: Boxing – Ankush vs Kim Minseong in men’s 80kg final (gold medal match).3:30pm: Hockey – India vs China in women’s final (gold medal match).
