India at Asian Games, Sep 29 schedule: Shooting, surfing and athletics headline India’s medal hopes

September 29 could be one of India’s biggest medal days yet at the Asian Games, with medal opportunities spread across shooting, surfing, kurash, cycling and athletics.

The action begins early at the shooting range, where India has two team medal events at 6:30 AM. Kynan Chenai, Ahvar Rizvi and Shapath Bharadwaj will contest the men’s trap team final, while Neeru, Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat will line up in the women’s trap team final.

The shooting medal rush does not end there. The women’s trap individual final at 10:30 AM features Neeru, Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat, before Kynan, Ahvar and Shapath return for the men’s individual final at noon. That gives India several chances to add to its medal tally.

There could be more medals in surfing, with Anbarasu Kishore Kumar scheduled for the bronze and gold medal matches if he makes it through the earlier rounds. Vipin Kumar is also on a potential medal path in the men’s -66kg kurash event, with his semifinal and final scheduled later in the day.

Cycling then takes centre stage, with the women’s and men’s team sprint medal finals scheduled around lunchtime. And then comes the evening athletics session, packed with medal events.

India will have athletes in men’s pole vault, women’s high jump, women’s hammer throw, women’s and men’s 800m, and men’s 5000m, before three relay finals bring the athletics programme to a close: mixed 4x100m, women’s 4x400m and men’s 4x400m.

Here’s the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Tuesday, September 29:

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

– Ends