Asian Games schedule for October 2: Full list of events, medal matches and timings

October 2 brings a packed programme for India at the 2026 Asian Games, with medal events spread across wrestling, boxing, archery, cycling and hockey. The day begins with golfers and archers in action, while wrestlers Dipanshi, Priya Malik, Sujeet and Rajat Ruhal enter the competition in their respective categories.

Archery could produce medals in the women’s and mixed team events, while cycling features the men’s Madison final and the concluding stages of the women’s omnium and men’s keirin. Boxing has three Indian finalists, with Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen and Ankush all fighting for gold.

The afternoon could bring a major medal haul, with wrestling finals in the 65kg and 125kg freestyle categories and multiple bronze-medal bouts. The biggest team event of the day comes at 3:30 PM, when India’s women face China in the hockey final.

With medal events running from the morning into the afternoon, October 2 will feature India’s athletes across several disciplines, with multiple opportunities to add to the country’s tally.

Here’s the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Friday, October 2:

• 3:00 AM – Golf – Men’s Team Round 3 – Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar – 03:00 onwards
• 4:06 AM – Golf – Men’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 – Yuvraj Sandhu
• 4:33 AM – Golf – Men’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 – Veer Ahlawat
• 5:06 AM – Golf – Men’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 – Saptak Talwar
• 5:30 AM – Sepaktakraw – Women’s Quadrant Preliminary, Group Stage – Aykpam Maipak Devi, Elangbam Shilpa, Elangbam Priya Devi, Malemnganbi Yumnam, Seyiekhrieno Tepa, Oinam Chaoba Devi vs Thailand
• 5:49 AM – Golf – Women’s Team Round 3 – Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar, Pranavi Sharath Urs – 05:49 onwards
• 5:55 AM – Archery – Women’s Recurve Team Semifinal – Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod, Kirti Sharma vs China
• 6:00 AM – Golf – Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 – Aditi Ashok
• 6:20 AM – Taekwondo – Women’s Virtual Taekwondo Round of 16 – Kashish Malik vs Wai Lam Sui, Hong Kong
• 6:22 AM – Golf – Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 – Diksha Dagar
• 6:25 AM – Archery – Women’s Recurve Team Bronze Medal Match – Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod, Kirti Sharma (subject to qualification)
• 6:30 AM – Cycling – Women’s Omnium Scratch Race 1/4 – Harshita Jakhar
• 6:30 AM – Volleyball – Men’s Team Classification Match 5th-8th – India vs Republic of Korea
• 6:30 AM – Sailing – Mixed Dinghy/470 Race 9 & 10 – Shraddha Verma, Ravindra Kumar – 06:30 onwards
• 6:50 AM – Archery – Women’s Recurve Team Gold Medal Match – Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod, Kirti Sharma (subject to qualification)
• 7:05 AM – Cycling – Men’s Keirin First Round, Heat 2 – Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam
• 7:08 AM – Wrestling – Women’s 50kg Qualification Round – Dipanshi vs Yui Susaki, Japan
• 7:10 AM – Taekwondo – Women’s Virtual Taekwondo Quarterfinal – Kashish Malik (subject to qualification)
• 7:10 AM – Cycling – Men’s Keirin First Round, Heat 3 – David Beckham Elkatohchoongo
• 7:25 AM – Wrestling – Men’s 125kg Freestyle Qualification Round – Rajat Ruhal vs Yedige Kassimbek, Kazakhstan
• 7:27 AM – Cycling – Women’s Omnium Tempo Race 2/4 – Harshita Jakhar
• 7:30 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Women’s Kayak Cross Individual Time Trials – Shikha Chouhan
• 7:30 AM – Sailing – Men’s Dinghy/ILCA 7 Final Race 1 & 2 – Vishnu Sarvanan – 07:30 onwards
• 7:32 AM – Wrestling – Women’s 76kg Qualification Round – Priya Malik vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy, Kyrgyzstan
• 7:33 AM – Golf – Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 – Pranavi Sharath Urs
• 7:40 AM – Taekwondo – Women’s Virtual Taekwondo Semifinal – Kashish Malik (subject to qualification)
• 7:40 AM – Sailing – Women’s Windsurfing/IQFOIL Race 15, 16, 17 & 18 – Katya Coelho
• 7:45 AM – Cycling – Men’s Keirin Repechages – Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam (subject to qualification)
• 7:45 AM – Cycling – Men’s Keirin Repechages – David Beckham Elkatohchoongo (subject to qualification)
• 8:00 AM – Taekwondo – Women’s Virtual Taekwondo Final – Kashish Malik (subject to qualification)
• 8:00 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Men’s Kayak Cross Individual Time Trials – Hitesh Kewat
• 8:00 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Men’s Kayak Cross Individual Time Trials – Pradhyumna Singh Rathod
• 8:02 AM – Wrestling – Men’s 65kg Freestyle Pre-Quarterfinals – Sujeet vs Sayed Omar Zazai, Afghanistan
• 8:20 AM – Archery – Mixed Recurve Team Semifinal – Kumkum Anil Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara vs Japan
• 8:24 AM – Wrestling – Women’s 50kg Quarterfinals – Dipanshi vs Samnang Dit, Cameroon
• 8:41 AM – Wrestling – Women’s 76kg Quarterfinals – Priya Malik vs Varadisa Septi Putri Hidayat, Indonesia
• 8:42 AM – Wrestling – Men’s 125kg Freestyle Quarterfinals – Rajat Ruhal vs Khasanboy Rakhimov, Uzbekistan
• 8:45 AM – Sailing – Women’s Dinghy/ILCA 6 Final Race 1 & 2 – Nethra Kumanan – 08:45 onwards
• 8:50 AM – Rugby Sevens – Women’s Pool E Match 5 – India vs Malaysia
• 8:50 AM – Archery – Mixed Recurve Team Bronze Medal Match – Kumkum Anil Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara (subject to qualification)
• 9:15 AM – Archery – Mixed Recurve Team Gold Medal Match – Kumkum Anil Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara (subject to qualification)
• 9:18 AM – Wrestling – Men’s 65kg Freestyle Quarterfinals – Sujeet vs Iran or Sri Lanka
• 9:19 AM – Wrestling – Women’s 50kg Semifinal – Dipanshi (subject to qualification)
• 9:26 AM – Wrestling – Women’s 76kg Semifinal – Priya Malik (subject to qualification)
• 9:33 AM – Wrestling – Men’s 125kg Freestyle Semifinal – Rajat Ruhal
• 9:45 AM – Wrestling – Men’s 65kg Freestyle Semifinal – Sujeet (subject to qualification)
• 9:52 AM – Wrestling – Women’s 50kg Repechage – Dipanshi (if loses to a finalist)
• 9:53 AM – Wrestling – Women’s 76kg Repechage – Priya Malik (subject to qualification)
• 10:00 AM – Boxing – Women’s 75kg Final – Lovlina Borgohain vs Bao Ziyi, China (medal event)
• 10:00 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Women’s Kayak Cross Quarterfinals – Shikha Chouhan (subject to qualification) – 10:00 onwards
• 10:01 AM – Wrestling – Men’s 65kg Freestyle Repechage – Sujeet (if loses to a finalist)
• 10:09 AM – Wrestling – Men’s 125kg Freestyle Repechage – Rajat Ruhal (if loses to a finalist)
• 10:16 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Men’s Kayak Cross Quarterfinals – Hitesh Kewat (subject to qualification) – 10:16 onwards
• 10:16 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Men’s Kayak Cross Quarterfinals – Pradhyumna Singh Rathod (subject to qualification) – 10:16 onwards
• 10:30 AM – Sepaktakraw – Women’s Quadrant Semifinal – Aykpam Maipak Devi, Elangbam Shilpa, Elangbam Priya Devi, Malemnganbi Yumnam, Seyiekhrieno Tepa (subject to qualification)
• 10:44 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Women’s Kayak Cross Semifinal – Shikha Chouhan (subject to qualification) – 10:44 onwards
• 10:52 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Men’s Kayak Cross Semifinal – Hitesh Kewat (subject to qualification) – 10:52 onwards
• 10:52 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Men’s Kayak Cross Final – Pradhyumna Singh Rathod (subject to qualification) – 10:52 onwards
• 10:55 AM – Archery – Men’s Recurve Team Semifinal – Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge vs Iran
• 11:20 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Women’s Kayak Cross Final – Shikha Chouhan (subject to qualification) – 11:20 onwards
• 11:24 AM – Canoe (Slalom) – Men’s Kayak Cross Semifinal – Hitesh Kewat (subject to qualification) – 11:24 onwards
• 11:25 AM – Archery – Men’s Recurve Team Bronze Medal Match – Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge (subject to qualification, medal event)
• 11:39 AM – Cycling – Men’s Keirin Semifinal – Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam (subject to qualification)
• 11:39 AM – Cycling – Men’s Keirin Semifinal – David Beckham Elkatohchoongo (subject to qualification)
• 11:50 AM – Archery – Men’s Recurve Team Gold Medal Match – Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge (subject to qualification, medal event)
• 11:55 AM – Cycling – Women’s Omnium Elimination Race 3/4 – Harshita Jakhar
• 12:00 PM – Sepaktakraw – Men’s Quadrant Semifinal – Arun, Yumnam Akash (subject to qualification)
• 12:16 PM – Cycling – Men’s Madison Final – Harshveer Singh Sekhon, Vishvajeet Singh (medal event)
• 1:27 PM – Cycling – Men’s Keirin Final for Places 7-12 – Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam (subject to qualification)
• 1:32 PM – Cycling – Men’s Keirin Final for Gold – David Beckham Elkatohchoongo (subject to qualification, medal event)
• 1:51 PM – Cycling – Women’s Omnium Point Race 4/4 – Harshita Jakhar
• 2:15 PM – Boxing – Women’s 65kg Final – Parveen vs Chen Nien-Chin, Chinese Taipei (medal event)
• 2:30 PM – Wrestling – Men’s 65kg Freestyle Bronze Medal Match – Sujeet (subject to qualification, medal event)
• 2:45 PM – Boxing – Men’s 80kg Final – Ankush vs Kim Minseong, Republic of Korea (medal event)
• 2:46 PM – Wrestling – Men’s 65kg Freestyle Gold Medal Match – Sujeet (subject to qualification, medal event)
• 3:21 PM – Wrestling – Men’s 125kg Freestyle Bronze Medal Match – Rajat Ruhal (subject to qualification, medal event)
• 3:30 PM – Hockey – Women’s Final – India vs China (medal event)
• 3:41 PM – Wrestling – Men’s 125kg Freestyle Gold Medal Match – Rajat Ruhal (subject to qualification, medal event)

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