India at Asian Games, September 24 schedule: Rowers, Roshibina headline India’s medal hopes on Day 5

India will have several medal opportunities on Day 5 of the Asian Games, with rowing, wushu, shooting, canoe sprint, swimming and athletics featuring prominently on September 24.

The day begins with rowing, where Balraj Panwar will compete in the men’s single sculls Final A at 5:10 AM IST. Satnam Singh and Salman Khan will then race in the men’s double sculls Final A. India will also have medal events in the women’s four, men’s lightweight double sculls and men’s quadruple sculls.

Roshibina Devi will be another major medal hope when she faces Zhang Xiaoyu of China in the women’s Sanda 60kg final at 6:10 AM IST.

Shooting will bring more medal opportunities, with Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal competing in the skeet mixed team final. The men’s 10m air pistol final could also feature Kedarling B. Uchaganve, Aakash Bharadwaj and Kamaljeet, subject to qualification.

In athletics, Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht will compete in the women’s triple jump final, while Seema will contest the women’s 10,000m final. Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh will begin their men’s 100m campaigns.

India’s men’s kabaddi team faces Chinese Taipei, the men’s hockey team takes on South Korea, while the women’s kabaddi team meets Japan.

Here’s the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Thursday, September 24:

• 5:10 AM: Rowing – Balraj Panwar in men’s single sculls Final A (medal event).
• 5:30 AM: Rowing – Satnam Singh and Salman Khan in men’s double sculls Final A (medal event).
• 6:10 AM: Wushu – Roshibina Devi vs Xiaoyu Zhang of China in women’s Sanda 60kg final (medal event).
• 6:15 AM: Shooting – Kedarling B. Uchaganve in men’s 10m air pistol individual qualification.
• 6:15 AM: Shooting – Aakash Bharadwaj in men’s 10m air pistol individual qualification.
• 6:15 AM: Shooting – Kamaljeet in men’s 10m air pistol individual qualification.
• 6:15 AM: Shooting – Kedarling B. Uchaganve, Aakash Bharadwaj and Kamaljeet in men’s 10m air pistol team final (medal event).
• 6:30 AM: Athletics – Anamika KA in women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles, Heat 1.
• 6:30 AM: Canoe Sprint – Gyaneshwor Singh Philem and Raju Rawat in men’s canoe double 500m Final A (medal event).
• 6:30 AM: Canoe Sprint – Megha Pradeep in women’s canoe single 200m semifinal.
• 6:30 AM: Shooting – Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal in skeet mixed team qualification.
• 6:30 AM: Table Tennis – Diya Chitale-Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Iloukhani Setayesh-Ashtari Mahshid of Iran in women’s doubles Round of 32.
• 6:30 AM: Rowing – Jaswinder Singh and Nitin Kumar in men’s pair Final B.
• 6:38 AM: Athletics – Pooja in women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles, Heat 2.
• 6:46 AM: Swimming – Rohit Benedicton in men’s 50m butterfly Heat 5.
• 6:50 AM: Canoe Sprint – Parvathy Geetha-Phairembam Soniya Devi in women’s kayak double 500m semifinal.
• 7:01 AM: Athletics – Indian team in mixed 4x400m relay Round 1, Heat 2.
• 7:10 AM: Athletics – Anamika KA in women’s heptathlon high jump.
• 7:10 AM: Athletics – Pooja in women’s heptathlon high jump.
• 7:10 AM: Table Tennis – Sreeja Akula-Syndrela Das vs Sanjaa Burenjargal-Batmunkh Bolor-erdene of Mongolia in women’s doubles Round of 32.
• 7:10 AM: Rowing – Gurbani Kaur, Poonam, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam and Aleena Anto in women’s four Final A (medal event).
• 7:21 AM: Swimming – Aryan Nehra in men’s 800m freestyle Final B.
• 7:32 AM: Swimming – Akash Mani, Rohit Benedicton, Heer Gitesh Shah and Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay Heat 1.
• 8:00 AM: Canoe Sprint – Megha Pradeep in women’s canoe single 200m Final A, subject to qualification (medal event).
• 8:00 AM: Squash – Joshna Chinappa-Velavan Senthilkumar vs Shameena Riaz-Suraj Kumar Chand in mixed doubles Round of 16.
• 8:00 AM: Squash – Shameena Riaz-Suraj Kumar Chand vs Joshna Chinappa-Velavan Senthilkumar in mixed doubles Round of 16.
• 8:10 AM: Canoe Sprint – Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam and Arun Singh in men’s kayak four 500m Final A (medal event).
• 8:15 AM onwards: Fencing – Bhavani Devi C.A. in women’s sabre individual pool bouts.
• 8:15 AM onwards: Fencing – Shreya Gupta in women’s sabre individual pool bouts.
• 8:20 AM: Canoe Sprint – Parvathy Geetha-Phairembam Soniya Devi in women’s kayak double 500m Final A, subject to qualification (medal event).
• 8:35 AM: Table Tennis – Manush Shah vs Wong Qi Shen of Malaysia in men’s singles Round of 64.
• 9:45 AM: Kabaddi – India vs Chinese Taipei in men’s Group A Match 10.
• 10:10 AM: Fencing – Bhavani Devi C.A. in women’s sabre Round of 32, subject to qualification.
• 10:10 AM: Fencing – Shreya Gupta in women’s sabre Round of 32, subject to qualification.
• 10:30 AM: Boxing – Sumit vs Al-Sarray Ali Qasim of Iraq in men’s 70kg Round of 16.
• 10:30 AM: Squash – Anahat Singh vs Au Yeong Wai Iynn of Singapore in women’s singles Round of 16.
• 10:30 AM: Squash – Tanvi Khanna vs Au Yeong Wai Yhann of Singapore in women’s singles Round of 16.
• 10:45 AM: Fencing – Bhavani Devi C.A. in women’s sabre Round of 16, subject to qualification.
• 10:45 AM: Fencing – Shreya Gupta in women’s sabre Round of 16, subject to qualification.
• 11:10 AM: Canoe Sprint – Harshwardhan Shaktawat in men’s kayak single 500m Heat 2.
• 11:15 AM: Shooting – Anantjeet Singh Naruka-Parinaaz Dhaliwal in skeet mixed team final (medal event).
• 11:15 AM: Squash – Abhay Singh vs Laksiri Ravindu of Sri Lanka in men’s singles Round of 16.
• 11:15 AM: Squash – Veer Chotrani vs Jeeva Sanjay of Malaysia in men’s singles Round of 16.
• 11:30 AM: Esports – Paritosh vs Munkhzorig Ganbold of Mongolia in Puyo Puyo Champions Group B Match 1.
• 11:30 AM: Hockey – India vs South Korea in men’s Pool A match.
• 11:35 AM: Fencing – Bhavani Devi C.A. in women’s sabre quarterfinal, subject to qualification.
• 11:35 AM: Fencing – Shreya Gupta in women’s sabre quarterfinal, subject to qualification.
• 11:40 AM: Canoe Sprint – Parvathy Geetha-Prasanna Kumar in mixed kayak double 500m Heat 2.
• 12:00 PM: Rowing – Rohit-Ujjwal Kumar Singh in men’s lightweight double sculls Final A (medal event).
• 12:10 PM: Esports – Paritosh vs Mun June Justin Koh of Singapore in Puyo Puyo Champions Group B Match 3.
• 12:15 PM: Shooting – Kedarling B. Uchaganve in men’s 10m air pistol final, subject to qualification (medal event).
• 12:15 PM: Shooting – Aakash Bharadwaj in men’s 10m air pistol final, subject to qualification (medal event).
• 12:15 PM: Shooting – Kamaljeet in men’s 10m air pistol final, subject to qualification (medal event).
• 1:00 PM: Rowing – Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh and Jakar Khan in men’s quadruple sculls Final A (medal event).
• 1:10 PM: Esports – Paritosh vs Tzu-ang Kuo of Chinese Taipei in Puyo Puyo Champions Group B Match 6.
• 1:35 PM: Swimming – Rohit Benedicton in men’s 50m butterfly final, subject to qualification (medal event).
• 2:10 PM: Esports – Paritosh vs Tanarak Wongkitikun of Thailand in Puyo Puyo Champions Group B Match 9.
• 2:10 PM onwards: Fencing – Bhavani Devi C.A. in women’s sabre semifinals, subject to qualification.
• 2:10 PM onwards: Fencing – Shreya Gupta in women’s sabre semifinals, subject to qualification.
• 2:15 PM: Boxing – Sakshi vs Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan in women’s 51kg Round of 16.
• 2:25 PM: Gymnastics – Pranati Nayak in women’s vault final (medal event).
• 2:45 PM: Boxing – Parveen vs Nozimova Malika of Tajikistan in women’s 65kg Round of 16.
• 2:48 PM: Swimming – Akash Mani, Rohit Benedicton, Heer Gitesh Shah and Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final, subject to qualification (medal event).
• 3:10 PM: Fencing – Bhavani Devi C.A. in women’s sabre final, subject to qualification (medal event).
• 3:10 PM: Fencing – Shreya Gupta in women’s sabre final, subject to qualification (medal event).
• 3:35 PM: Athletics – Anamika KA in women’s heptathlon shot put.
• 3:35 PM: Athletics – Pooja in women’s heptathlon shot put.
• 4:14 PM: Athletics – Niharika Vashisht in women’s triple jump final (medal event).
• 4:14 PM: Athletics – Asha Ilango in women’s triple jump final (medal event).
• 4:15 PM: Kabaddi – India vs Japan in women’s Group A Match 6.
• 4:38 PM: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in men’s 100m Round 1, Heat 1.
• 5:02 PM: Athletics – Gurindervir Singh in men’s 100m Round 1, Heat 4.
• 5:30 PM: Athletics – Anamika KA in women’s heptathlon 200m.
• 5:30 PM: Athletics – Pooja in women’s heptathlon 200m.
• 5:55 PM: Athletics – Seema in women’s 10,000m final (medal event).
• 6:45 PM: Athletics – Indian team in mixed 4x400m relay final, subject to qualification (medal event).

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