India targets medals in shooting, athletics and kabaddi on day six

Indian athletes are poised to contend for multiple medals on day six of the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi Nagoya, with a focus on shooting, athletics and kabaddi events.

The day’s competition begins at 7:15 AM IST with the men’s 50m rifle three positions individual and team events, featuring Indian shooters Rudrankksh Patil, APS Tomar and Niraj Kumar. At 8:30 AM IST, Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh will contend for medals in the 10m air pistol mixed team final, pending qualification from an earlier round at 6:15 AM IST.

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In table tennis, Diya Chitale and Manush Shah face Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem in the mixed doubles quarter-final at 6:30 AM IST. Concurrently, Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade will compete against China’s Lin Shidong and Kuai Man in another mixed doubles quarter-final.

India’s women’s hockey team will meet Japan in their Pool B match at 7:30 AM IST. The women’s kabaddi team will play Nepal in the semifinal at 9:30 AM IST, followed by the men’s kabaddi semifinal against Thailand at 10:45 AM IST.

Squash features prominently with Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar competing in the mixed doubles quarter-final at 7:00 AM IST. Abhay Singh will face Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue in the men’s singles quarter-final at 9:15 AM IST. Anahat Singh and Tanvi Khanna are set to compete against each other in the women’s singles quarter-final at 10:00 AM IST, while Veer Chotrani participates in the men’s singles quarter-final at 10:45 AM IST.

Canoe sprint will see Indian athletes Dhanamanjuri Khwairakpam, Pooja, Soniya Devi Phairembam and Parvathy Geetha contest the women’s kayak four 500m final at 8:10 AM IST.

The athletics programme, scheduled for the evening, includes the women’s shot put final at 3:35 PM IST featuring Manpreet Kaur and Krishna Jayasankar Menon. At 4:33 PM IST, Sindhusree Ganesha and Baranica Elangoval will compete in the women’s pole vault final. Gulveer Singh contests the men’s 10,000m final at 5:02 PM IST, while Damneet Singh and Praveen Kumar take part in the men’s hammer throw final at 5:10 PM IST.

Indian sprinters Gurindervir Singh and Animesh Kujur will contest the men’s 100m semifinals at 4:11 PM IST and 4:19 PM IST respectively, with the final scheduled for 6:50 PM IST if they advance.

Other disciplines with Indian participation throughout the day include swimming, fencing, badminton, boxing, surfing and esports. Swimming heats begin at 6:40 AM IST with Dhanush Suresh competing in the men’s 50m breaststroke, while Indian swimmers also contest the men’s 200m backstroke, 400m freestyle, and 200m butterfly heats.

Badminton first-round men’s doubles matches include Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty at 12:30 PM IST and Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun at 5:10 PM IST. The women’s doubles first round features Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand at 1:30 PM IST.

In boxing, Sachin will face Abu Jajeh Mohammad of the United Arab Emirates in the men’s round of 16 at 10:15 AM IST, followed by Preeti against North Korea’s Mi Chol Pang in the women’s round of 16 at 2:15 PM IST.