India targets multiple medals on day 5 of Asian Games 2026

Indian athletes are set to pursue several medal opportunities on day five of the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, competing across disciplines including rowing, wushu, athletics, shooting, and canoe sprint.

Wushu player Roshibina Devi will contest the women’s 60kg Sanda final against China’s Zhang Xiaoyu at 6:10 AM IST. Indian rowers will compete in multiple finals, starting with Balraj Panwar in the men’s single sculls final at 5:10 AM, followed by Satnam Singh and Salman Khan in the men’s double sculls final at 5:30 AM.

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In athletics, Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht will compete in the women’s triple jump final beginning at 4:14 PM, while Seema will take part in the women’s 10,000m final at 5:55 PM. Sprint events commence in the evening with Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh starting their men’s 100m races at 4:38 PM and 5:02 PM respectively.

Shooting events start at 6:15 AM with Akash Bharadwaj, Kamaljeet, and Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve participating in the men’s 10m air pistol qualification and team final. At 6:30 AM, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka will compete in the skeet mixed team qualification and final.

Table tennis action includes the women’s doubles Round 2 matches featuring Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade at 6:30 AM, and Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das at 7:10 AM. Manush Shah plays his men’s singles Round 1 match against Malaysia’s Wong Qi Shen at 8:35 AM.

Canoe sprint competition begins at 6:30 AM with Megha Pradeep in the women’s canoe single 200m semifinal, followed by Soniya Devi and Parvathy Geetha in the women’s kayak double 500m semifinal at 6:50 AM. Medal events include the men’s kayak four 500m final at 8:10 AM and the men’s canoe double 500m final at 8:30 AM. Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar Sathyaprakash will also compete in the mixed kayak double 500m heat at 11:40 AM.

Rowing events continue with the lightweight men’s double sculls final featuring Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Rohit at 12:00 PM, followed by the men’s quadruple sculls final at 1:00 PM competed by Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, and Jakar Khan. The women’s four rowing final with Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Haobijam, and Poonam is scheduled at 7:10 AM.

Swimming heats begin at 6:46 AM with Benedicton Beniston in the men’s 50m butterfly, followed by the mixed 4x400m relay heat at 7:01 AM involving Jay Kumar, Ansa Babu, Manu TS, and Rashdeep Kaur. Aryan Nehra competes in the men’s 800m freestyle heats at 7:21 AM, while the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats featuring Benedicton Beniston, Aneesh Sunil, Akash Mani, and Gitesh Shah take place at 7:32 AM. Swimming finals will be held later in the afternoon, including the men’s 50m butterfly final at 1:35 PM and the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final at 2:48 PM, contingent on qualification.

Squash events open at 8:00 AM with Suraj Chand and Shameena Riaz versus Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar. Tanvi Khanna and Anahat Singh will compete in the women’s singles Round of 16 matches at 10:30 AM, followed by Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani in the men’s singles Round of 16 matches at 11:15 AM.

Kabaddi matches feature India’s men’s team against Chinese Taipei at 9:45 AM in Group A, and the women’s team versus Japan at 4:15 PM in Group A.

The Indian men’s hockey team will face South Korea in their Pool A match at 11:30 AM.

In gymnastics, Pranati Nayak will compete in the women’s vault final at 2:25 PM. In boxing, Parveen will face Tajikistan’s Malika Nozimova in the women’s Round of 16 bout at 2:45 PM.