Team India competes in multiple events at Asian Games on September 29

Team India is set to participate across various disciplines on September 29 at the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with key medal events scheduled in athletics, shooting, cycling, and martial arts.

The day will start with surfing, where Anbarasu Kishore Kumar will compete in the men’s shortboard quarterfinals against Toby Espejon of the Philippines at 4:54 am IST (8:24 am JST). If successful, he will advance to the semifinals at 7:47 am IST, the bronze medal match at 9:26 am IST, and the gold medal match at 10:35 am IST.

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Archery contests commence at 5:30 am IST (9:00 am JST) at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square. Dhiraj Bommadevara will face an opponent from the UAE or the Philippines, while Neeraj Chauhan takes on Indonesia’s Salsabilla Riau Ega Agata in the recurve men’s individual 1/16 elimination round. The 1/8 elimination rounds are set for 9:30 am and 10:15 am IST. In the women’s recurve event, Kumkum Anil Mohod will compete against Mongolia’s Bishindee Urantungalag and Kirti Sharma faces Vietnam’s Hoang Phuong Thao at 9:45 am IST, with their 1/8 elimination rounds at 10:25 am IST.

Shooting events begin at 6:30 am IST (10:00 am JST) at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery, where Kynan Chenai, Ahvar Rizvi, and Shapath Bharadwaj will compete in the men’s trap individual qualification and team final. Neeru, Manisha Keer, and Aashima Ahlawat will participate in the women’s trap qualification and team final. The women’s trap final is scheduled for 10:30 am IST, followed by the men’s trap final at 12:00 pm IST.

In Kurash, Vipin Kumar will start his men’s -66kg event in the round of 16 at 6:24 am IST (9:54 am JST) at the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and final will take place at 8:00 am, 10:50 am, and 11:45 am IST, respectively.

Team events and racket sports will continue through the morning. The Indian women’s squash team—comprising Anahat Singh, Jyotsna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, and Shameena Riaz—will face Iran in Pool C Match 2 at 6:30 am IST at Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena. In tennis, Dhakshineswar Suresh will contest the men’s singles second round against Indonesia’s Gunawan Trismuwantara at 6:30 am IST. Sumit Nagal will play South Korea’s Seongchan Hong at 9:00 am IST. Yuki Bhambri and Dhakshineswar Suresh will team up for men’s doubles against Kazakhstan’s Beibit Zhukayev and Denis Yevseyev. Anirudh Chandrasekar and N Sriram Balaji will also compete in men’s doubles versus Nepal’s Pradip Khadka and Abhishek Bastola. Mixed doubles pair N Sriram Balaji and Ankita Raina face Hong Kong at 12:00 pm IST.

Canoe slalom, sailing, and boxing will also feature prominently. Hitesh Kewat and Pradhyumna Singh Rathod will race in the men’s kayak single heats from 7:00 am IST, followed by Rina Sen and Pallavi Jagpat in the women’s canoe single heat at 7:50 am, and Shikha Chouhan in the women’s kayak single heat at 8:47 am IST. In sailing, Prince Noble and Manu Francis compete in the men’s skiff/49er from 7:30 am IST, followed by Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma in the women’s skiff/49er FX, and Mahi Verma in the girls’ dinghy/ILCA 4. Vishnu Saravanan, Katya Coelho, and Nethra Kumanan will also participate later in the morning.

Boxing will see Indian semifinalists Parveen face China’s Li Shu in the women’s 65kg category at 10:15 am IST, Ankush compete against Uzbekistan’s Erkinboev Fazliddin in the men’s 80kg category at 11:00 am, and Narender challenge Kazakhstan’s Oralbay Aibek in the men’s +90kg category at 11:30 am IST.

In sports climbing, Joga Purty will compete in the women’s speed qualification from 9:00 am IST. Track cycling qualifications will proceed with the women’s team sprint at 6:30 am, men’s team sprint at 6:48 am, and women’s team pursuit at 7:12 am IST. First rounds start from 11:30 am, with sprint finals beginning at 12:43 pm IST.

The Indian men’s volleyball team will face Qatar in Pool C Match 23 at 12:30 pm IST (4:00 pm JST) at Park Arena Komaki.

The day’s most significant medal opportunities are expected in athletics at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar compete in the men’s pole vault final at 2:50 pm IST, followed by Pooja and Supriya Sindigere Basavaraju in the women’s high jump final at 3:35 pm IST. Tanya Chaudhary and Anushka Yadav will participate in the women’s hammer throw final at 4:05 pm IST.

Track finals begin with Pooja competing in the women’s 800m final at 4:20 pm IST, followed by Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath in the men’s 800m final at 4:35 pm IST. Gulveer Singh and Avinash Mukund Sable will run in the men’s 5000m final at 4:45 pm IST.

The day’s athletics programme will conclude with three relay finals: the mixed 4x100m relay at 5:18 pm IST, the women’s 4x400m relay at 5:35 pm IST, and the men’s 4x400m relay at 5:47 pm IST.

With multiple medal events and qualification rounds throughout the day, September 29 promises to be an action-packed schedule for Team India at the Asian Games.