- By Himanshu Badola
- Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:38 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Indian wrestler Antim Panghal will be in action in the women’s 53kg freestyle category at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Thursday.
The two-time U-20 world champion is heading to the showpiece event on the back of a bronze medal win at the world wrestling championship in Belgrade earlier this year. She also has already secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota at the event.
After the men's team's success, the women’s hockey team will also be aiming for the same as they will be playing hosts China in the semi-finals for a place in the gold medal match.
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Compound archers Abhishek Verma, Ojas Pravin Deotale, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, and Aditi Gopichand Swami will be aiming for gold in the men’s and women’s team events.
India could be getting two more gold medals in Squash as Dipika Pallikal/Harinder Pal Sandhu will be in action in the mixed doubles final while Saurav Ghosal is in the men’s singles finale.
The Indian men’s bridge team will be dealing for gold in the final against Hong Kong China.
PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty are also just one win away from securing medals in respective badminton events.
The men's kabaddi team also will be in action as they will be playing their final group games.
Asian Games 2023 India schedule for Thursday, October 5
Archery
Medal event: Compound women’s team quarter-finals, semi-finals, and medal matches (Team India: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swami, Parneet Kaur) - 6:10 AM onwards
Medal event: Compound men’s team quarter-finals, semi-finals, and medal matches (Team India: Ojas Pravin Deotale, Abhishek Verma, Prathamesh Jawkar) - 11:00 AM onwards
Athletics
Medal event: Men’s marathon final (Man Singh, Belliappa Appachangada Bopaiah) - 4:30 AM onwards
Badminton
Men’s singles quarter-finals (HS Prannoy) - 7:30 AM onwards
Women’s singles quarter-finals (PV Sindhu) - 7:30 AM onwards
Men’s doubles quarter-finals (Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy) - 7:30 AM onwards
Bridge
Medal event: Men's team final sessions 1 to 3: India vs Hong Kong China - 6:30 AM onwards
Canoe slalom
Men’s kayak heats (Hitesh Kewat, Shubham Kewat) - 7:00 AM onwards
Men’s canoe heats (Vishal Kewat) - 7:00 AM onwards
Women’s kayak heats (Shikha Chouhan) - 7:00 AM onwards
Chess
Men’s team round 7 (Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) - 12:30 PM onwards
Women’s team round 7 (Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B) - 12:30 PM onwards
Hockey
Women’s semi-finals: India vs China - 1:30 PM
Ju-jitsu
Medal event: Women’s -48kg (Anwesha Deb, Navya Pandey) - 6:30 AM onwards
Medal event: Men’s -62kg (Kamal Singh, Tarun Yadav) - 6:30 AM onwards
Kabaddi
Men’s team Group A: India vs Chinese Taipei - 8:00 AM
Men’s team Group A: India vs Japan - 1:30 PM
Roller skating
Medal event: Women's inline freestyle skating speed slalom (Shreyasi Joshi, Merlin Dhanam Charles) - 6:30 AM onwards
Medal event: Men's inline freestyle skating speed slalom (Jinesh Satyan Nanal, Vishvesh Ganesh Patil) - 11:30 AM onwards
Sepaktakraw
Men’s regu preliminary Group B: India vs Thailand - 6:30 AM
Women’s regu preliminary Group B: India vs Vietnam - 7:30 AM
Men’s regu preliminary Group B: India vs Philippines - 11:30 AM
Women’s regu preliminary Group B: India vs China - 12:30 PM
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Soft tennis
Mixed doubles preliminaries, second stage, and quarter-finals (Indian teams) - 7:30 AM onwards
Sport climbing
Men’s boulder and lead qualification (Aman Verma, Bharath Stephen Pereira Kamath) - 6:30 AM onwards
Women’s boulder and lead qualification (Saniya Farooque Shaikh, Shivani Charak) - 6:30 AM onwards
Squash
Medal event: Mixed doubles final, Dipika Pallikal/Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) vs Aifa Binti Azman/Mohammad Syafiq Kamal - 11:30 AM
Medal event: Men’s singles final, Saurav Ghosal (IND) vs NG Eain Yow (MAS) - 2:30 PM
Wrestling
Medal events: Greco-Roman 97kg (Narinder Cheema) and 130kg (Naveen); Women's freestyle 50kg (Pooja Gehlot), 53kg (Antim Panghal), 57kg (Mansi Ahlawat) - 7:30 AM onwards
