- By Manik Sharma
- Fri, 29 Sep 2023 07:01 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Athletics event will kick off in Asian Games 2023 on September 29, marking the Indian track and field athletes' debut in Hangzhou. The action will begin with the race walkers competing for medals.
In the shooting arena the Indian contingent will aim to increase the medal tally as the 10m Air Pistol Women and 50m Rifle 3 Position Men will be competing in both team and individual events.
In Squash, Men and women's teams have already secured at least bronze. They will vie for a spot in the finals. Tennis will witness men's doubles striving for gold, and the mixed doubles team battling for a spot in the final.
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Additionally, the badminton men and women's team will seek to secure medals by winning their quarterfinal ties, while table tennis paddlers will aim to progress in singles and doubles competitions.
The women's hockey team will return for another pool match and Golfers will continue their quest with round 2 in individual and team events. The day will be packed with action, including chess, bridge, basketball, boxing, swimming, cycling Esports and handball, all featuring the Indian contingent.
Here's the updated schedule with the timings:
Athletics
- 4:30 AM: Men's 20km Race Walk Final - Vikas Singh & Sandeep Kumar
- 4:40 AM: Women's 20km Race Walk Final - Priyanka Goswami
- 4:40 PM: Women’s Hammer Throw Final - Tanya Chaudhary, Rachna Kumari
- 6:15 PM: Women’s Shotput Final - Manpreet Kaur & Kiran Baliyan
- 6:30 PM: Women's 400m Heats - Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik
- 4:55 PM: Men's 400m Heats - Muhammed Anas Yahiya & Muhammed Ajmal
Badminton
- 6:30 AM: Women’s Team Quarterfinal - India vs Thailand
- 2:30 PM: Men’s Team Quarterfinal - India vs Nepal
Basketball
- 5:20 PM: Men Pool Stage - India vs China
- 5:30 PM: Women Pool Stage - India vs Mongolia
Boxing
- 12 PM: Women’s 57kg Round of 16 - Parveen Hooda vs Zichan Xu (China)
- 4:45 PM: Women’s 50kg Quarterfinal - Nikhat Zareen vs Hanan Nassar (Jordan)
Bridge
- 6:30 AM: Men’s Team Round Robin 1-9
- 6:30 AM: Mixed Team Round Robin 1-9
- 1:30 PM: Men’s Team Round Robin 1-10
- 1:30 PM: Women’s Team Round Robin 1-6
- 1:30 PM: Mixed Team Round Robin 1-10
- 5:30 PM: Men’s Team Round Robin 1-11
- 5:30 PM: Women’s Team Round Robin 1-7
- 5:30 PM: Mixed Team Round Robin 1-11
Chess
- 12:30 PM: Men’s Team Round 1
- 12:30 PM: Women’s Team Round 1
Cycling
- 12 PM: Men’s Keirin First Round – Heats - Esow Alben & David Beckham Elkatohchoongo
- 4:14 PM: Men’s Madison Final - Harshveer Sekhon & Vishwajeet Singh
- 5:24 PM: Men’s Keirin Final 7-12 (If Qualified) - Esow Alben & David Beckham Elkatohchoongo
- 5:30 PM: Men’s Keirin Final 1-6 (If Qualified) - Esow Alben & David Beckham Elkatohchoongo
eSports
- 12:30 PM: DOTA 2 Group Match 1 - India vs Kyrgyzstan
- 12:30 PM: DOTA 2 Group Match 2 - India vs Philippines
Golf
- 4 AM: Women Individual & Team Round 2 - Aditi Ashok, Avani Prashanth & Pranavi Urs
- 8 AM: Men Individual & Team Round 2 - Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi
Handball
- 3:30 PM: Women Group Stage - India vs China
Hockey
- 4 PM: Women Pool Stage - India vs Malaysia
Shooting
- 6:30 AM: Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual Qualification & Team Final - Esha Singh, Divya TS & Palak Gulia
- 6:30 AM: Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual Qualification & Team Final - Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kushare & Akhil Sheoran
Squash
- 4 PM: Men’s Team Semifinal - India vs Malaysia
- 8:30 PM: Women’s Team Semifinal - India vs Hong Kong
Swimming
- 7:30 AM: Women’s 50m Butterfly Heat 2 - Nina Venkatesh
- 8:04 AM: Women’s 800m Slow Heat 2 - Vriti Agarwal
- 8:18 AM: Men’s 200m Backstroke Heats - Srihari Nataraj & Advait Page
- 8:32 AM: Men’s 400m Freestyle Heats - Kushagra Rawat & Aryan Nehra
- 8:59 AM: Men’s 200m Butterfly Heats - Aneesh Gowda & Sajan Prakash
- 9:13 AM: Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final Heats - India
- 5 PM: Women's 50m Butterfly Final (If Qualified) - Nina Venkatesh
- 5:12 PM: Women's 800m Fast Heat (If Qualified) - Vriti Agarwal
- 5:26 PM: Men’s 200m Backstroke Final (If Qualified) - Srihari Nataraj & Advait Page
- 5:41 PM: Men’s 400m Freestyle Final (If Qualified) - Kushagra Rawat & Aryan Nehra
- 6:18 PM: Men’s 200m Butterfly Final (If Qualified) - Aneesh Gowda & Sajan Prakash
- 6:34 PM: Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final (If Qualified) - India
Table Tennis
- 1:45 PM: Women’s Doubles Round of 16 - Sreeja Akula & Diay Chitale vs Miwa Harimoto & Miyuu Kihara (Japan)
- 9 AM: Men’s Doubles Round of 16 - Manush Shah & Manav Thakkar vs Pang Yew En Koen & Izaac Quek Yong (Singapore)
- 9:35 AM: Men’s Doubles Round of 16 - Sharath Kamal & G Sathiyan vs Fan Zhendong & Wang Chuqin (China)
- 2:05 PM: Women’s Doubles Round of 16 - Sutirtha Mukherjee & Ayhika Mukherjee vs Wanwisa Aueawiriyayothin & Jinnipa Sawettabut (Thailand)
- 5:30 PM: Men’s Singles Round of 16 - G Sathiyan vs Wang Chuqin (China)
- 5:41 PM: Men’s Singles Round of 16 - Sharath Kamal vs Chih-Yuan Chuang (Chinese Taipei)
Tennis
- 7:30 AM: Men’s Doubles Final - Saketh Myneni & Ramkumar Ramanathan vs Jason Jung & Yu-hsiou Hsu (Chinese Taipei)
- 9:30 AM: Mixed Doubles Semifinal - Rohan Bopanna & Rutuja Bhosale vs Hao-ching Chan & Yu-hsiou Hsu (Chinese Taipei)