Asian Games 2023 Day 3, September 26, Highlights: India win historic gold in Equestrian; two medals in sailing; India lose to Pak in volleyball

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Asian Games 2023 has a lot of exciting clashes in store on September 26 for Indian fans who are cheering for their favourite athletes to bag as many medals as possible. The confidence is high amongst the Indian athletes after a successful opening two days of the prestigious sporting event.

The multi-sport event in Hangzhou, China saw the Indian contingent win six medals on September 25 and the expectation is to see more medals being added to the overall tally as more disciplines reach their business end.

Tuesday’s action will see India compete against fierce rivals and neighbours Pakistan in volleyball and squash. It is a rivalry that encompasses multiple sports and one that attracts a lot of viewership no matter which discipline it may be. Apart from that particular contest, plenty of Indian athletes will be involved in the Asian Games 2023 on 26 September.

On that note, here is India’s complete schedule for 26 September at the Asian Games 2023:

Full schedule of Indian athletes for Day 3 of Asian Games 2023, September 26

Boxing

12:30 PM IST: Sachin Siwach (IND) vs. Asri Udin (MAS) (Men’s 57kg Round of 32)

6:15 PM IST: Narender (IND) vs. Elchoro Uulu Oomatbek (KGZ) (Men’s 92+kg Round of 16)

Chess

12:30 PM IST Onwards: Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi (Men’s Individual rounds 5, 6 and 7)

12:30 PM IST Onwards: Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli (Women’s Individual rounds 5, 6 and 7)

Equestrian

5:30 AM IST Onwards: Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela (Dressage Prix St-Georges team and individual medal event)

Esports

7:20 AM IST Onwards: Mayank Prajapati and Ayan Biswas (Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Round of 32 and bracket matches)

Fencing

6:30 AM IST Onwards: Bhavani Devi (Women's Sabre individual medal event)

Hockey

6:30 AM IST: India vs Singapore (Men's Pool A)

Judo

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Avtar Singh (Medal event: Men’s -100kg)

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Indubala Devi Maibam (Medal event: Women’s -78kg)

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Tulika Maan (Medal event: Women’s +78kg)

Sailing

8:30 AM IST Onwards: Multiple sailors involved in medal events (Final races Mixed Multihull Nacra 17, Mixed Dinghy 470, Girl's Dinghy ILCA4, Boy's Dinghy ILCA4, Women's Skiff 49erFX, Women's Windsurfer RS:X, Men's Skiff 49er, Men's Windsurfer RS:X) and other qualifying races.

Shooting

6:30 AM IST Onwards: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Singh Khangura, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (Men's skeet qualification, individual and team phase 1)

6:30 AM IST Onwards: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore (Women's skeet qualification, individual and team phase 1)

6:30 AM IST Onwards: Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh (Women’s 25m pistol precision individual and team)

6:30 AM IST Onwards: Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita (10m air rifle mixed team qualification, bronze medal matches/gold medal match)

Squash

7:30 AM IST: India vs Singapore (Men's Team Pool A)

7:30 AM IST: India vs Pakistan (Women's Team Pool B)

4:30 PM IST: India vs Qatar (Men's Team Pool A)

Swimming

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Shivangi Sarma (Women’s 100m freestyle heats and final)

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Palak Joshi (Women’s 200m backstroke)

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Aryan Nehra, Kushagra Rawat (Men’s 1500m freestyle fast/slow heats)

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Team India (Men’s 4x100m medley relay heats and final

Track Cycling

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Shushikala Agashe, Celestina, Mayuri Dhanraj Lute, Triyasha Paul (Women’s team sprint qualifying, round 1 heats and final)

7:30 AM IST Onwards: David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Esow Alben, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam, Rojit Singh Yanglem (Men’s team sprint qualifying, round 1 heats and final)

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Venkappa Shivappa Kengalgutti, Dinesh Kumar, Manjeet Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Vishavjeet Singh (Men’s team pursuit qualifying, round 1 heats and final)

Tennis

7:30 AM IST Onwards: Ankita Raina, Rohan Bopanna, Rutuja Bhosale, Ramkumar Ramanathan and more involved in multiple singles and doubles matches.

Volleyball

4:00 PM IST: India vs Pakistan (Men’s classification 5th-6th match)

Wushu

5:00 PM IST Onwards: Suraj Yadav (Men’s 70kg quarter-finals)

5:00 PM IST Onwards: Surya Singh (Men’s 60kg quarter-finals)