Asian Games 2026: India's updated schedule for Day 5 (September 24)

Athletics, canoe sprint, rowing and shooting offer medal opportunities

The action at the Asian Games 2026 is set to intensify as the continental showpiece enters Day 5 in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, September 24. India will be in action across several sporting disciplines and will look to build on a productive Day 4, which saw the contingent add four more medals to its tally.

India have now secured 11 medals at the Games, with shooting emerging as the standout contributor. The discipline has accounted for seven medals so far — four silver and three bronze — while cricket, weightlifting, mixed martial arts (MMA) and soft tennis have contributed a medal each.

Also Read: Asian Games 2026: India’s medal winners, live medal tally, results

India’s women’s cricket team successfully defended its Asian Games title on Day 3, defeating Sri Lanka by a commanding 114-run margin in the final. On Wednesday, shooting added two more medals, with India claiming bronze in both the men’s and women’s skeet team events.

Jay Meena also created history by winning India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis, securing bronze. Meanwhile, star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finally opened her Asian Games medal account, claiming silver in the women’s 49kg category.

Looking ahead to Day 5, athletics, canoe sprint, rowing and shooting will be among the key sports to watch, with medal opportunities on offer across the disciplines. Indian athletes will also be in action in swimming, boxing, e-sports, hockey, kabaddi, squash and table tennis, among others.

Also Read: Asian Games 2026: Updated day-wise India schedule for all sports

India’s full schedule for Day 5 [September 24] at Asian Games 2026 (all times in IST)

5.10 AM: Rowing – Men’s Single Sculls

• Athlete: Balraj Panwar
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagaragawa International Regatta Course

5.30 AM: Rowing – Men’s Double Sculls

• Athletes: Satnam Singh and Salman Khan
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagaragawa International Regatta Course

6.15 AM onwards: Shooting – Men’s 10m Air Pistol Individual

• Athletes: Aakash Bhardwaj, Kamaljeet and Kedarling Uchaganve
• Stage: Qualification
• Venue: Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery

6.15 AM onwards: Shooting – Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team

• Athletes: Aakash Bhardwaj, Kamaljeet and Kedarling Uchaganve
• Stage: Qualification
• Venue: Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery

6.30 AM: Shooting – Mixed Skeet Team

• Athletes: Kynan Chenai – Neeru Dhanda
• Stage: Qualification
• Venue: Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery

6.30 AM: Rowing – Men’s Pair

• Athletes: Jaswinder Singh – Nitin Kumar
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagaragawa International Regatta Course

6.30 AM: Table Tennis – Women’s Doubles

• Athletes: Diya Chitale – Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Setayesh Iloukhani – Mahshid Ashtari (Iran)
• Stage: Round of 32
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 4)

Related: Asian Games 2026 – India bag bronze in men’s skeet team event; Anantjeet Naruka reaches individual final

6.30 AM: Athletics – Women’s Heptathlon (100m Hurdles)

• Athlete: Anamika Kozhinjaparambil
• Stage: Heats (Heat 1)
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

6.30 AM: Canoe Sprint – Women’s Canoe Single 200m

• Athlete: Megha Pradeep
• Stage: Semi-final
• Venue: Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course

6.38 AM: Athletics – Women’s Heptathlon (100m Hurdles)

• Athlete: Pooja Sharma
• Stage: Heats (Heat 2)
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

6.46 AM: Swimming – Men’s 50m Butterfly

• Athlete – Benedicton Beniston
• Stage: Heats (Heat 5)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

6.50 AM: Canoe Sprint – Women’s Kayak Double 500m

• Athletes: Soniya Devi Phairembam – Parvathy Geetha
• Stage: Semi-final
• Venue: Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course

7.01 AM: Athletics – Mixed 4x400m Relay

• Athletes: Jay Kumar – Manu Thekkinal – Ansa Babu – Rashdeep Kaur
• Stage: Round 1 (Heat 2)
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

Related: Top 5 medal-winning sports for India in Asian Games history

7.10 AM: Rowing – Women’s Four

• Athletes: Poonam, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam & Gurbani Kaur
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagaragawa International Regatta Course

7.10 AM: Table Tennis – Women’s Doubles

• Athletes: Sreeja Akula – Syndrela Das vs Bolor-erdene Batmunkh – Burenjargal Sanjaa (Mongolia)
• Stage: Round of 32
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 7)

7.21 AM: Swimming – Men’s 800m Freestyle

• Athlete: Aryan Nehra
• Stage: Final B
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

7.32 AM: Swimming – Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Athletes: Benedicton Beniston – Akash Mani – Heer Shah – Aneesh Gowda
• Stage: Heats (Heat 1)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

8.00 AM: Squash – Mixed Doubles

• Athletes: Suraj Kumar Chand – Shameena Riaz vs Velavan Senthilkumar – Joshna Chinappa
• Stage: Pre-quarterfinals
• Venue: Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, Court 6

8.10 AM: Canoe Sprint – Men’s Kayak Four 500m

• Athletes: Naocha Singh Laitonjam – Varinder Singh – Arun Singh Oinam – Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course

8.30 AM: Canoe Sprint – Men’s Canoe Double 500m

• Athletes: Gyaneshwor Singh Philem – Raju Rawat
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course

8.30 AM onwards: Boxing – Women’s 65kg

• Athletes: Parveen Hooda vs Malika Nozimova (Tajikistan)
• Stage: Preliminaries
• Venue: Nishio Gymnasium

8.35 AM: Table Tennis – Men’s Singles

• Athletes: Manish Shah vs Qi Shen Wong (Malaysia)
• Stage: Round of 64
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 7)

9.45 AM: Kabaddi – Men’s

• Teams: India vs Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
• Stage: Group stage (Group A)
• Venue: Tokai Citizen Gymnasium

10.30 AM: Squash – Women’s Singles

• Athletes: Tanvi Khanna vs Wai Yhaan Au Ywong (Singapore)
• Stage: Pre-quarterfinal
• Venue: Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, Court 2

10.30 AM: Squash – Women’s Singles

• Athletes: Anahat Singh vs TBA
• Stage: Pre-quarterfinal
• Venue: Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, Court 4

11.10 AM: Canoe Sprint – Men’s Kayak Single 500m

• Athlete: Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat
• Stage: Heats (Heat 1)
• Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course

11.15 AM: Squash – Men’s Singles

• Athletes: Abhay Singh vs Ravindu Laksiri (Sri Lanka)
• Stage: Pre-quarterfinal
• Venue: Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, Court 3

11.15 AM: Squash – Men’s Singles

• Athletes: Veer Chotrani vs Sanjay Jeeva (Malaysia)
• Stage: Pre-quarterfinal
• Venue: Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, Court 4

11.20 AM: Rowing – Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls

• Athlete: Ajay Tyagi
• Stage: Final B
• Venue: Nagaragawa International Regatta Course

11.30 AM: Hockey – Men’s

• Teams: India vs South Korea
• Stage: Group stage (Pool A)
• Venue: Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium

11.30 AM: E-Sports – Puyo Puyo Champions

• Athletes: Paritosh vs Munkhzorig Ganbold (Mongolia)
• Stage: Group stage (Group B)
• Venue: Aichi Sky Expo E-sport Substage (Competition Room L4)

12.00 PM: Rowing – Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls

• Athletes: Rohit-Ujjwal Kumar Singh
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagaragawa International Regatta Course

12.10 PM: E-Sports – Puyo Puyo Champions

• Athletes: Paritosh vs Mun June Justin Koh (Singapore)
• Stage: Group stage (Group B)
• Venue: Aichi Sky Expo E-sport Substage (Competition Room L4)

1.00 PM: Rowing – Men’s Quadruple Sculls

• Athletes: Jakar Khan, Kulwinder Singh, Arvind Singh and Navdeep Singh
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagaragawa International Regatta Course

1.10 PM: E-Sports – Puyo Puyo Champions

• Athletes: Paritosh vs Tzu-ang Kuo (Taiwan)
• Stage: Group stage (Group B)
• Venue: Aichi Sky Expo E-sport Substage (Competition Room L4)

2.10 PM: E-Sports – Puyo Puyo Champions

• Athletes: Paritosh vs Tanarak Wongkitikun (Thailand)
• Stage: Group stage (Group B)
• Venue: Aichi Sky Expo E-sport Substage (Competition Room L4)

4.14 PM: Athletics – Women’s Triple Jump

• Athletes: Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

4.15 PM: Kabaddi – Women’s

• Teams: India vs Japan
• Stage: Group stage (Group A)
• Venue: Tokai Citizen Gymnasium

4.46 PM: Athletics – Men’s 100m

• Athlete: Animesh Kujur
• Stage: Heats (Heat 1)
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

5.02 PM: Athletics: Men’s 100m

• Athlete: Gurindervir Singh
• Stage: Heats (Heat 1)
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

5.55 PM: Athletics – Women’s 10,000m

• Athlete: Seema Kumari
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

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