Asian Games 2026: India's updated schedule, results for Day 6 (September 25)

Athletics, canoe sprint, shooting and weightlifting offer medal opportunities

The Asian Games 2026 enter Day 6 on Friday with India looking to climb the medal table after a steady start to its campaign.

India has so far collected 15 medals. Shooting has led the charge with eight medals, four gold and four silver each, while women’s cricket has contributed the country’s only other gold.

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu opened her Asian Games account with a silver, while Naorem Roshibina Devi secured India’s maiden wushu medal, also a silver. The men’s badminton team, MMA fighter Suchika Tariyal, the rowing contingent and soft tennis player Jay Meena have added bronze medals, each marking historic firsts in their respective disciplines.

On Day 6, India’s medal hopes will rest on athletics, canoe sprint, shooting and weightlifting. The contingent will also be in action across swimming, esports, fencing, hockey, squash and table tennis.

With an eventful day ahead, India will aim to convert its early momentum into a stronger position in the standings.

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India’s full schedule for Day 6 [September 25] at Asian Games 2026 (all times in IST)

4.14 AM: Surfing – Women’s Shortboard

• Athlete: Sugar Gayen
• Stage: Heats (Heat 3)
• Venue: Long Beach (Tahara, Aichi, Japan)

5.03 AM: Surfing – Women’s Shortboard

• Athlete: Kamali Prakash
• Stage: Heats (Heat 5)
• Venue: Long Beach (Tahara, Aichi, Japan)

6.00 AM: Fencing – Men’s Foil Team

• Team: India (Sachin/Aditya Badser/Tejas Patil/Hemansh Singh Sanasam) vs Hong Kong
• Stage: Pre-quarterfinals
• Venue: Aichi Sky Expo Hall F, Green

6.15 AM: Shooting – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team

• Athletes: Kedarling Uchaganve & Suruchi Singh
• Stage: Qualification
• Venue: Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery

6.30 AM: Athletics – Women’s Heptathlon

• Athletes: Anamika Kozhinjaparambil & Pooja Sharma
• Stage: Long jump
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

6.30 AM: Canoe Sprint – Men’s Kayak Double 500m

• Athletes: Prohit Baroi & Prasanna Kumar CS
• Stage: Semi-final
• Venue: Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course

6.30 AM: Table Tennis – Mixed Doubles

• Athletes: Manush Shah/Diya Chitale vs Chun Ting Wong/Hoi Kem Doo (Hong Kong)
• Stage: Quarter-final
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 3)

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6.30 AM: Table Tennis – Mixed Doubles

• Athletes: Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Shidong Lin/Man Huai (China)
• Stage: Quarter-final
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 8)

6.40 AM: Swimming – Men’s 50m Breaststroke

• Athlete: Danush Suresh
• Stage: Heats (Heat 3)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

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

• Athletes: Neha Devi Leichonbam & Megha Pradeep
• Stage: Semi-final
• Venue: Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course

6.58 AM: Swimming – Men’s 200m Breaststroke

• Athlete: Rishabh Das
• Stage: Heats (Heat 1)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

7.00 AM: Fencing – Women’s Epee Team

• Teams: India (Mitva Chaudhari/Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer/Taniksha Khatri/Prachi Lohan) vs Uzbekistan
• Stage: Pre-quarterfinals
• Venue: Aichi Sky Expo Hall F, Blue

7.00 AM: Squash – Mixed Doubles

• Athletes: Velavan Senthilkumar/Joshna Chinappa vs David Pelino/Jemyca Arybado (Philippines)
• Stage: Quarter-final
• Venue: Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, Court 6

7.06 AM: Swimming – Men’s 200m Backstroke

• Athlete: Utkarsh Patil
• Stage: Heats (Heat 3)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

7.10 AM: Swimming – Men’s 400m Freestyle

• Athlete: Dhakshan Shashikumar
• Stage: Heats (Heat 1)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

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7.15 AM onwards: Shooting – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Individual

• Athletes: Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar & Niraj Kumar
• Stage: Qualification
• Venue: Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery

7.15 AM onwards: Shooting – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Team

• Athletes: Rudrankksh Patil/Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar/Niraj Kumar
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery

7.21 AM: Surfing – Men’s Shortboard

• Athlete: Kishore Anbarashu
• Stage: Heats (Heat 3)
• Venue: Long Beach (Tahara, Aichi, Japan)

7.22 AM: Swimming – Men’s 400m Freestyle

• Athlete: Aneesh Sunil
• Stage: Heats (Heat 3)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

7.30 AM: Hockey – Women’s

• Teams: India vs Japan
• Stage: Group stage (Pool B)
• Venue: Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium

7.30 AM: Table Tennis – Men’s Doubles

• Athletes: Harmeet Desai/Sathiyan Ganasekaran vs Affan Pratama/Muhammad Negara (Indonesia)
• Stage: Round of 32
• Venue:  SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 7)

7.36 AM: Swimming – Men’s 200m Butterfly

• Athlete: Sajan Prakash
• Stage: Heats (Heat 3)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

7.55 AM: Athletics – Women’s Heptathlon

• Athlete: Anamika Kozhinjaparambil & Pooja Sharma
• Stage: Javelin throw
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

7.55 AM: E-sports – MOBA (Pokemon UNITE)

• Teams: India (Adnan Badshah/Deepkumar Patel/Dipjyoti Nath/Reuben Fernandes/Rudra Nayak/Sai Krishna Nalluri) vs South Korea
• Stage: Group stage (Group C)
• Venue: Aichi Sky Expo E-sport Substage (Competition Room L4)

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

• Athletes: Soniya Devi Phairembam/Dhanamanjuri Devi Khwairakpam/Parvathy Geetha/Pooja
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course

8.15 AM: Table Tennis – Men’s Doubles

• Athletes: Manav Thakkar/Manush Shah vs Tomokazu Harimoto/Hiroto Shinozuka (Japan)
• Stage: Round of 32
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 1)

9.00 AM: Table Tennis – Women’s Singles

• Athletes: Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Hend Zaza (Syria)
• Stage: Round of 32
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 7)

9.15 AM: Squash – Men’s Singles

• Athletes: Abhay Singh vs Ryunosuke Tsukue (Japan)
• Stage: Quarter-final
• Venue: Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, Court 1

9.16 AM: Surfing – Men’s Shortboard

• Athlete: Sivaraj Babu
• Stage: Heats (Heat 8)
• Venue: Long Beach (Tahara, Aichi, Japan)

9.45 AM: Table Tennis – Women’s Singles

• Athletes: Sreeja Akula vs Song Gyong Pyon (North Korea)
• Stage: Round of 32
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 2)

10.00 AM: Squash – Women’s Singles

• Athletes: Anahat Singh vs Tanvi Khanna
• Stage: Quarter-final
• Venue: Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, Court 1

10.30 AM: Table Tennis – Men’s Singles

• Athletes: Manav Thakkar vs U Tae Ryong (North Korea)
• Stage: Round of 32
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 1)

10.45 AM: Squash – Men’s Singles

• Athletes: Veer Chotrani vs Muhammad Irfan (Pakistan)
• Stage: Quarter-final
• Venue: Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, Court 1

11.15 AM: Table Tennis – Men’s Singles

• Athletes: Manus Shah vs Benyamin Faraji (Iran)
• Stage: Round of 32
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 1)

12.00 PM: Table Tennis – Women’s Doubles

• Athletes: Sreeja Akula/Syndrela Das vs Man Kuai/Manyu Wang (China)
• Stage: Pre-quarterfinal
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 1)

12.45 PM: Table Tennis – Women’s Doubles

• Athletes: Yashaswini Ghorpade/Diya Chitale vs Shuhan Fan/Yi Chen (China)
• Stage: Pre-quarterfinal
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 2)

1.30 PM: Weightlifting – Women’s 61kg

• Athlete: Nirupama Devi Seram
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagoya City Trade and Industry Center

3.35 PM: Athletics – Women’s Shot Put

• Athletes: Krishna Menon & Manpreet Kaur
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

4.33 PM: Athletics – Women’s Pole Vault

• Athletes: Baranica Elangovan & Sindhushree Ganesh
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

5.02 PM: Athletics – Men’s 10,000m

• Athlete: Gulveer Singh
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

5.10 PM: Athletics – Men’s Hammer Throw

• Athletes: Damneet Singh & Praveen Kumar
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

5.53 PM: Athletics – Women’s 400m

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

6.01 PM: Athletics – Women’s 400m

• Athlete: Prachi Choudhary
• Stage: Heats (Heat 3)
• Venue: Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium

6.21 PM: Athletics – Men’s 400m

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

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