India at Asian Games 2026: Athletics schedule, squad, & live streaming details

India have sent 73 athletics members to the Aichi-Nagoya Games.

The Asian Games 2026 will be the 20th consecutive edition of the tournament in which Indian athletes will take part. The country will look to replicate the success that its athletes enjoyed at the previous edition in Hangzhou, where the haul stood at 106 medals.

Athletics was an incredibly successful sport for India at the Hangzhou 2022 Games, bringing in six golds, 14 silvers, and nine bronzes, for a tournament-high haul of 29 medals.

Six incredible athletes won multiple medals at the 2022 Asiad. Avinash Sable won gold in the 3,000m steeplechase and silver in the 5,000m. Parul Chaudhary won gold in the 5,000m and silver in the 3,000m steeplechase.

Muhammad Ajmal was part of the men’s and mixed teams that clinched gold and silver, respectively, at the 4x400m relay. Vithya Ramraj won two silvers and a bronze, while Harmilan Bains and Subha Venkatesan won two silvers each.

India’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra clinched the men’s javelin title, while Annu Rani clinched the women’s javelin title.

Unfortunately for India, both athletes are absent from the Indian athletics contingent travelling to the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games this year. Chopra withdrew from the squad due to injury, while Rani failed to secure qualification.

The Indian athletics contingent had further setbacks. Tejas Shirse, Shahnavaz Khan, and Nithya Gandhe were removed due to injuries and poor form. Still, fans will hope that the Indian athletes can perform with similar aplomb at the Asian Games 2026.

Related: A look back at India’s performance at Asian Games 2022

India’s Athletics squad for Asian Games 2026

Men

• Gurindervir Singh (100m, mixed 4x100m relay)
• Animesh Kujur (100m, 200m, mixed 4x100m relay)
• Rajesh Ramesh (400m, 4x400m relay)
• Vishal TK (400m, 4x400m relay)
• Krishan Kumar (800m)
• Mohammed Afsal (800m)
• Yoonus Shah (1,500m)
• Gulveer Singh (1,500m, 5,000m, 10,000m)
• Sawan Barwal (marathon)
• Kartik Karkera (marathon)
• Yashas Palaksha (400m hurdles)
• Santhosh Tamilarasan (400m hurdles)
• Avinash Sable (3,000m steeplechase)
• Pranav Gurav (mixed 4x100m relay)
• Mohammed Ashfaq (4x400m relay)
• Dharmveer Choudhary (4x400m relay)
• Jay Kumar (4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay)
• Manu Thekkinalil (4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay)
• Aadarsh Ram (high jump)
• Sarvesh Kushare (high jump)
• Kuldeep Kumar (pole vault)
• Dev Meena (pole vault)
• Murali Sreeshankar (long jump)
• Praveen Chithravel (triple jump)
• Karthik Unnikrishnan (triple jump)
• Karanveer Singh (shot put)
• Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put)
• Damneet Singh (hammer throw)
• Praveen Kumar (hammer throw)
• Rohit Yadav (javelin throw)
• Yash Vir Singh (javelin throw)
• Thowfeeq Noushad (decathlon)
• Tejaswin Shankar (decathlon)

Women

• Harita Bhadra (200m, mixed 4x100m relay)
• Prachi Choudhary (400m, 4x400m relay)
• Kiran Pahal (400m, 4x400m relay)
• Gowthami Jayaraman (800m)
• Pooja (800m, 1,500m)
• Parul Chaudhary (1,500m, 5000m, 3,000m steeplechase)
• Seema (5,000m, 10,000m)
• Priyanka Goswami (marathon race walk)
• Manju Rani (marathon race walk)
• Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles)
• Nandhini Kongan (100m hurdles)
• Unnathi Bolland (200m, mixed 4x100m relay)
• Anu Raghavan (400m hurdles)
• Vithya Ramraj (400m hurdles, 4x400m relay)
• Ankita Dhyani (3,000m steeplechase)
• Tamanna (4x100m relay, mixed 4x100m relay)
• Srabani Nanda (4x100m relay)
• Abinaya Rajarajan (4x100m relay)
• Sneha Sathyanarayana (4x100m relay, mixed 4x100m relay)
• Sudeshna Shivankar (4x100m relay)
• Rashdeep Kaur (4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay)
• Ansa Babu (4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay)
• Poovamma Machettira (4x400m relay)
• Kumari Saloni (4x400m relay)
• Neeru Pathak (4x400m relay)
• Pooja Singh (high jump)
• Supriya Basavaraju (high jump)
• Baranica Elangovan (pole vault)
• Sindhushree Ganesh (pole vault)
• Shaili Singh (long jump)
• Ancy Sojan Edappilly (long jump)
• Niharika Vashisht (triple jump)
• Asha Ilango (triple jump)
• Manpreet Kaur (shot put)
• Krishna Menon (shot put)
• Seema Kaliramna (discus throw)
• Sanya Yadav (discus throw)
• Tanya Chaudhary (hammer throw)
• Anushka Yadav (hammer throw)
• Pooja Sharma (heptathlon)
• Anamika Kozhinjaparambil (heptathlon)

Where and how to watch the live telecast and streaming of Athletics at the Asian Games 2026 in India?

The Athletics event at the Asian Games 2026 will be live-streamed online in India on the SonyLIV app and website. The television broadcast will take place on the Sony Sports Network channels.

India Athletics schedule & timings (IST)

September 24, Thursday

• 6:30 AM: Women’s Heptathlon Day 1 (100m hurdles, high jump, shot put)
• 6:50 AM: Mixed 4x400m Relay Heats
• 7:00 AM: Men’s Triple Jump Qualification
• 3:35 PM: Men’s High Jump Qualification
• 4:14 PM: Women’s Triple Jump Final
• 4:38 PM: Men’s 100m Heats
• 5:55 PM: Women’s 10,000m Final
• 6:45 PM: 4x400m Relay Mixed Final

September 25, Friday

• 6:30 AM: Women’s Heptathlon Day 2 (long jump, javelin throw, 800m)
• 7:00 AM: Men’s 400m Heats
• 3:35 PM: Women’s Shot Put Final
• 4:03 PM: Men’s 100m Semi-Final
• 4:33 PM: Women’s Pole Vault Final
• 5:02 PM: Men’s 10,000m Final
• 5:10 PM: Men’s Hammer Throw Final
• 5:45 PM: Women’s 400m Heats
• 6:13 PM: Men’s 400m Semi-finals
• 6:45 PM: Men’s 100m Final

September 26, Saturday

• 4:00 AM: Men’s Marathon Final
• 5:35 AM: Men’s Decathlon Day 1 (100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m)
• 7:35 AM: Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification
• 8:00 AM: Women’s 200m Round 1
• 8:45 AM: Men’s 200m Round 1
• 8:50 AM: Women’s Long Jump Qualification
• 4:04 PM: Women’s 100m Hurdles Qualification
• 4:25 PM: Women’s 200m Semi-final
• 4:30 PM: Men’s Shot Put Final
• 4:46 PM: Men’s 200m Semi-finals
• 5:05 PM: Men’s Triple Jump Final
• 5:21 PM: Men’s 1500m Heats
• 6:15 PM: Women’s 400m Final
• 6:33 PM: Men’s 400m Final
• 6:45 PM: Women’s 15000m Final

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September 27, Sunday

• TBA: Women’s Marathon Racewalk Final
• TBA: Men’s Decathlon Day 2 (110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, 1500m)
• 3:40 PM: Women’s Long Jump Final
• 4:05 PM: Women’s 200m Final
• 4:15 PM: Men’s 200m Final
• 4:45 PM: Men’s High Jump Final
• 5:06 PM: Men’s 800m Heats
• 5:52 PM: Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase Final
• 6:15 PM: Women’s 4x100m Relay Heats
• 6:42 PM: Men’s 4x100m Relay Heats

September 28, Monday

• 2:45 PM: Women’s Discus Throw Final
• 3:20 PM: 4x100m Relay Mixed Heats
• 3:53 PM: Women’s 400m Hurdles Final
• 4:03 PM: Men’s 400m Hurdles Final
• 4:12 PM: Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final
• 4:25 PM: Men’s Long Jump Final
• 4:35 PM: Men’s 1500m Final
• 4:50 PM: Women’s 800m Heats
• 4:55 PM: Men’s Javelin Throw Final
• 5:13 PM: Women’s 5,000m Final
• 5:50 PM: Men’s 4x400m Relay Heats
• 6:34 PM: Women’s 4x100m Relay Final
• 6:53 PM: Men’s 4x100m Relay Final

September 29, Tuesday

• 2:45 PM: Men’s Pole Vault Final
• 3:48 PM: Women’s High Jump Final
• 4:05 PM: Women’s Hammer Throw Final
• 4:20 PM: Women’s 800m Final
• 4:35 PM: Men’s 800m Final
• 4:50 PM: Men’s 5000mm Final
• 5:18 PM: Mixed 4x100m Relay Final
• 5:35 PM: Women’s 4x400m Relay Final
• 5:47 PM: Men’s 4x400m Relay Final

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