India will have several medal opportunities at the Asian Games 2026 on Friday, with archery, boxing, wrestling, cycling, canoe slalom and hockey among the key events.
The Indian contingent will be in action across several sports, with the women's recurve team facing China in the semifinal, while the men's and mixed recurve teams will also compete for medals.
Three Indian boxers, Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen and Ankush, will feature in gold-medal bouts. Lovlina will face China's Bao Ziyi in the women's 75kg final, Parveen will take on Chen Nien-chin of Chinese Taipei in the women's 65kg final, while Ankush will face South Korea's Kim Minseong in the men's 80kg final.
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India's women's hockey team will also be in action in the gold-medal match against China at 3:30 pm.
Here is India's complete schedule for October 2, with all timings in Indian Standard Time (IST).
Sepak Takraw
5:30 am: Women's quadrant, Group A — India vs Thailand
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Archery
5:55 am: Recurve women's team semifinal — India vs China
6:25 am or 6:50 am: Recurve women's team medal match — India, depending on semifinal result
8:20 am: Recurve mixed team semifinal — India vs Japan
8:50 am or 9:15 am: Recurve mixed team medal match — India, depending on semifinal result
10:55 am: Recurve men's team semifinal — India vs Iran
11:25 am or 11:50 am: Recurve men's team medal match — India, depending on semifinal result
Golf
6:00 am: Women's individual stroke play and team, Round 3 — Aditi Ashok
6:22 am: Women's individual stroke play and team, Round 3 — Diksha Dagar
7:33 am: Women's individual stroke play and team, Round 3 — Pranavi Sharath Urs
Taekwondo
6:20 am: Mixed individual virtual taekwondo, Round of 16 — Kashish Malik vs Lam Siu Wai, Hong Kong, China
7:10 am: Quarterfinal — Kashish Malik, subject to qualification
7:40 am: Semifinal — Kashish Malik, subject to qualification
8:00 am: Gold-medal contest — Kashish Malik, subject to qualification
Cycling Track
6:30 am: Women's omnium, scratch race
7:05 am: Men's keirin, first round, Heat 2 — Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam
7:10 am: Men's keirin, first round, Heat 3 — David Beckham Elkatohchoongo
7:27 am: Women's omnium, tempo race
11:55 am: Women's omnium, elimination race
12:16 pm: Men's Madison final — Harshveer Singh Sekhon/Vishavjeet Singh
1:32 pm: Men's keirin final — Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam/David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, subject to qualification
1:51 pm: Women's omnium, points race — Harshita Jakhar
Volleyball
6:30 am: Men's classification match for fifth-eighth places — India vs South Korea
Wrestling
7:08 am: Women's 50kg, Round of 16 — Dipanshi vs Yui Susaki, Japan
7:25 am: Men's freestyle 125kg, Round of 16 — Rajat Ruhal vs Yedige Kassimbek, Kazakhstan
7:32 am: Women's 76kg, Round of 16 — Priya vs Aiperi Medet Kyzy, Kyrgyzstan
8:02 am: Men's freestyle 65kg, Round of 16 — Sujeet vs Sayed Omar Zazai, Afghanistan
2:30-2:46 pm: Men's freestyle 65kg medal bouts — Sujeet, subject to qualification
3:21-3:41 pm: Men's freestyle 125kg medal bouts — Rajat Ruhal, subject to qualification
3:51-4:05 pm: Women's 50kg medal bouts — Dipanshi, subject to qualification
4:12-4:32 pm: Women's 76kg medal bouts — Priya, subject to qualification
Canoe Slalom
7:30 am: Women's kayak cross qualification — Shikha Chouhan
8:00 am: Men's kayak cross qualification — Hitesh Kewat, Pradhyumna Singh Rathod
10:00-10:12 am: Women's kayak cross quarterfinals, subject to qualification
10:16-10:28 am: Men's kayak cross quarterfinals, subject to qualification
10:44-10:48 am: Women's kayak cross semifinals, subject to qualification
10:52-10:56 am: Men's kayak cross semifinals, subject to qualification
11:40 am: Women's kayak cross final — Shikha Chouhan, subject to qualification
11:44 am: Men's kayak cross final — Hitesh Kewat/Pradhyumna Singh Rathod, subject to qualification
Rugby Sevens
8:50 am: Women's Pool E — India vs Malaysia
Sailing
9:10 am: Girls' Dinghy, Opening Series Race 7 — Mahi Verma
Boxing
After 9:30 am: Women's 75kg final — Lovlina Borgohain vs Bao Ziyi, China
After 2:00 pm: Women's 65kg final — Parveen Hooda vs Chen Nien-chin, Chinese Taipei
After 2:00 pm: Men's 80kg final — Ankush Panghal vs Kim Minseong, South Korea
Hockey
3:30 pm: Women's gold-medal match — India vs China
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