Day 8 schedule: India chase kabaddi gold double, athletics medals

Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS

India face a busy Day 8 at the Asian Games, with several medal chances lined up from the early hours. Sawan Barwal and Kartik Karkera will be in the men’s marathon final at 4:00 AM IST, while the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions team will be in action at 6:15 AM. More medal opportunities will follow in canoe sprint, with Raju Rawat and L Neha Devi competing in the mixed canoe double 500m Final A.

Kabaddi will be one of the main attractions, with both Indian teams playing their gold-medal matches against Iran. The women will take the court at 9:30 AM, followed by the men at 2:30 PM. Squash will also see Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar in the mixed doubles’ semifinal, while Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh will feature in the singles semifinals.

The athletics programme will take centre stage in the evening. Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Karanveer Singh will contest the men’s shot put final, followed by Praveen Chithravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan in the men’s triple jump final. Parul Chaudhary and Pooja will then line up for the women’s 1500m final. India will also be represented in badminton, boxing, fencing, archery, hockey, table tennis, surfing, sailing and esports throughout the day.

Here’s the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Saturday, September 26:

• 3:58 AM: Surfing – Kamali Moorthy Prakash vs Camille Marie of Singapore in women’s shortboard Round 2, Heat 3.
• 4:00 AM: Athletics – Sawan Barwal in men’s marathon final (medal event).
• 4:00 AM: Athletics – Kartik Jayaraj Karkera in men’s marathon final (medal event).
• 4:30 AM: Archery – Dhiraj Bommadevara in men’s recurve individual qualification.
• 4:30 AM: Archery – Neeraj Chauhan in men’s recurve individual qualification.
• 4:30 AM: Archery – Yashdeep Bhoge in men’s recurve individual qualification.
• 4:30 AM: Archery – Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge in men’s recurve team qualification.
• 4:30 AM: Archery – Jyothi Surekha Vennam in women’s compound individual qualification.
• 4:30 AM: Archery – Prithika Pradeep in women’s compound individual qualification.
• 4:30 AM: Archery – Taniparthi Chikitha in women’s compound individual qualification.
• 4:30 AM: Archery – Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Taniparthi Chikitha in women’s compound team qualification.
• 4:54 AM: Surfing – Sugar Shanti Gayen vs Wan-yu Chen of Chinese Taipei in women’s shortboard Round 2, Heat 7.
• 5:35 AM: Athletics – Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon 100m, Heat 1.
• 5:43 AM: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar in men’s decathlon 100m, Heat 2.
• 5:50 AM: Surfing – Sivaraj Babu vs Davoud Khadir of Iran in men’s shortboard Round 2, Heat 1.
• 6:00 AM: Badminton – Lakshya Sen vs Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in men’s singles Round of 32.
• 6:00 AM: Badminton – Ayush Shetty vs Tajibullayev Maksut of Kazakhstan in men’s singles Round of 32.
• 6:00 AM: Equestrian – Shruti Vora in individual dressage qualification.
• 6:00 AM: Equestrian – Gaurav Pundir in individual dressage qualification.
• 6:00 AM: Equestrian – Hriday Chheda in individual dressage qualification.
• 6:00 AM: Equestrian – Jai Sud in individual dressage qualification.
• 6:00 AM: Fencing – Joys Ashitha Stalinraj, Naorem Mina Devi, Kanupriya Chawla and Sonia Devi Waikhom in women’s foil team Round of 16 vs Indonesia.
• 6:15 AM: Shooting – Vidarsa K Vinod in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual qualification.
• 6:15 AM: Shooting – Ashi Chouksey in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual qualification.
• 6:15 AM: Shooting – Tilottama Sen in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual qualification.
• 6:15 AM: Shooting – Vidarsa K Vinod, Ashi Chouksey and Tilottama Sen in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions team final (medal event).
• 6:15 AM: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar in men’s decathlon long jump.
• 6:15 AM: Athletics – Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon long jump.
• 6:30 AM: Canoe Sprint – Harshwardhan Shaktawat Singh in men’s kayak single 500m semifinal.
• 6:30 AM: Table Tennis – Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Miwa Harimoto of Japan in women’s singles Round of 16.
• 6:45 AM: Esports – Paritosh vs Dongshin Kang of Republic of Korea in Puyo Puyo Champions quarterfinal.
• 6:50 AM: Canoe Sprint – Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar in mixed kayak double 500m semifinal.
• 7:00 AM: Fencing – Karan Singh, Gisho Nidhi K.P., Lakshay Badser and Vishal Thapar vs Philippines in men’s sabre team Round of 16.
• 7:15 AM onwards: Esports – Paritosh in Puyo Puyo Champions semifinal, subject to qualification.
• 7:45 AM: Esports – Paritosh in Puyo Puyo Champions final (medal event, subject to qualification).
• 7:55 AM: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar in men’s decathlon shot put.
• 7:55 AM: Athletics – Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon shot put.
• 8:00 AM: Badminton – PV Sindhu vs Chiu Pin Chian of Chinese Taipei in women’s singles Round of 32.
• 8:00 AM: Badminton – Unnati Hooda vs Wong Ling Ching of Malaysia in women’s singles Round of 32.
• 8:00 AM: Fencing – Joys Ashitha Stalinraj, Naorem Mina Devi, Kanupriya Chawla and Sonia Devi Waikhom in women’s foil team quarterfinal (subject to qualification).
• 8:00 AM: Fencing – Karan Singh, Gisho Nidhi K.P., Lakshay Badser and Vishal Thapar in men’s sabre team quarterfinal (subject to qualification).
• 8:10 AM: Canoe Sprint – Harshwardhan Shaktawat in men’s kayak single 500m final (medal event, subject to qualification).
• 8:20 AM: Canoe Sprint – Raju Rawat and L Neha Devi in mixed canoe double 500m Final A (medal event).
• 8:30 AM: Canoe Sprint – Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar in mixed kayak double 500m final (medal event).
• 8:30 AM: Esports – Adnan Mohammed Badshah, Deepkumar Vipulbhai Patel, Sai Krishna Nalluri, Dipjyoti Laxman Nath, Rudra Narayan Nayak and Reuben Fernandes vs Japan in Pokmon Unite Group C.
• 8:30 AM: Squash – Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar vs Lee Ka Yi and Tang Ming Hong of Hong Kong in mixed doubles semifinal.
• 8:32 AM: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in men’s 200m Round 1, Heat 5.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – Ankita Bhakat in women’s recurve individual qualification.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – Kumkum Anil Mohod in women’s recurve individual qualification.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – Kirti Sharma in women’s recurve individual qualification.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod and Kirti Sharma in women’s recurve team qualification.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – Sahil Rajesh Jadhav in men’s compound individual qualification.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – Thirumuru Ganesh Maniratnam in men’s compound individual qualification.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – Kushal Dalal in men’s compound individual qualification.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – Sahil Rajesh Jadhav, Thirumuru Ganesh Maniratnam and Kushal Dalal in men’s compound team qualification.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – Kushal Dalal in mixed team compound qualification.
• 9:00 AM: Archery – India in mixed team recurve qualification.
• 9:30 AM: Kabaddi – India women vs Iran in gold medal match (medal event).
• 9:30 AM: Sailing – Shraddha Verma and Ravindra Kumar in mixed dinghy/470 mixed opening series race.
• 9:30 AM: Shooting – Vidarsa K Vinod in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual final (medal event, subject to qualification).
• 9:30 AM: Shooting – Ashi Chouksey in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual final (medal event, subject to qualification).
• 9:30 AM: Shooting – Tilottama Sen in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual final (medal event, subject to qualification).
• 10:15 AM: Boxing – Jadumani Singh Mandengbam vs Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in men’s 55kg Round of 16.
• 10:30 AM: Sailing – Prince Noble and Manu Francis in men’s skiff/49er team opening series race.
• 10:30 AM: Squash – Anahat Singh vs Satomi Watanabe of Japan in women’s singles semifinal.
• 10:30 AM onwards: Fencing – Joys Ashitha Stalinraj, Naorem Mina Devi, Kanupriya Chawla and Sonia Devi Waikhom in women’s foil team semifinal (subject to qualification).
• 10:40 AM: Sailing – Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma in women’s skiff/49er FX team opening series race.
• 10:45 AM: Boxing – Kapil Pokhariya vs Sam Estaki of the Republic of Iran in men’s 90kg Round of 16.
• 11:00 AM: Badminton – Treesa Jolly and Gayatri P Gopichand vs Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto of Japan in women’s doubles Round of 16.
• 11:15 AM: Squash – Abhay Singh vs Irfan Muhammad of Pakistan in men’s singles semifinal.
• 12:30 PM: Badminton – Lakshya Sen in men’s singles Round of 16, subject to qualification.
• 12:30 PM: Badminton – Ayush Shetty in men’s singles Round of 16, subject to qualification.
• 12:30 PM: Badminton – PV Sindhu in women’s singles Round of 16, subject to qualification.
• 12:30 PM: Badminton – Unnati Hooda in women’s singles Round of 16, subject to qualification.
• 12:30 PM onwards: Fencing – Karan Singh, Gisho Nidhi K.P., Lakshay Badser and Vishal Thapar in men’s sabre team semifinal (subject to qualification).
• 1:30 PM: Hockey – India men vs Japan in Pool A.
• 1:50 PM: Fencing – Joys Ashitha Stalinraj, Naorem Mina Devi, Kanupriya Chawla and Sonia Devi Waikhom in the women’s foil team final (medal event, subject to qualification).
• 2:15 PM: Boxing – Priya vs Oh Yeonji of the Republic of Korea in women’s 60kg Round of 16.
• 2:30 PM: Kabaddi – India men vs Iran in gold medal match (medal event).
• 2:35 PM: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar in men’s decathlon high jump.
• 2:35 PM: Athletics – Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon high jump.
• 2:50 PM: Fencing – Karan Singh, Gisho Nidhi K.P., Lakshay Badser and Vishal Thapar in men’s sabre team final (medal event, subject to qualification).
• 3:00 PM: Esports – Adnan Mohammed Badshah, Deepkumar Vipulbhai Patel, Sai Krishna Nalluri, Dipjyoti Laxman Nath, Rudra Narayan Nayak and Reuben Fernandes in Pokmon Unite group-stage last selection, subject to qualification.
• 4:04 PM: Athletics – Jyothi Yarraji in women’s 100m hurdles Round 1, Heat 1.
• 4:12 PM: Athletics – Nandhini Kongan in women’s 100m hurdles Round 1, Heat 2.
• 4:30 PM: Athletics – Tajinderpal Singh Toor in men’s shot put final (medal event).
• 4:30 PM: Athletics – Karanveer Singh in men’s shot put final (medal event).
• 4:33 PM: Athletics – Haritha Bhadra in women’s 200m Round 1, Heat 2.
• 4:41 PM: Athletics – Unnati Aiyappa Bolland in women’s 200m Round 1, Heat 3.
• 4:54 PM: Athletics – Praveen Chithravel in men’s triple jump final (medal event).
• 4:54 PM: Athletics – Karthik Unnikrishnan in men’s triple jump final (medal event).
• 4:54 PM onwards: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in men’s 200m semifinal (subject to qualification).
• 5:21 PM: Athletics – Yoonus Shah in men’s 1500m Round 1, Heat 1.
• 5:31 PM: Athletics – Gulveer Singh in men’s 1500m Round 1, Heat 2.
• 5:50 PM onwards: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar in men’s decathlon 400m.
• 5:50 PM onwards: Athletics – Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon 400m.
• 6:15 PM: Athletics – Kiran Pahal in women’s 400m final (medal event).
• 6:15 PM: Athletics – Prachi in women’s 400m final (medal event).
• 6:33 PM: Athletics – Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi in men’s 400m final (medal event).
• 6:45 PM: Athletics – Parul Chaudhary in women’s 1500m final (medal event).
• 6:45 PM: Athletics – Pooja in women’s 1500m final (medal event).
• TBD: Table Tennis – Manush Shah vs Lin Shidong of China in men’s singles Round of 16.

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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA