Asian Games 2026 India schedule today, September 30: Olympic quota at stake in archery, women’s hockey eye finals, wrestling starts

India will have an opportunity to secure an LA 2028 Olympics quota in compound archery when the mixed team event takes centre stage at the Asian Games 2026 on Wednesday, September 30.

Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav face Thailand in the compound mixed team semi-finals, with the medal matches also scheduled later today. The Asian Games champions in the event will secure a quota place for their country for LA 2028, where compound mixed team archery will make its Olympic debut.

India will have two more medal opportunities in compound archery on Wednesday.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Taniparthi face the Republic of Korea in the women’s team semi-finals, while Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru and Kushal Dalal take on South Korea in the men’s team last four. The medal matches in both events will follow on the same day.

The Indian women’s hockey team will also have Olympic qualification in its sights when it faces South Korea in the semi-finals.

Victory today would put India in the gold-medal match and leave them one win away from securing a direct quota for the LA 2028 Olympics. The Asian Games women’s hockey champions will qualify directly for LA28.

In shooting, newly-crowned Asian Games champion Neeru Dhanda returns to the range less than 24 hours after winning the women’s trap individual gold medal.

Neeru, India’s only individual gold medallist at Aichi-Nagoya 2026 so far, will partner Kynan Chenai in the trap mixed team event.

In boxing, Priya Ghanghas, Lovlina Borgohain and Kapil Pokhariya will look to secure places in their respective gold-medal bouts. All three Indian boxers are already assured of at least bronze medals after winning their quarter-finals.

India’s wrestling campaign also begins on Wednesday. Nisha Dahiya starts her women’s freestyle 68kg campaign against Pak Sol Gum of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Asian Games bronze medallist Sunil Kumar will be in action in the Greco-Roman 87kg. Medal bouts in both categories are scheduled later today, subject to the Indians progressing.

Asmita Dey begins her judo campaign in the 48kg, with the competition running through to the medal bouts on the same day.

There are also possible medal opportunities in canoe slalom, where Pradhyumna Singh Rathod, Hitesh Kewat, Rina Sen and Pallavi Jagtap compete in the semi-finals. Sarita Kumari and Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka begin their women’s keirin campaigns in track cycling.

In squash, Anahat Singh, Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna and Shameena Riaz face Singapore in the women’s team quarter-finals.

Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar and Suraj Kumar Chand take on Kuwait in the men’s team quarter-finals.

India will also have two pairs in the men’s doubles quarter-finals in tennis. Anirudh Chandrasekar and N Sriram Balaji face the People’s Republic of China’s Jiang Fumin and Zhang Tianhui, while Yuki Bhambri and Dhakshineswar Suresh meet Chinese Taipei’s Ho Chenjui and Hsu Yu-hsiou.

Sumit Nagal and Dhakshineswar Suresh will also feature in the men’s singles third round, while mixed doubles action includes Yuki Bhambri and Rutuja Bhosale.

Asian Games 2026 India schedule today: September 30

All in Indian Standard Time (IST)

Archery

Compound women’s team semi-final: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Chikitha Taniparthi vs South Korea - 5:55 AM

Medal event: Compound women’s team bronze-medal match, if applicable - 6:25 AM

Medal event: Compound women’s team gold-medal match, if qualified - 6:50 AM

Compound mixed team semi-final: Chikitha Taniparthi/Sahil Jadhav vs Thailand - 7:55 AM

Medal event: Compound mixed team bronze-medal match, if applicable - 8:50 AM

Medal event: Compound mixed team gold-medal match, if qualified - 9:15 AM

Compound men’s team semi-final: Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal vs South Korea - 10:55 AM

Medal event: Compound men’s team bronze-medal match, if applicable - 11:25 AM

Medal event: Compound men’s team gold-medal match, if qualified - 11:50 AM

Boxing

Medal event: Women’s 60kg semi-final: Priya Ghanghas vs Yang Chengyu (CHN) - 10:15 AM

Medal event: Women’s 75kg semi-final: Lovlina Borgohain vs Natalya Bogdanova (KAZ) - 10:45 AM

Medal event: Men’s 90kg semi-final: Kapil Pokhariya vs Turabek Khabibullaev (UZB) - 12:00 PM

Canoe slalom

Men’s kayak single semi-final: Pradhyumna Singh Rathod, Hitesh Kewat - 7:00 AM

Women’s canoe single semi-final: Rina Sen, Pallavi Jagtap - 8:00 AM

Medal event: Men’s kayak single final, if qualified - 10:00 AM

Medal event: Women’s canoe single final, if qualified - 10:36 AM

Cycling - track

Men’s sprint qualifying: Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo - 6:30 AM

Women’s keirin first round: Sarita Kumari - 7:00 AM

Women’s keirin first round: Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka - 7:05 AM

Men’s sprint 1/16 finals, if qualified - 7:10 AM onwards

Women’s keirin repechages, if required - 7:34 AM onwards

Men’s sprint 1/16 finals repechages, if required - 7:44 AM onwards

Women’s keirin semi-finals, if qualified - 11:30 AM onwards

Men’s sprint 1/8 finals, if qualified - 11:40 AM onwards

Men’s sprint 1/8 finals repechages, if required - 12:26 PM

Women’s keirin final for places 7-12, if applicable - 12:32 PM

Medal event: Women’s keirin gold-medal final, if qualified - 12:37 PM

Esports

League of Legends, Group B: India vs Hong Kong China - 5:30 AM

League of Legends, Group B: India vs South Korea - 8:00 AM

League of Legends, Group B: India vs Chinese Taipei - 10:30 AM

Golf

Men’s individual stroke play, round 1: Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar, Yuvraj Sandhu - 3:00 AM

Women’s individual stroke play, round 1: Pranavi Urs, Diksha Dagar, Aditi Ashok - 7:50 AM

Hockey

Women’s semi-final: India vs South Korea - 3:30 PM

Judo

Women’s 48kg round of 16: Asmita Dey vs Ha Ngoc Chi (VIE) - 7:30 AM

Women’s 48kg quarter-final, repechage and semi-final - subject to qualification

Medal event: Women’s 48kg bronze-medal match, if applicable - 1:30 PM

Medal event: Women’s 48kg final, if qualified - 1:50 PM

Sailing

Women’s windsurfing/iQFOiL races 1-4: Katya Ida Coelho - 7:30 AM onwards

Men’s skiff/49er races 3-6: Prince Kurisinkal Noble/Manu Francis - 7:30 AM onwards

Men’s dinghy/ILCA 7 qualification series races 3-5: Vishnu Saravanan - 7:30 AM onwards

Women’s skiff/49er FX races 3-6: Harshita Tomar/Shital Verma - 7:35 AM onwards

Women’s dinghy/ILCA 6 qualification series races 3-5: Nethra Kumanan - 7:40 AM onwards

Girls’ dinghy/ILCA 4 opening series races 1-4: Mahi Verma - 10:30 AM onwards

Sepaktakraw

Women’s quadrant, Group A: India vs Vietnam - 5:30 AM

Men’s quadrant, Group A: India vs Laos - 6:30 AM

Women’s quadrant, Group A: India vs Philippines - 10:30 AM

Shooting

Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol individual qualification, stage 1: Anish Bhanwala - 6:10 AM

Trap mixed team qualification: Kynan Chenai/Neeru Dhanda - 6:30 AM

Medal event: Trap mixed team final, if qualified - 11:00 AM

Sport climbing

Men’s Speed 4 qualification: Deepu Mallesh - 9:00 AM

Women’s Speed 4 quarter-final: Joga Purty - 4:36 PM

Women’s Speed 4 semi-final: Joga Purty, if qualified - 4:40 PM

Medal event: Women’s Speed 4 final: Joga Purty, if qualified - 4:58 PM

Squash

Women’s team quarter-final: India (Anahat Singh, Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, Shameena Riaz) vs Singapore - 6:30 AM

Men’s team quarter-final: India (Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar, Suraj Kumar Chand) vs Kuwait - 11:00 AM

Tennis

Men’s singles third round: Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Tseng Chun-hsin (TPE) - 8:30 AM

Men’s singles third round: Sumit Nagal vs Sergey Fomin (UZB) - 9:30 AM

Men’s doubles quarter-final: Anirudh Chandrasekar/N Sriram Balaji vs Jiang Fumin/Zhang Tianhui (CHN) - 9:30 AM

Men’s doubles quarter-final: Yuki Bhambri/Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Ho Chenjui/Hsu Yu-hsiou (TPE) - 10:00 AM

Mixed doubles third round: Yuki Bhambri/Rutuja Bhosale vs Hsieh Su-wei/Tseng Chun-hsin (TPE) - 1:00 PM

Mixed doubles third round: N Sriram Balaji/Ankita Raina, subject to qualification - 1:00 PM

Wrestling

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