Asian Games Sep 24: Rowing and Roshibina headline India’s Day 5 medal bids
India will have multiple medal opportunities at the Asian Games on September 24, with rowing, wushu, shooting, canoe sprint, swimming and athletics among the disciplines in contention on Day 5 of competition.
The programme for Thursday begins with rowing and includes finals and medal events across both individual and team sports, offering India chances across water, combat and track disciplines. Events listed for the day span early-morning rowing finals through contested finals in wushu and shooting later in the morning, alongside athletics and other sessions. Several Indian athletes are scheduled for finals and opening-rounds that could yield podium outcomes for the contingent.
Rowing opens the competitive day for India, with Balraj Panwar entered in the men's single sculls Final A at 5:10 AM IST. Satnam Singh and Salman Khan are set to contest the men's double sculls Final A later in the rowing schedule. India also features in medal events in the women's four, men's lightweight double sculls and men's quadruple sculls.
In wushu, Roshibina Devi is listed as a prominent medal hope and will take on Zhang Xiaoyu of China in the women's Sanda 60kg final at 6:10 AM IST. That bout represents one of India’s headline medal opportunities among the combat sports on the day. No additional bout times for other wushu categories are provided in the schedule excerpt.
Shooting presents further medal possibilities, with Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal competing in the skeet mixed team final. The men's 10m air pistol final is noted as a potential event for India and could feature Kedarling B. Uchaganve, Aakash Bharadwaj and Kamaljeet, subject to qualification. Specific qualification outcomes determining participation in that pistol final are not detailed here.
On the track and field programme, Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht are entered in the women's triple jump final, while Seema will contest the women's 10,000m final. Sprinters Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh begin their men's 100m campaigns during the day. The schedule includes both finals and preliminary rounds for Indian athletes across the athletics programme.
India’s team sports fixtures on September 24 include the men's kabaddi team facing Chinese Taipei, the men's hockey team taking on South Korea, and the women's kabaddi team meeting Japan. These matches add team-event medal and progression stakes to India’s schedule for the day.
The full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Thursday, September 24 is provided for reference, listing the events and Indian participants scheduled to compete that day.