India begins Day 5 of Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya with early medal events in rowing and wushu
India begins Day 5 of the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on September 24 with early medal events scheduled in rowing and wushu, and shooting competitions opening in the morning session.
India enters Thursday having crossed double figures in its medal haul and currently holds 12 medals at the end of Day 4 — 1 gold, 5 silvers and 6 bronzes — with the Indian women’s cricket team’s gold and Mirabai Chanu’s silver in weightlifting the campaign’s prominent results so far. The team’s Day 5 programme starts at 5:30 am IST, with athletes listed for medal opportunities across rowing, wushu and shooting; officials say Indian competitors are entered in as many as 12 medal events on Thursday and that total could rise if swimmers and shooters qualify for additional finals.
Rowing supplies multiple medal chances for India early in the day: Balraj Panwar is scheduled in the men’s single sculls final at 5:10 AM, while Satnam Singh and Salman Khan contest the men’s double sculls final at 5:30 AM. The women’s four final, featuring Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Haobijam and Poonam, is listed for 7:10 AM. Later sessions include Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Rohit in the lightweight men’s double sculls final at 12:00 PM, and Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh and Jakar Khan in the men’s quadruple sculls final at 1:00 PM.
Shooting and shotgun events occupy several morning slots: Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka are entered in the skeet mixed team qualification and final at 6:30 AM, after Anantjeet Singh recorded a bronze in the team event and a fourth-place finish in the individual final. The men’s 10m air pistol trio of Akash Bharadwaj, Kamaljeet and Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve will shoot in the individual qualification and team final at 6:15 AM, with the same combination listed for the men’s 10m air pistol individual final at 8:30 AM if they qualify.
Wushu and canoe sprint feature on the early programme as well: Roshibina Devi is scheduled to face Zhang Xiaoyu of China in the women’s 60kg wushu final at 6:10 AM. Canoe sprint finals include the men’s kayak four 500m final A at 8:10 AM with Naocha Laitonjam, Varinder Singh, Oinam Arun Singh and Harshawardhan Shaktawat named, and the men’s canoe double 500m final A at 8:30 AM with Raju Rawat and Gyaneshwor Singh.
Squash and several team sports also occupy India’s Day 5 schedule: Anahat Singh begins her campaign in the women’s singles, while Abhay Singh, Tanvi Sharma and Veer Chotrani continue in their respective singles events. The Indian men’s hockey team face South Korea in a Pool A match, and both the Indian men’s and women’s kabaddi teams will continue their group-stage campaigns. Athletics starts on September 24 with sprinters Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh in the men’s 100m heats; Seema is entered in the women’s 10,000m final at 5:55 PM and Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht contest the women’s triple jump final at 4:14 PM. Boxing action on the day includes Parveen Hooda versus Tajikistan’s Malika Nozimova in the women’s 65kg round of 32, Sakshi Chaudhary against Alua Balkibekova in the pre-quarterfinals, and Sumit in the men’s 70kg pre-quarterfinals.
India will contest up to 12 medal events on Thursday, with potential for that figure to increase should athletes advance to swimming and shooting finals later in the day.
