Asian Games 2026: Full September 21 schedule, IST timings and Indians in action

The Asian Games 2026 continue in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Monday with Indian athletes featuring in 11 disciplines.

Medal events will be there in swimming, shooting, soft tennis and wushu.

Here are all the events Indians will be participating in on Day 3 (all timings are in IST) in Aichi-Nagoya:

SWIMMING

6:32 a.m. - Men’s 50m Backstroke Heats - Rishabh Das, Srihari Nataraj

6:46 a.m. - Men’s 50m Freestyle Heats - Akash Mani,

6:50 a.m. - Men’s 50m Freestyle Heats - Heer Gitesh Shah

7:10 a.m. - Men’s 100m Breaststroke Heats - Danush Suresh

7:44 a.m. - Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Heats - India

1:30 p.m. - Men’s 50m Backstroke Final - Rishabh Das (Subject to qualification), Srihari Nataraj (Subject to qualification)

1:42 p.m. - Men’s 50m Freestyle Final - Akash Mani (Subject to qualification), Heer Gitesh Shah (Subject to qualification)

2:08 p.m. - Men’s 100m Breaststroke Final - Danush Suresh (Subject to qualification)

2:43 p.m. - Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final - India (Subject to qualification)

BADMINTON

11:30 a.m. - Men’s Team, Round of 16 - India vs Bangladesh

BOXING

8:30 a.m. onwards - Men’s 70kg, Round of 32 - Sumit vs Bunjong Sinsiri (Thailand)

MMA

8:30 a.m. onwards - Women’s Traditional -60kg semifinals - Suchika Tariyal vs Teo Hui Hoon (Singapore)

HOCKEY

9:30 a.m. - Women’s Hockey, Pool B Match - India vs Indonesia

KABADDI

9:45 a.m. - Men’s Team, Group A Match - India vs Japan

4:15 p.m. - Women’s Team, Group A - India vs Bangladesh

SEPAKTAKRAW

5:30 a.m. - Men’s Team Regu, Group B Match - India vs Japan

SHOOTING

6:15 a.m. - 10m Air Rifle Men Individual Qualification & Team Final - Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane, Rudrankksh Patil

6:30 a.m. - Skeet Men Individual Qualification & Team Final Day 1 - Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka

6:30 a.m. - Skeet Women Individual Qualification Day 1 & Team Final - Maheshwari Chauhan, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon

9 a.m. - 10m Air Rifle Men Individual Final - Himanshu Dhillon (Subject to qualification), Parth Mane (Subject to qualification), Rudrankksh Patil (Subject to qualification)

TABLE TENNIS

6:30 a.m. - Women’s Team, Group F Match - India vs Pakistan

3:30 p.m. - Men’s Team, Group F Match - India vs Pakistan

SOFT TENNIS

5:30 a.m. - Mixed Doubles Group B Match - Aadhya Tiwari/Jay Meena vs Viva Chao/Chanroseka Khun (Cambodia)

6:30 a.m. - Mixed Doubles Group B Match - Aadhya Tiwari/Jay Meena vs Bud Nyamdorj/Enkhkhuslen Ganbaatar (Mongolia)

7:30 a.m. - Mixed Doubles Group B Match - Aadhya Tiwari/Jay Meena vs Kim Yeon-hwa/Park Jaekyu (Korea)

9 a.m. - Mixed Doubles First Round (Subject to qualification)

10:30 a.m. - Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals (Subject to qualification)

12 noon - Mixed Doubles Semifinals (Subject to qualification)

1:30 p.m. - Mixed Doubles Final (Subject to qualification)

WUSHU

5:30 a.m. - Women’s Changquan Final - Nyeman Wangsu

3:00 p.m. onwards - Women’s 60kg 1/8 Finals - Roshibina Devi vs Most Shika Khatun (Bangladesh)

3:50 p.m. onwards - Men’s 56kg 1/8 Finals - Aryan vs Shahzada Safi (Afghanistan)

Published on Sep 20, 2026

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