The fifth day of the Asian Games 2026, Wednesday (23 September), will be a crucial day for India, as Indian athletes will fight for key medals, while others will be busy with their respective progressions.
At the end of the fourth day of the Asian Games 2025, India has seven medals, including one gold, four silvers, and two bronzes. Now, the time has come for India to speed up its medal tally at the Asian Games 2025, as the country currently ranks eighth.
Asian Games 2026: Day 5 — Medal Events
06:15 (06:15 AM): Shooting (Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual Qualifying and Team Final) — Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh
06:30 (06:30 AM): Shooting (Men’s Individual Skeet and Team Final - Day 3/Final Day) — Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Khan, and Bhavtegh Singh Gill
06:30 (06:30 AM): Shooting (Women’s Individual Skeet and Team Final - Day 3/Final Day) — Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan
06:30 (06:30 AM Onwards): Fencing (Women's Individual Foil Bouts) — Mina Devi Naorem and Ashitha Stalinraj. Followed by the Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals
06:30 (06:30 AM Onwards): Fencing (Men's Individual Sabre) — G Nidhi Kumaresan, Karan Singh. Followed by the Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals
09:00 (09:00 AM): Shooting (Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual Final) — Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh (Subject to qualification)
10:00 (10:00 AM): Weightlifting (Women’s 49kg) — Mirabai Chanu
11:30 (11:30 AM): Badminton (Men's Team Semifinal) — India vs China
13:30 (01:30 PM): Weightlifting (Women’s 53kg) — Gyaneshwari Yadav
13:38 (01:38 PM): Swimming (Men's 100m Butterfly Final) — Benedicton Beniston and Sajan Prakash (Subject to qualification)
13:54 (01:54 PM): Swimming (Men's 200m Freestyle Final) — Vedaant Madhavan and Aneesh Sunil (Subject to qualification)
14:30 (02:30 PM): Wushu (Women's 60kg Semifinal) — Roshbina Devi vs Thania Kusumaningtyas
Asian Games 2026: Day 5 — Other Events
05:30 (05:30 AM): Sepaktakraw (Men’s Team Regu Group B) — India vs Philippines
05:30 (05:30 AM): Soft Tennis (Men’s Singles Quarterfinal) — Jay Meena vs Sherwin Nuguit
05:30 (05:30 AM): Rowing (Multiple Heats) — Multiple Indians
05:40 (05:40 AM): Rowing (Men's Single Sculls Heats) — Balraj Panwar
06:00 (06:00 AM): Rowing (Men's Double Sculls Heats) — Satnam Singh/Salman Khan
06:30 (06:30 AM): Table Tennis (Mixed Doubles Round 2) — Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Mohamed Ismail/Fathimath Ali (Maldives)
06:30 (06:30 AM): Equestrian (Eventing Individual and Team Cross Country Medal Events) — Fouaad Mirza (Camouflage 38), Arjan Nagra (Cooley Goodwood), and Ashish Limaye (Willy be Dun)
06:30 (06:30 AM): Canoe Sprint (Men's Kayak Four 500m Heats) — Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam, and Arun Singh
06:42 (06:42 AM): Swimming (Men's 100m Butterfly Heats) — Benedicton Beniston and Sajan Prakash
06:50 (06:50 AM): Rowing (Men's Pair Heats) — Jaswinder Singh and Nitin Kumar
06:50 (06:50 AM): Canoe Sprint (Women’s Canoe Single 200m Heats) — Megha Pradeep
07:01 (07:01 AM): Swimming (Men's 200m Freestyle Heats) — Vedaant Madhavan and Aneesh Sunil
07:10 (07:10 AM): Table Tennis (Mixed Doubles Round 2) — Manush Shah/Diya Chitale vs Chanul Kulappuwawadu/Bimandee Swarna (Sri Lanka)
07:10 (07:10 AM): Rowing (Women’s Four Heats) — Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Haobijam, and Poonam
07:50 (07:50 AM): Canoe Sprint (Women's Kayak Double 500m Heats) — Parvathy Geetha, Phairembam Soniya Devi
08:30 (08:30 AM): Kabaddi (Women’s Team Group A) — India vs Iran
09:40 (09:40 AM): Kabaddi (Men’s Team Group A) — India vs Bangladesh
10:30 (10:30 AM): Boxing (Men's 80kg Round of 32) — Ankush Panghal vs Hamsa Vogel (Bahrain)
10:30 (10:30 AM): Squash (Men’s Singles Round of 32) — Abhay Singh vs Arkaradet Arkarahirunya (Thailand)
10:40 (10:40 AM): Canoe Sprint (Men's Kayak Double 500m Heats) — Prasanna Kumar, Prohit Baroi
11:00 (11:00 AM): Canoe Sprint (Women’s Canoe Double 500m Heats) — Megha Pradeep, Neha Devi Leichonbam
11:10 (11:10 AM): Rowing (Men's Lightweight Single Sculls Heats) — Ajay Tyagi
11:15 (11:15 AM): Squash (Women’s Singles Round of 32) — Tanvi Khanna vs Kim Dami (Republic of Korea)
11:20 (11:20 AM): Rowing (Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Heats) — Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Ajay Tyagi
11:30 (11:30 AM): Field Hockey (Women’s Pool B) — India vs Thailand
12:00 (12:00 PM): Squash (Men’s Round of 32) — Veer Chotrani vs Samil Wakeel (Sri Lanka)
12:10 (12:10 AM): Rowing (Men's Quadruple Sculls Heats) — Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, and Jakar Khan
12:20 (12:20 AM): Rowing (Men's Four Heats) — Vipul Ghurde, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav, and Yogesh Kumar