At the end of the sixth day at the Asian Games 2026, India has 17 medals, as the country is standing in 15th place with one gold, seven silvers, and nine bronzes. India badly needs more gold medals to climb the medal table strongly, and Friday (25 September) will be a crucial day for the country. There are some strong medal events for the nation, along with some serious progressions.
Asian Games 2026: Day 7 — Medal Events
06:00 (06:00 AM): Equestrian (Dressage Individual Qualification and Final) — Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Shruti Vora and Sud Jai
07:15 (07:15 AM): Shooting (Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual and Team Final) — APS Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, Niraj Kumar
08:10 (08:10 AM): Canoe Sprint (Women’s Kayak Four 500m Final) — Dhanamanjuri Khwairakpam, Pooja, Soniya Devi Phairembam, Parvathy Geetha
08:30 (08:30 AM): Shooting (Mixed 10m Air Pistol Team Final) — Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh
09:30 (09:30 AM): Kabaddi (Women’s Semifinal) — India vs Nepal
10:30 (10:30 AM): Shooting (Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual Final) — APS Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, Niraj Kumar (Subject to qualification)
10:45 (10:45 AM): Kabaddi (Men’s Semifinal) — India vs Thailand
13:30 (01:30 PM): Weightlifting (Women’s 61kg) — Nirupama Devi
15:35 (03:35 PM): Athletics (Women’s Shot Put Final) — Manpreet Kaur and Krishna Jayasankar Menon
16:33 (04:33 PM): Athletics (Women’s Pole Vault Final) — Sindhusree Ganesha and Baranica Elangoval
17:02 (05:02 PM): Athletics (Men’s 10,000m) — Gulveer Singh
17:10 (05:10 PM): Athletics (Men’s Hammer Throw) — Damneet Singh and Praveen Kumar
18:50 (06:50 PM): Athletics (Men’s 100m Final) — Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh (Subject to qualification)
Asian Games 2026: Day 7 — Other Events
04:14 (04:14 AM): Surfing (Women's and Men's Shortboard Heats) — Sugar Shanti Gayen, Kamali Prakash, Kishore Anbarashu, Sivaraj Babu
05:55 (05:55 AM): Athletics (Women's Heptathlon Javelin Throw) — Anamika Aneesh and Pooja Sharma
06:00 (06:00 AM): Fencing (Men's Team Foil Round of 16) — Aditya Badser, Hemash Singh, Tejas Patil, Sachin
06:10 (06:10 AM): Badminton (Mixed Doubles First Round) — Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto vs Aminath Abdul Razzaq/Nibal Ahmed (Maldives)
06:15 (06:15 AM): Shooting (Mixed 10m Air Pistol Team Qualification) — Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh
06:30 (06:30 AM): Canoe Sprint (Men's Kayak Double 500m Semifinal 1) — Prasanna Kumar, Prohit Baroi
06:30 (06:30 AM): Athletics (Women's Heptathlon Long Jump) — Anamika Aneesh and Pooja Sharma
06:30 (06:30 AM): Table Tennis (Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals) — Diya Chitale/Manush Shah vs Wong Chun Ting/Doo Hoi Kem (Hong Kong)
06:30 (06:30 AM): Table Tennis (Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals) — Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Lin Shidong/Kuai Man (China)
06:40 (06:40 AM): Swimming (Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats) — Dhanush Suresh
06:50 (06:50 AM): Canoe Sprint (Women’s Canoe Double 500m Semifinal 1) — Megha Pradeep and Neha Leichonbam
06:58 (06:58 AM): Swimming (Men's 200m Backstroke Heats) — Rishabh Das
07:00 (07:00 AM): Squash (Mixed Doubles Quarterfinal) — Joshana Chinappa/Velavan Senthilkumar vs David Pelino-Jemcya Aribado (Philippines)
07:00 (07:00 AM): Fencing (Women's Epee Team Round of 16) — Anupriya, Mitva Chaudhari, Tanishka Khatri, Yashkeerat Kaur
07:06 (07:06 AM): Swimming (Men's 200m Backstroke Heats) — Utkarsh Patil
07:10 (07:10 AM): Swimming (Men's 400m Freestyle Heats) — Dhakshan Shashikumar
07:20 (07:20 AM): Swimming (Men's 400m Freestyle Heats) — Aneesh Sunil
07:30 (07:30 AM): Field Hockey (Women’s Pool B) — India vs Japan
07:30 (07:30 AM): Table Tennis (Men’s Doubles Round 2) — Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Harmeet Desai vs Affan Pratama/Muhammad Negara (Indonesia)
07:36 (07:36 AM): Swimming (Men's 200m Butterfly Heats) — Sajan Prakash
07:55 (07:55 AM): Esports (Pokémon Unite) — India vs South Korea
09:00 (09:00 AM): Table Tennis (Women’s Singles Round 2) — Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Hend Zaza (Syria)
09:15 (09:15 AM): Squash (Men’s Singles Quarterfinals) — Abhay Singh vs Ryunosuke Tsukue (Japan)
09:45 (09:45 AM): Table Tennis (Women’s Singles Round 2) — Sreeja Akula vs Pyon Song Gyong (North Korea)
10:00 (10:00 AM): Squash (Women’s Singles Quarterfinals) — Anahat Singh vs Tanvi Khanna
10:15 (10:15 AM): Boxing (Men’s 60kg Round of 16) — Sachin Siwach vs Abu Jajeh Mohammad (UAE)
10:30 (10:30 AM): Table Tennis (Men’s Singles Round 2) — Manav Thakkar vs U Tae Ryong (North Korea)
10:45 (10:45 AM): Squash (Men’s Singles Quarterfinals) — Veer Chotrani vs Muhammad Irrfan (Pakistan)
11:15 (11:15 AM): Table Tennis (Men’s Singles Round 2) — Manush Shah vs Faraji Benyamin (Iran)
12:00 (12:00 PM): Table Tennis (Women’s Doubles Round 3) — Sreeja Akula/Syndrela Das vs Man Kuai/Manyu Wang (China)
12:30 (12:30 PM): Badminton (Men’s Doubles First Round) — Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Pakkapon Teeraratsakul/Peeratchai Sukphun (Thailand)
12:45 (12:45 PM): Table Tennis (Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals) — Diya Chitale/Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Fan Shuban-Chen Yi (China)
13:30 (01:30 PM): Badminton (Women’s Doubles First Round) — Treesa Jolly/Gayatroi Gopichand vs Tsang Hiu Yan/Lui Lok Lok (Hong Kong)
13:50 (01:50 PM): Badminton (Women’s Doubles First Round) — Simran Singhi/Kavipriya Selvam vs Febriana Kusuma/Meilysa Puspitasari (Indonesia)
14:15 (02:15 PM): Boxing (Women’s 54kg Round of 16) — Preeti Pawar vs Mi Chol Pang (North Korea)
16:11 (04:11 PM): Athletics (Men’s 100m Semifinals) — Gurindervir Singh
16:19 (04:19 PM): Athletics (Men’s 100m Semifinals) — Animesh Kujur
17:10 (05:10 PM): Badminton (Men’s Doubles First Round) — Hariharan Amsakarunan/MR Arjun vs Fajar Alfian/Shohibul Fikri (Indonesia)
17:53 (05:53 PM): Athletics (Women’s 400m Heats) — Kiran Pahal
18:01 (06:01 PM): Athletics (Women’s 400m Heats) — Prachi Choudhary
18:21 (06:21 PM): Athletics (Men’s 400m Heats) — Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi