Roshibina Devi’s wushu gold-medal bout, five rowing finals, a fresh shooting challenge and India’s men’s hockey clash against South Korea headline a medal-heavy Day 6 at the Asian Games 2026.
India begins Thursday with 12 medals—one gold, five silver and six bronze. Action starts at 5:10 AM IST and continues into the evening, when athletics offers direct medal opportunities in the women’s triple jump and 10,000m.
Roshibina Devi is already guaranteed at least silver and will face China’s Zhang Xiaoyu for gold at 6:10 AM. Before and after her bout, Indian rowers contest multiple Final A races, while the shooting team and athletics contingent open new medal routes.
India’s complete Day 6 schedule in IST
| Time | Sport | Event | Indian athlete or team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:10 AM | Rowing | Men’s single sculls Final A | Balraj Panwar | Medal event |
| 5:30 AM | Rowing | Men’s double sculls Final A | Satnam Singh, Salman Khan | Medal event |
| 6:10 AM | Wushu | Women’s sanda 60kg final vs Zhang Xiaoyu, China | Naorem Roshibina Devi | Gold-medal bout |
| 6:15 AM | Shooting | Men’s 10m air pistol qualification and team final | Kedarling B Uchaganve, Aakash Bhardwaj, Kamaljeet | Team medal |
| 6:30 AM | Rowing | Men’s pair Final B | Jaswinder Singh, Nitin Kumar | Classification race |
| 6:30 AM | Shooting | Skeet mixed team qualification | Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal | Qualification |
| 6:30 AM | Canoe sprint | Men’s canoe double 500m Final A | Gyaneshwor Singh Philem, Raju Rawat | Medal event |
| 6:30 AM | Canoe sprint | Women’s canoe single 200m semifinal | Megha Pradeep | Semifinal |
| 6:30 AM | Athletics | Women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles, Heat 1 | Anamika KA | Heptathlon |
| 6:30 AM | Table tennis | Women’s doubles R32 vs Iran | Diya Chitale, Yashaswini Ghorpade | Knockout |
| 6:38 AM | Athletics | Women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles, Heat 2 | Pooja | Heptathlon |
| 6:46 AM | Swimming | Men’s 50m butterfly, Heat 5 | Rohit Benedicton | Heat |
| 6:50 AM | Canoe sprint | Women’s kayak double 500m semifinal | Parvathy Geetha, Phairembam Soniya Devi | Semifinal |
| 7:01 AM | Athletics | Mixed 4x400m relay, Round 1 Heat 2 | India | Heat |
| 7:10 AM | Rowing | Women’s four Final A | Gurbani Kaur, Poonam, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam, Aleena Anto | Medal event |
| 7:10 AM | Athletics | Women’s heptathlon high jump | Anamika KA, Pooja | Heptathlon |
| 7:10 AM | Table tennis | Women’s doubles R32 vs Mongolia | Sreeja Akula, Syndrela Das | Knockout |
| 7:21 AM | Swimming | Men’s 800m freestyle Final B | Aryan Nehra | Final B |
| 7:32 AM | Swimming | Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay heat | India | Heat |
| 8:00 AM | Canoe sprint | Women’s canoe single 200m Final A | Megha Pradeep, if qualified | Conditional |
| 8:00 AM | Squash | Mixed doubles Round of 16 | Joshna Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar | Knockout |
| 8:10 AM | Canoe sprint | Men’s kayak four 500m Final A | Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh, Oinam Arun Singh | Medal event |
| 8:15 AM onwards | Fencing | Women’s sabre pools | Bhavani Devi, Shreya Gupta | Qualification |
| 8:20 AM | Canoe sprint | Women’s kayak double 500m Final A | Parvathy Geetha, Phairembam Soniya Devi, if qualified | Conditional |
| 8:35 AM | Table tennis | Men’s singles Round of 64 vs Wong Qi Shen | Manush Shah | Knockout |
| 9:45 AM | Kabaddi | Men’s Group A: India vs Chinese Taipei | India | Group match |
| 10:10 AM onwards | Fencing | Women’s sabre knockout rounds | Bhavani Devi, Shreya Gupta, if qualified | Conditional |
| 10:30 AM | Boxing | Men’s 70kg Round of 16 vs Ali Qasim Al-Sarray | Sumit | Knockout |
| 10:30 AM | Squash | Women’s singles Round of 16 | Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna | Knockout |
| 11:10 AM | Canoe sprint | Men’s kayak single 500m, Heat 2 | Harshwardhan Shaktawat | Heat |
| 11:15 AM | Shooting | Skeet mixed team final | Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, if qualified | Conditional medal |
| 11:15 AM | Squash | Men’s singles Round of 16 | Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani | Knockout |
| 11:30 AM | Hockey | Men’s Pool A: India vs South Korea | India | Pool match |
| 11:30 AM onwards | Esports | Puyo Puyo Champions Group B | Paritosh | Four group matches |
| 11:40 AM | Canoe sprint | Mixed kayak double 500m, Heat 2 | Parvathy Geetha, Prasanna Kumar | Heat |
| 12:00 PM | Rowing | Men’s lightweight double sculls Final A | Rohit, Ujjwal Kumar Singh | Medal event |
| 12:15 PM | Shooting | Men’s 10m air pistol individual final | Indian qualifiers | If qualified |
| 1:00 PM | Rowing | Men’s quadruple sculls Final A | Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Jakar Khan | Medal event |
| 1:35 PM | Swimming | Men’s 50m butterfly final | Rohit Benedicton, if qualified | Conditional |
| 2:10 PM onwards | Fencing | Women’s sabre semifinals and final | Indian qualifiers | Conditional medal |
| 2:15 PM | Boxing | Women’s 51kg Round of 16 vs Alua Balkibekova | Sakshi | Knockout |
| 2:25 PM | Gymnastics | Women’s vault final | Pranati Nayak | Medal event |
| 2:45 PM | Boxing | Women’s 65kg Round of 16 vs Malika Nozimova | Parveen | Knockout |
| 2:48 PM | Swimming | Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final | India, if qualified | Conditional |
| 3:35 PM | Athletics | Women’s heptathlon shot put | Anamika KA, Pooja | Heptathlon |
| 4:14 PM | Athletics | Women’s triple jump final | Niharika Vashisht, Asha Ilango | Medal event |
| 4:15 PM | Kabaddi | Women’s Group A: India vs Japan | India | Group match |
| 4:38 PM | Athletics | Men’s 100m, Round 1 Heat 1 | Animesh Kujur | Heat |
| 5:02 PM | Athletics | Men’s 100m, Round 1 Heat 4 | Gurindervir Singh | Heat |
| 5:30 PM | Athletics | Women’s heptathlon 200m | Anamika KA, Pooja | Heptathlon |
| 5:55 PM | Athletics | Women’s 10,000m final | Seema | Medal event |
| 6:45 PM | Athletics | Mixed 4x400m relay final | India, if qualified | Conditional medal |
Confirmed and potential medal events
- 5:10 AM and 5:30 AM – Rowing: Balraj Panwar, followed by Satnam Singh and Salman Khan, contest Final A races.
- 6:10 AM – Wushu: Roshibina Devi faces Zhang Xiaoyu for gold; India is guaranteed at least silver.
- 6:15 AM – Shooting: Men’s 10m air pistol team medals are decided from qualification scores.
- 6:30 AM to 8:20 AM – Canoe sprint: India has direct and qualification-dependent Final A opportunities.
- 7:10 AM, 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM – Rowing: Three more Indian crews contest medal races.
- 11:15 AM – Shooting: Skeet mixed team final, subject to qualification.
- 2:25 PM – Gymnastics: Pranati Nayak competes in the women’s vault final.
- 4:14 PM and 5:55 PM – Athletics: Women’s triple jump and 10,000m finals.
- 6:45 PM – Athletics: Mixed 4x400m relay final, subject to qualification.
Five Day 6 events India cannot afford to miss
Roshibina’s shot at gold
After defeating Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas 2-0 in the semifinal, Roshibina faces China’s Zhang Xiaoyu. A victory would deliver India’s second gold of the Games.
Rowers enter five Final A races
From Balraj Panwar before sunrise to the men’s quadruple sculls at 1 PM, rowing provides India’s widest cluster of direct medal opportunities.
New shooting challenge
Aakash Bhardwaj, Kamaljeet and Kedarling Uchaganve contest the men’s 10m air pistol team event, while Anantjeet and Parinaaz join forces in mixed skeet.
India face South Korea in hockey
The defending champions face one of Pool A’s strongest opponents at 11:30 AM. The result could have a major influence on the group standings.
Pranati in the vault final
Pranati Nayak competes at 2:25 PM after qualifying seventh. She will look to turn a place in the final into a breakthrough podium finish.
Athletics medal hunt begins
Niharika Vashisht, Asha Ilango and Seema enter direct finals, while India’s mixed relay team targets a place in the evening medal race.
Important team and knockout contests
India’s men’s kabaddi team, already through to the semifinals, completes its Group A programme against Chinese Taipei. The women’s side faces Japan later in the day after its convincing victory over Iran.
Boxers Sumit, Sakshi and Parveen face Round of 16 bouts, while Bhavani Devi begins her women’s sabre campaign. In squash, Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar enter the mixed doubles knockout stage before Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani play their singles matches.
The bottom line
Day 6 offers India medals from the opening hour to the final track session. Roshibina is the clearest gold opportunity, but the combined potential across rowing, shooting, canoe sprint, gymnastics and athletics could make September 24 one of India’s most productive days of the Games.
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