On Saturday, India's athletes are gearing up for an action-packed day at the 2023 Asian Games. From golf to weightlifting, and everything in between, they're ready to compete at their best. Join us as we explore the exciting events and watch India's talented athletes strive for success and medals.
Golf (Men's and Women's Individual and Team events, Round 3)
4:00 am: Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi
4:00 am: Aditi Ashok, Pranavi Sharath, Avani Prashanth
Equestrian (Eventing Dressage Team and Individual)
5:30 am onwards: Vikas Kumar, Apurva Dabhade, Ashish Limaye
Shooting
6:30 am: 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team - Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS
6:30 am: Men’s Trap-75 qualification (Phase 1) - Kynan Chenai, Prithviraj Toindaman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu
6:30 am: Women’s Trap-75 qualification (Phase 1) - Rajeshwari Kumari, Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak
Roller Skating
6:30 am: Women’s Speed Skating 10000m Point-Elimination Race - Heeral Sadhu, Aarathy Raj
7:05 am: Men’s Speed Skating 10000m Point-Elimination Race - Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble
Athletics
6:35 am: Men’s Long Jump Qualification - Jeswin Aldrin (Group A), Murali Sreeshankar (Group B)
6:38 am: Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles - Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara (Heat 2)
6:45 am onwards: Women’s 100m Hurdles - Jyothi Yarraji (Heat 1), Nithya Ramraj (Heat 2)
7:05 am onwards: Men’s 1500m - Ajay Kumar Saroj (Heat 1), Jinson Johnson (Heat 2)
7:20 am: Women’s Heptathlon High Jump - Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara
4:40 pm: Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put - Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara
5:30 pm: Women’s 400m Final - Aishwarya Mishra and Himanshi Malik (if qualified)
5:40 pm: Men’s 400m Final - Muhammad Anas Yahiya and Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi (if qualified)
5:50 pm: Men’s 10000m Final - Gulveer Singh, Kartik Kumar
6:35 pm: Women’s Heptathlon 200m - Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara
Bridge
6:30 am onwards: Men’s team, Women’s team, and Mixed team Round Robin 2
Kurash
7:00 am onwards (all rounds)
Men’s 66kg - Keshav
Women’s 52kg - Pincky Balhara, Suchika Tariyal
Canoe Sprint
7:20 am: Men’s Canoe Single 1000m - Niraj Verma (Heat 1)
7:48 am: Women’s Kayak Double 500m - Binita Chanu Oinam and Parvathy Geetha (Heat 2)
8:16 am: Men’s Canoe Double 500m - Ribason Ningthoujam and Gyaneshwor Philem (Heat 1)
12:45 pm: Men’s Canoe Single 1000m Semifinal - Niraj Verma (if qualified)
1:00 pm: Women’s Kayak Double 500m Semifinal - Binita Chanu Oinam and Parvathy Geetha (if qualified)
1:16 pm: Men’s Canoe Double 500m Semifinal - Ribason Ningthoujam and Gyaneshwor Philem (if qualified)
Volleyball
8:00 am: India vs North Korea, Women’s Pool A match
Table Tennis
10:15 am: Manush Shah/ Manav Thakkar vs Jonghoon Lim/Woojin Jang (South Korea), Men’s Doubles quarterfinal
11:00 am: Manika Batra vs Yidi Wang(China), Women’s Singles quarterfinal
4:00 PM: Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee vs TBD, Women’s Doubles quarterfinal
Tennis
10:30 am onwards: Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale vs Tsung-hao Huang/En-shuo Liang (Chinese Taipei), Mixed Doubles final
Handball
11:30 am: India vs Nepal, Women’s Group B match
Boxing
12:15 pm: Lovlina Borgohain vs Suyeon Seong (South Korea), Women’s 75kg quarterfinal
11:30 am: Preeti vs Zhaina Shekerbekova (Kazakhstan), Women's 54 kg quarterfinal
1:00 pm: Sachin vs Turki Abuquthailah (Kuwait), Men's 57kg Round of 16
2:15 pm: Narender vs Iman Ramezanpourdelavar (Iran), Men's +92kg quarterfinal
6:30 pm: Nishant Dev vs Sewonrets Okazawa, Men's 71kg quarterfinal
Weightlifting
12:30 pm: Women’s 49kg - Mirabai Chanu
4:30 pm: Women’s 55kg - Bindyarani Devi
Chess
12:30 pm: Men’s and Women’s Team Round 2
Squash
1:00 pm: India vs Pakistan, Men's Team final
Badminton
2:30 pm: India vs South Korea, Men’s Team Semifinal
Diving
5:00 pm: Men’s Synchronized 3m Springboard Final - London Singh Hemam and Siddharth Pradeshi
Hockey
6:15 pm: India vs Pakistan, Men’s Pool A match
This schedule includes a wide range of sports, from golf to weightlifting, offering plenty of opportunities for India to shine and compete for medals.
