The latest edition of the Asian Games starts on September 23 in Hangzhou, China and lasts until October 8. The 19th edition of the Asian Games will see a strong Indian team with 655 members competing in 41 of the 61 disciplines. is played at 56 locations, with 481 gold medals. Although the games officially start on September 23, sports such as cricket, football, volleyball and beach volleyball will start from September 19.
While ‘Aab ki Baar, Sau Paar’ (which translates to crossing 100 medals this time) was the slogan for the Indian contingent at the 2023 Asian Games, the fans and the sporting establishment are looking to temper their expectations, but with an eye to surpass the 70 medals won during the previous edition in Jakarta and Palembang.
Here is India’s full schedule in the Asian Games on September 20
Rowing (round 1)
Kiran and Geetanjali Gurugubelli (women’s lightweight double sculls), Arun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh lightweight (men’s double sculls), Parminder Singh and Satnam Singh (men’s double sculls), PB Aswathi, Mrunmayee Salgaonkar, Priya Devi Thangjam, Rukmani (women’s quadruples), Babulal Yadav and Lekh Ram ( men’s pair), Charanjeet Singh, Dhananjay Pande, Naresh Kalwania, Neeraj, Neetish Kumar, Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Punit Kumar (men’s eight), heats – from 6.30 am
Balraj Pawar (men’s single sculls), Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Punit Kumar (men’s fours), Parminder Singh, Satnam Singh, Jakhar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh (men’s quadruples), Geetanjali Gurugubelli, Ritu Kaudi, Sonali Swain, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam , Varsha Babu, PB Aswathi, Mrunmayee Salgaonkar, Priya Devi, Rukmani (Women’s Eight), Fuyang Water Sports Centre, Heats – from 12.30 pm
Sailing (day 1)
Chitresh Tatha, Adhvait Menon, Vishnu Saravanan, Jerome Kumar, KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar, Ishwariya Ganesh, Neha Thakur, Nethra Kumanan, Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma, Preethi Kongara, Sudhanshu Shekhar, Siddheshwar Doiphode and Ramya Saravanan – 9am ahead
Modern pentathlon (fencing): Mayank Chaphekar (12:00)
Men’s Volleyball: India vs Korea (4:30 PM)
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