Asian Games
Asian Games 2026: Roshibina wins silver; Bronze in rowing, two medals in Athletics – Highlights
Highlights from India’s Asian Games campaign on September 24 as Roshibina Devi fights for wushu gold, rowers chase medals and India faces South Korea in hockey.
Asian Games 2026, September 24: India return to action on Thursday with a busy medal schedule, led by Roshibina Devi’s women’s 60kg sanda final in wushu and a series of rowing finals in the morning.
Roshibina will be the first major medal contender in action when she takes on China’s Xiaoyu Zhang at 6:05 AM, with gold at stake. The Indian had reached the final with a 2-0 semifinal win over Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas and will now look to move up from her bronze-medal finishes at the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games.
Rowing will also be a major focus, with the men’s single sculls and double sculls finals scheduled from 5:10 AM. Balraj Panwar will be among India’s medal hopefuls after progressing to the men’s singles sculls final on Wednesday. India will also feature in the women’s four and men’s quadruple sculls finals.
The day will also feature Indian athletes across boxing, squash, table tennis, fencing, canoeing, swimming, gymnastics and athletics.
Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh will compete in the men’s 100m heats, while the evening athletics programme includes the women’s 10,000m final and mixed 4x400m relay final.
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 24 Sept 2026 4:23 PM IST
Athletics, Women's Heptathlon Shot Put: Anamika K is in 9th place after the first three events
Anamika finished the shot put competition with a best of 11.15m on her final attempt, finishing 8th in this event.
She collected 605 points from the event and is now in 9th place after the first three events with a total of 2376 points.
Iran's Fatemeh Mohitizadeh is leading the chart with 2614 points, followed by Chen Cai Jun of Chinese Taipei at 2478 points and Japan's Nanaka Kajiki with 2458 points.
- 24 Sept 2026 4:18 PM IST
Athletics, Women's Heptathlon Shot Put: Pooja is in 8th place after 3 events
Pooja finished the shot put competition with a best of 11.44m on her final attempt to finish in 4th place.
She collected 624 points from the event and is now in 8th place after the first three events with a total of 2385 points.
- 24 Sept 2026 4:09 PM IST
Kabaddi: Women’s Group Stage – India vs Japan!
India’s women’s kabaddi team takes on Japan in their Group Stage clash at the Asian Games. The match is scheduled for 4:15 PM.
- 24 Sept 2026 3:34 PM IST
Esports, Puzzle (Puyo Puyo Champions): Paritosh advances to the quarterfinals
He registered two wins out of four matches in the group stage to finish third in the group and book his spot in the last 8.
He claimed wins against Mongolian and Singaporean athletes but lost the other two matches to Thai and Chinese Taipei athletes.
He will next take on South Korea's Dongshin Kang in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
- 24 Sept 2026 3:10 PM IST
Gymnastics, Women's Vault Final: Pranati Nayak scores 13.100 points; Misses out on a medal
Pranati Nayak put in a decent performance in the vault final, producing two clean landings. Although the difficulty of her routines was not of the highest standard, she did not score highly on the difficulty chart.
She recorded 12.900 on both vaults, which, combined with a 0.200-point bonus, took her average score to 13.100.
She finished the competition in 6th place, ending India's gymnastics campaign, as she was the lone Gymnast for the nation at these Games.
- 24 Sept 2026 3:05 PM IST
Boxing: Women’s 65kg Round of 16 – Parveen vs Tajikistan!
Walkover: Parveen advances to the quarterfinals after receiving a walkover against her Tajikistan opponent. She moves into the last eight without having to box.
- 24 Sept 2026 2:42 PM IST
Boxing: Women’s 51kg Round of 16 – Sakshi's campaign ends!
Sakshi loses 2-3. Balkibekova takes the third round 3-2 on the judges' cards and wins the bout by a 3-2 split decision. Sakshi exits the Asian Games in the Round of 16.
- 24 Sept 2026 2:38 PM IST
Boxing: Women’s 51kg Round of 16 – Sakshi vs Alua Balkibekova
Round 2: Balkibekova takes the second round 3-2 on the judges' cards, with three judges scoring it 10-9 in her favour. The Kazakh boxer now leads 2-0 on rounds, with one round remaining.
- 24 Sept 2026 2:35 PM IST
Boxing: Women’s 51kg Round of 16 – Sakshi vs Alua Balkibekova
Round 1: Balkibekova takes the opening round 3-2 on the judges' cards. Three judges score it 10-9 in favour of the Kazakh boxer, while two give Sakshi the round.
- 24 Sept 2026 2:28 PM IST
Boxing: Women’s 51kg Round of 16 – India vs Kazakhstan
India’s 51kg boxer Sakshi takes on Kazakhstan in the Round of 16 as her Asian Games campaign continues.
