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 8:23 AM IST
Squash, Mixed Doubles Round of 16: Joshna/Velavan takes a 1-0 lead over Suraj/Shameena
In an all-Indian pre-quarterfinal matchup, the experienced duo of Velavan Senthilkumar and Joshna Chinappa take the first game against the compatriots Suraj Chand and Shameena Riaz.
The young Indian pairing makes a lot of unforced errors on return, which Velavan and Joshna take full advantage of and win the game 11-7, leading throughout.
- 24 Sept 2026 7:47 AM IST
SWimming, 4x100m Freestyle Relay: India 12th overall
India’s men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team finished 12th overall with a time of 3:23.51s.
The quartet comprised Akash Mani, Rohit Benedicton, Gitesh Heer Shah and Aneesh Gowda.
- 24 Sept 2026 7:36 AM IST
Swimming, Men’s 800m Freestyle Final B: Aryan Nehra third Final B
Aryan Nehra clocked 8:02.52s to finish third in the men's 800m freestyle final B. This is a timed final, the position will be decided once all three finals are complete.
- 24 Sept 2026 7:27 AM IST
Table Tennis, Women's Doubles: Sreeja-Syndrela off to a winning start
Akula and Das start off with an 11-4, 11-2, 12-10 win in women's doubles Round 2!
- 24 Sept 2026 7:11 AM IST
Athletics, Mixed 4x400m: India advance to the final
A comfortable outing in the mixed 4x400m heats for India as athletics action begin in Japan.
The quartet of Manu Saji, Poovamma Raju, Jay Kumar, and Kiran clock 3:16.23 to finish second in their heat by China.
Veteran Poovamma Raju, running the second leg, was impressive in particular, overtaking two runners on the final bend to give India the lead.
Jay Kumar maintained it before Kiran fell behind in the home stretch to cross the line second.
- 24 Sept 2026 7:10 AM IST
Shooting, Skeet Mixed Team Qualification: Parinaaz Dhaliwal-Anant Jeet Singh Naruka in action
The mixed team skeet qualification is underway. India’s Parinaaz Dhaliwal-Anant Jeet Singh Naruka will be hoping to make the finals.
Parinaaz Dhaliwal has already tasted success at Aichi Nagoya. She was part of the bronze-winning Indian women’s skeet team alongside Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan at the 2022 Asian Games.
The trio made history by winning India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in women’s skeet.
- 24 Sept 2026 7:00 AM IST
Canoeing, Women's Kayak Double 500m: Soniya & Geetha crash out
India's Soniya Devi and Geetha Parvathy crash out of the women's kayak double 500m, finishing last in semi-final 1.
They clock 2:01.020, more than six seconds behind the race winners from Indonesia.
- 24 Sept 2026 6:52 AM IST
Table Tennis, Women's Doubles: A comfortable win for Diya-Yashaswini
Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade, after making quarters in mixed doubles with their respective partners, start off well in women's doubles.
Chitale-Ghorpade start their campaign with an 11-2, 11-2, 11-4 win over Iran without breaking a sweat.
- 24 Sept 2026 6:51 AM IST
Swimming, Men’s 50m Butterfly Heats: Rohit Benedicton finishes 12th
Rohit Benedicton finished 12th overall in the men's 50m Butterfly heats, clocking 23.87s.
Rohit was 0.24 microseconds off his best time, a national record, of 23.63s clocked at the 2026 Senior National.
