India faces a crowded Asian Games schedule with finals across sports

India faces a busy day of Asian Games competition on September 27, with medal opportunities and progression rounds scheduled across athletics, squash, shooting, archery, weightlifting and several other sports. The day begins with the women’s marathon race walk final, featuring Priyanka and Manju Rani. Equestrian dressage, shooting and archery also feature early in the programme, while Harjinder Kaur is scheduled to compete in the women’s 69kg weightlifting final at 10am.

Squash provides two major afternoon finals. Abhay Singh is due to meet Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yow in the men’s singles final at 12:30pm. Anahat Singh follows in the women’s singles final at 1:30pm against Sivasangari Subramaniam.

Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat are listed for the women’s 25m pistol individual and team qualification stages. Kynan Chenai, Ahvar Rizvi and Shapath Bharadwaj are scheduled for the men’s trap qualification, while Neeru, Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat compete in the women’s event. India’s archers are entered in men’s, women’s and mixed-team compound and recurve events.

Badminton entries include women’s doubles quarter-finalists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, and mixed doubles players Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto. The women’s singles quarter-finals list PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda, subject to qualification. The evening athletics programme includes the women’s long jump final, featuring Ancy Sojan Edapilly and Shaili Singh, and the men’s 200m final with Animesh Kujur.

Indian athletes are also listed in the women’s 200m, men’s high jump, 100m hurdles and 3000m steeplechase finals. The schedule also includes entries in surfing, fencing, kurash, sailing, boxing, sepaktakraw and decathlon. Several listed later-round appearances are conditional on athletes qualifying earlier in the day.