India faces China in Asian Games women’s hockey final on October 2
India’s athletes are scheduled to compete across wrestling, boxing, archery, cycling, golf and other sports at the 2026 Asian Games on October 2. The women’s hockey final against China is the day’s main team event, while Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen and Ankush are listed for boxing finals.
India is scheduled to contest medal events in several sports at the 2026 Asian Games on Friday, October 2, with the women’s hockey final against China among the day’s highlights. The programme includes wrestling, boxing, archery, cycling, golf, sailing, canoeing, taekwondo, rugby sevens, volleyball and sepaktakraw. Events begin in the early morning and continue into the afternoon.
In wrestling, Dipanshi, Priya Malik, Sujeet and Rajat Ruhal are listed for qualification or later-round contests in their respective categories. The schedule includes women’s 50kg and 76kg events and men’s 65kg and 125kg freestyle bouts. India also has three listed boxing finalists.
Lovlina Borgohain is scheduled to face China’s Bao Ziyi in the women’s 75kg final, while Parveen and Ankush are also identified in the source material as Indian finalists. Archery includes women’s recurve team and mixed recurve team contests. The listed athletes include Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod, Kirti Sharma and Dhiraj Bommadevara.
Medal matches are subject to qualification where indicated. Cycling events include the men’s keirin and the women’s omnium, while the men’s Madison final is also listed in the day’s overview. Golf features men’s and women’s team and individual stroke-play rounds, with Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar, Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Sharath Urs named among India’s participants.
The women’s hockey final against China is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and is described as the main team event of the day. India is also listed for a men’s volleyball classification match against the Republic of Korea and a women’s rugby sevens pool match against Malaysia.
The supplied schedule is truncated after a canoeing event and does not provide the complete programme or results. It therefore describes planned fixtures and medal opportunities rather than confirmed outcomes.
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