India’s Asian Games schedule puts boxing, wrestling and hockey in focus

India’s Asian Games campaign on October 2 includes a women’s 75-kilogram boxing final, wrestling qualification and knockout bouts, and several team events, according to the schedule published by India Today. Lovlina Borgohain is scheduled to face China’s Bao Ziyi in the women’s 75kg final at 10am. The event is listed as a medal contest.

Wrestling action includes Dipanshi against Japan’s Yui Susaki in the women’s 50kg qualification round, Priya Malik against Kyrgyzstan’s Aiperi Medet Kyzy in the women’s 76kg qualification round, and Rajat Ruhal against Kazakhstan’s Yedige Kassimbek in the men’s 125kg freestyle qualification round. Sujeet is scheduled to meet Afghanistan’s Sayed Omar Zazai in the men’s 65kg pre-quarterfinals. The programme also lists later quarterfinals and semifinals involving the Indian wrestlers, although several are conditional on earlier results.

Repechage places are similarly marked as dependent on qualification or a loss to a finalist. Archery features women’s and mixed recurve team contests. Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod and Kirti Sharma are scheduled for a women’s team semifinal against China, with possible bronze and gold medal matches later.

Kumkum and Dhiraj Bommadevara are listed for mixed-team contests against Japan, while Dhiraj, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge are scheduled to meet Iran in the men’s team semifinal. India’s other team fixtures include a men’s volleyball classification match against the Republic of Korea and a women’s rugby sevens pool match against Malaysia. A women’s sepaktakraw group-stage match against Thailand is also scheduled.

The day’s programme additionally includes golf, sailing, cycling, canoe slalom and taekwondo. Several events, including later rounds in canoeing and virtual taekwondo, are listed as subject to qualification.