The latest Asian Games will begin on September 23 in Hangzhou, China, and will last through October 8.
The latest Asian Games will begin on September 23 in Hangzhou, China, and will last through October 8. The 19th Asian Games will feature an Indian team of 655 athletes competing in 41 of 61 events. The games will be held in 56 different locations, with 481 gold medals on the line. Though the games officially begin on September 23, events such as cricket, football, volleyball, and beach volleyball will begin on September 19.
While the catchphrase for the Indian presence at the Asian Games 2023 has been ‘Aab ki Baar, Sau Paar’ (which translates to crossing 100 medals this time), supporters and the sporting establishment would like to curb their expectations, but with an eye to the future.
Here is India’s full schedule for the Asian Games on September 20.
Rowing (Round 1)
Kiran and Geetanjali Gurugubelli (Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls), Arun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh Lightweight (Men’s Double Sculls), Parminder Singh and Satnam Singh (Men’s Double Sculls), PB Aswathi, Mrunmayee Salgaonkar, Priya Devi Thangjam, Rukmani (Women’s Fours), Babulal Yadav and Lekh Ram (Men’s Pair), Charanjeet Singh, Dhananjay Pande, Naresh Kalwania, Neeraj, Neetish Kumar, Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Punit Kumar (Men’s Eight), Heats – 6:30 am onwards
Balraj Pawar (Men’s Single Sculls), Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Punit Kumar (Men’s Four), Parminder Singh, Satnam Singh, Jakhar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh (Men’s Quadruple Sculls), Geetanjali Gurugubelli, Ritu Kaudi, Sonali Swain, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam, Varsha Babu, PB Aswathi, Mrunmayee Salgaonkar, Priya Devi, Rukmani (Women’s Eight), Fuyang Water Sports Centre, Heats – 12:30 pm onwards
Sailing (Day 1)
Chitresh Tatha, Adhvait Menon, Vishnu Saravanan, Jerome Kumar, K. C. Ganapathy, and Varun Thakkar, Ishwariya Ganesh, Neha Thakur, Nethra Kumanan, Harshita Tomar, and Shital Verma, Preethi Kongara, Sudhanshu Shekhar, Siddheshwar Doiphode, and Ramya Saravanan – 9 am onwards
Modern Pentathlon (Fencing): Mayank Chaphekar (12 pm)
Men’s Volleyball: India vs Korea (4:30 pm)
