Asian Games 2023, Day 9: Know India's full schedule, medal events, timings on October 2

India's dazzling table tennis duo of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee will be aiming to secure a spot in the final on October 2, eyeing at least a silver medal.

Abhijeet Kumar Singh

• Sun • 01 Oct 2023

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee in action against China's Chen Meng and Wang Yidi in table tennis women's doubles quarter-final in Asian Games 2023.

Highlights:

India's medal tally has reached 53 in the Asian Games 2023.As of October 3, India has pocketed 13 Gold, 21 Silver, and 19 Bronze medals.

The city of Hangzhou, China, is currently buzzing with energy as it hosts the Asian Games 2023. The event, which commenced on 23 September 2023, is set to conclude with a grand closing ceremony on 8 October 2023. As the games progress, Indian athletes have emerged as formidable contenders, impressing the global audience with their remarkable skills and accomplishments.

In the ongoing 19th edition of the Asian Games, India are all guns blazing, and have already secured medals in sports like shooting, cricket, squash, sailing, tennis, rowing, equestrian, athletics, badminton, and wushu. With a delegation of 655 athletes representing the country, India's participation in the Asian Games 2023 has been both extensive and impactful.

As it stands, India boasts a notable count of 53 medals in the Asian Games as of October 1. This includes 13 gold, 21 silver, and 19 bronze medals. Among the standout performances, the sharpshooters have contributed the most to the medal tally. Notably, Day 8 saw the badminton team adding a silver medal to the country's collection.

With anticipation running high for the upcoming events, let's turn our attention to the Day 9 schedule for India, set to unfold on Monday, 2 October 2023.

Here's India's schedule for Asian Games 2023 for October 2, Monday:

Archery
6:30 AM onwards- Recurve and compound team (mixed, men and women) elimination matches

11:45 AM onwards- Recurve and compound individual (men and women) elimination matches

Athletics
6:40 AM- Men’s high jump qualification (Sarvesh Anil Kushare, Jesse Sandesh)

7:10 AM- Men’s 800m round 1 heats (Krishan Kumar, Mohammed Afsal)

7:45 AM- Men’s 400m hurdles round 1 heats (T Santhosh Kumar, Yashas Palaksha)

7:45 AM- Women’s 400m hurdles round 1 heats (Vithya Ramraj, Sinchal Ravi)

4:30 PM- Medal event: Women’s pole vault finals (Pavithra Vengatesh)

4:40 PM- Medal event: Women’s long jump finals (Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan)

4:50 PM- Medal event: Women’s 3000m steeplechase final (Parul Chaudhary, Preeti)

5:25 PM- Medal event: Men’s 200m finals (Amlan Borgohain)

6:10 PM- Medal event: Mixed relay 4x400m finals (Team India)

Badminton

7:30 AM onwards- Men’s singles round of 64 (Kidambi Srikanth)

7:30 AM onwards- Men’s doubles round of 32 (Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun)

7:30 AM onwards- Mixed doubles round of 32 (Rohan Kapoor/N Sikki Reddy, Sai Pratheek K/Tanisha Crasto)

Basketball

1:30 PM- Women's quarter-finals: India vs DPR Korea

Bridge

6:30 AM onwards- Men's, women’s and mixed team round robin 2 (Indian teams)

Canoeing

7:40 AM- Medal event: Men’s canoe single 1000m sprint final (Niraj Verma)

8:20 AM- Medal event: Women’s canoe double 500m sprint final (Megha Pradeep, Shivani Verma)

8:25 AM- Medal event: Women’s kayak double 500m sprint final (Binita Chanu Oinam, Parvathy Geeta)

9:15 AM- Medal event: Men’s canoe double 500m sprint final (Ribason Singh Ningthoujam, Gyaneshwor Singh Philem)

Chess

12:30 PM onwards- Men’s team round 4 (Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa)

12:30 PM onwards- Women’s team round 4 (Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B)

Diving

4:30 PM- Medal event: Men’s 1m springboard final (London Singh Hemam)

Equestrian
7:00 AM onwards- Eventing jumping team final and individual final (Apurva Kishor Dabhade, Vikas Kumar, Ashish Vivek Limaye)

Hockey

1:15 PM- Preliminary men's Pool A: India vs Bangladesh

Kabaddi

1:30 PM- Women’s team Group A: India vs Chinese Taipei

Kurash

7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)- Medal event: Men’s -90kg (Yash Kumar Chauhan)

7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)- Medal event: Women’s -87kg (Jyoti Tokas)

Roller skating

6:30 AM- Medal event: Men's speed skating 3000m relay heats and final (Vikram Rajendra Ingale, Aryanpal Singh Ghuman, Siddhant Rahul Kamble, Anandkumar Velkumar)

7:00 AM- Medal event: Women's speed skating 3000m relay final (Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Sanjana Bathula, Heeral Sadhu, Aarathy Kasturi Raj)