The eighth day at the 18th Asian Games will see Indians in action in table tennis, archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, shooting and hockey.
The day will start with women's skeet shooting qualifications where Rashmi Rathore and Ganemat Sekhon will be in action. The finals for skeet shooting will be played at 12:30 pm. Men's skeet shooting qualifications will also take place on Sunday and the finals will be played at 2:30 pm.
Both the men’s and the women’s team will begin their campaign in table tennis event, with the women's team playing Qatar at 8:30 am, China at 12:30 pm and Iran at 4:30 pm. The men's team, on the other hand will play UAE and Chinese Taipei.
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India will be vying for medal in many athletics events on Sunday. Muhammed Anas Yahiya and Arokia Rajiv will be part of the men’s 400m final. Hima Das, Nirmala Sheoran will be eyeing a podium finish in the women’s 100m final. Lakshmanan Govindan will also be in the men’s 10,000m final while Sreeshankar will be competing in the men's long jump final.
Indians in Action on Day 8
- 6:30 AM
Shooting | Skeet Women (Qualification) - Rashmi Rathore, Ganemat Sekhon - 7:30AM
Shooting | Skeet Men (Qualification) - Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Sheeraz Sheikh
Canoe | Sprint 500m Women (Heats) - 8:30 AM
TT | Women's Team Preliminary Round (Group A) - India vs Qatar - 8:50 AM
Canoe | Sprint 500m Men (Heats) - 9 AM
Women's 400m Hurdles - Juana Murmu - 9:20AM
Archery | Compound Men's Team 1/8 Eliminations - India vs Qata - 9:30AM
Men's 400m Hurdles - Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan, Dharun Ayyasamy
Handball | Men's Main Round Group 3 Round 7 Match: India vs Chinese Taipei - 11:30 AM
Saina Nehwal vs Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
PV Sindhu vs Jindapol Nitchaon (Thailand) - 12:10PM
Archery | Compound Women's Team Quarterfinals - India vs TBD - 12:30 PM
TT | Women's Team Preliminary Round (Group A) - India vs China - 2:15PM
Boxing | Round of 16
Manoj Kumar vs Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov (Kyrgyzstan) - 2:30 PM
TT | Men's Team Preliminary Round (Group D) - India vs UAE - 3 PM
Boxing | Round of 16
Sarjubala Devi vs Madina Ghaforova (Tajikistan) - 4:30 PM
Hockey | Men's Pool A: India vs Korea
TT | Women's Team Preliminary Round (Group A) - India vs Iran - 5PM
Women's 100m Semifinal - Dutee Chand - 5:10PM
Men's Long Jump Final - Sreeshankar - 5:30PM
Women's 400m Final - Hima Das, Nirmala Sheoran - 5:45PM
Boxing | Round of 16 Men's Light (60kg)
Shiva Thapa vs Jun Shan (China) - 5:50PM
Men's 10,000m Final - Lakshmanan Govindan - 6:30PM
TT | Men's Team Preliminary Round (Group D) - India vs Chinese Taipei
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