The fifteenth day of competition at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya falls on 3 October 2026, bringing athletes and events into their third week of action. Across a broad slate of disciplines, athletes from the Indian delegation are scheduled for finals and podium-round action as the Games draw toward their closing stages.
A fixture placing the men's cricket side in the Bronze/Gold Medal Match is set to get under way at 06:00 IST. The gold medal fixture in men's hockey, scheduled for 06:30 IST, also carries Olympic qualification implications for the LA 2028 Games, with a podium result potentially securing India's men's hockey side a berth.
Five wrestlers set to represent the country — Aman Sehrawat, Antim Panghal, Sagar Jaglan, Deepak Punia, and Manisha Bhanwala — are due on the freestyle medal mat from 11:30 IST. Two medal programmes run in parallel during the morning session: Taekwondo's Women's 57kg and Women's +67kg bouts get under way from 10:30 IST, with Judo's medal rounds following an hour later at 11:30 IST.
Recurve medal-round action for both the men's and women's individual events is on the schedule for archers from India, with the men's bouts getting under way at 10:30 IST and the women's following at 13:30 IST. Three golfers representing India — Aditi Ashok, Veer Ahlawat, and Yuvraj Sandhu — are scheduled to compete across both the men's and women's stroke play events, with individual and team final rounds in each category getting under way from 03:30 IST.
Five tennis gold-medal bouts are slotted across the day's programme, opening with the Women's Singles at 05:30 IST, followed by the Men's Singles at 07:00 IST, the Women's Doubles at 08:30 IST, the Men's Doubles at 10:00 IST, and the Mixed Doubles rounding out the schedule at 11:30 IST, with Indian athletes set to take part in any event for which they have earned qualification. Competition in the rhythmic gymnastics discipline — covering both the individual and group all-around finals — gets under way at 05:30 IST.
Scheduled at 06:30 IST, the volleyball competition's concluding matches — covering both the bronze and gold medal contests in the men's draw — will go ahead provided India advances to that stage.
At the Asian Games 2026, India's gold medal haul has climbed to 16, leaving the country placed fifth across all medal categories combined. A gold medal was secured by the women's hockey squad at the Games.
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