The 2023 Asian Games get underway this weekend and the Indian contingent is ready to raise the tricolour high in Hangzhou, China. A total number of 634 Indian athletes will be taking part in the intercontinental tournament across 38 sports.
India will be expecting to return with its highest medal tally ever this year as the contingent includes a lot of promising athletes who can secure medals for the nation. Among others, all eyes will be on India’s shooting contingent as the team includes champions of the game who can definitely secure various medals.
Here’s the full schedule of shooting at Asian Games:
Sunday, 24 September
1. Women's 10m air rifle (qualifiers start 6:00 am onwards, final starts at 9:15 am) - Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita
2. Men's Rapid fire pistol (am onwards) - Adarsh Singh, Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu
Monday, 25 September
1. Men's 10m air rifle (6:30 am onwards, final starts at 9:00 am)- Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Tomar
2. Men's 25m rapid fire pistol (final starts at 11:30 am)- Adarsh Singh, Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu
Tuesday, 26 September
10m air rifle mixed team (6:30 am onwards, final starts at 9:30 am)
Wednesday, 27 September
1. Men's skeet (final starts at 15:00 pm)- Amantjeet Naruka, Gurjoat Khangura, Angadvir Singh Bajwa
2. Women's skeet (final starts at 12 noon)- Ganemat Sekhon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darshna Rathore
3. Women's 25m Sports pistol (final starts at 12:00 noon)- Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan
4. Women's 50m 3P (6:30 am onwards, final starts at 9:30 am)- Manini Kaushik, Sift Kumar Samra
Thursday, 28 September
1. Men's 10m Air pistol (6:30 am onwards, final starts at 9:00 am)- Arjun Cheema, Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal
2. Skeet mixed team (final starts at 11:30 am)
Friday, 29 September
1. Men's 50m 3P (6:30 am onwards, final starts at 11:30 am)- Aishwary Tomar, Akhil Sheoran, Swapnil Kusale
2. Women's 10m Air pistol (6:30 am onwards, final starts at 9:00 am)- Divya Subbaraju, Palak, Esha Singh
Saturday, 30 September
Air pistol mixed team (6:30 am onwards, final starts at 9:05 am)
Sunday, 1 October
1. Men's trap (final starts at 15:30 pm)- Kynan Darius Chenai, Prithviraj Toindaman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu
2. Women's trap (final starts at 12:30 pm)- Rajeshwari Kumar, Maneesha Kheer, Preeti Rajak
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