New Delhi: Hours for athletes of India on Day 1 of competition at the Asian Games in Incheon. Indian athletes will compete in a maximum of 13 sports. And it is expected that the medals to come from lifting weights and shooting.
In weightlifting, Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu Chanu and Saikhom Mirabai - both winners of medals in the Commonwealth Games Glasgow, seen in action in the women's 48 kg category. In the class of men 56 kg, Sukhen Dey represent India. He won the gold medal in Glasgow.
Shweta Chaudhry and Heena Sidhu Malaika Goel in Women 10 m Air Pistol; Mansher Singh, Darius Kynan Chenai and Manavjit Singh Sandhu in Trap Men; and Om Prakash, Jitu and Omkar Singh Rai in Men's 50m Pistol events will seek glory.
Other notable performances where Indians are expected to perform well in team events are badminton, tennis team events, etc.
Below is the full schedule is as follows:
BADMINTON:
5:30 IST: Women's team of 16 Match: India vs Macau
9:30 IST: Men's Team Round of 16 Match: India vs South Korea
Asian Games opening ceremony begins with 'Gangnam Style'
BASKETBALL:
12:45 IST: Group B, India vs Palestine
CYCLING:
12:30 IST: Women's Team Sprint Classification - Heat 1 (Deborah and Kezia Vergheese)
12:45 IST: Men's Team Sprint Cup - Heat 1 (Amrit Singh, Amrit Nagi and Alan Baby)
EQUESTRIAN:
8:30 IST: Team Dressage Prix St-Georges (Rajendra Shubhsri, Nadia Haridass, Vanita Malhotra, Shruti Vora)
HANDBALL:
6:30 IST: Men's Preliminary Round - Group D, India vs Chinese Taipei
12:30 IST: Women's Preliminary Round - Group A, India vs South Korea
JUDO:
10:30 IST: Men 60kg Elimination Round of 32: Navjot Chana vs Almaraghy Abdalla (Kuwait)
Female 48kg Elimination Round of 16: Likmabam Shushila Devi vs Kubeeva Mukaddas (Uzbekistan)
Female 52kg Elimination Round of 16: Thoudam Kalpana Devi Khadka vs Devika (Nepal)
ROWING:
6:50 IST: Lightweight Single Sculls Men Heat 2: Dushyant Dushiant
SHOT:
4:30 IST: Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification: Shweta Chaudhry, Heena Sidhu, Malaika Goel
Final Women's 10m Air Pistol Team: Shweta Chaudhry, Heena Sidhu, Malaika Goel
5:30 IST: Trap Men Qualifying Day 1: Mansher Singh, Darius Kynan Chenai, Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Rated 50m Pistol Men: 06:00 IST Om Prakash, Jitu Rai, Omkar Singh
6:00 IST: 50m Pistol Men Finals Team: Om Prakash, Jitu Rai, Omkar Singh.
squash:
13:30 IST: Women's Singles Round of 16 Match: vs Song Sunmi Joshana Chinappa (South Korea); Dipika Pallikal Jinyue vs Gu (China)
15:30 IST: Men's Singles Round of 16 Match: Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu vs Almezayen Abdullah (Kuwait)
TENNIS:
7:00 IST: Second Round Women's Team: India vs Oman
VOLLEYBALL:
13:00 IST: Men's Preliminary Round - Group C, India vs Hong Kong
14:00 IST: Women's Preliminary Round - Group A, India vs South Korea
LIFTING:
12:30 IST: Women's 48kg Group A (Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu)
10:30 IST: Men's 56kg Group B (Sukhen Dey)
Wushu:
5:30 IST: Men Final Changquan: Anjul Namdeo
Men 60kg Sanda Round 16: Narender Grewal vs Mangal Prasad Tharu (Nepal)
Men Sanda 65kg Round of 16: M Bimoljit Singh vs Salaheddin Bayramov (Turkmenistan)
Female Sanda 52kg Round of 16: Yumnam Sanathoi Devi vs Kamalova Mubarak (Uzbekistan)
Men 56kg Sanda Round 16: Santosh Kumar vs Rizaidin railin (Kazakhstan)
Female Sanda 60kg Round of 16: Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi vs Tan Thi Ly (Vietnam).