Asian Games: All eyes on Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain; India set to break its best show record at Games; Day 11 full schedule

As on Oct. 3, 2023, India's Asian Games 2023 medal tally is 69 medals - 15 gold, 26 silver and 28 bronze. One medal away from equalling its best show at the Games. At the Jakarta 2018 edition, the Indian contingent displayed its a best-ever Asian Games haul of 70 medals - 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze. Team India is expected to surpass the feat with its members including "golden boy" Neeraj Chopra and world champion Lovlina Borgohain in fray for the gold in javelin and boxing(one assured medal).

Hangzhou:At present, India's Asian Games 2023 medal tally stands at 69 medals, comprising 15 gold, 26 silver and 28 bronze and is just a medal away from equalling its best show at the Games.

In the last quadrennial meet held at Jakarta in 2018, India put on its its a best-ever Asian Games show with its haul of 70 medals - 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze.

India wants gold from "Golden Boy" Neeraj Chopra and world champion Lovlina Borgohain in fray for the gold in javelin and boxing(one assured medal). Besides the duo, there are multiple athletics final events where Indian contingent is in race for medals.

Neeraj would like to defend his gold medal and end the season on a high when he takes aim with his javelin for the much-anticipated men's final javelin throw event here on Wednesday evening.

Neeraj's nearest competitor and world silver medallist Arshad Nadeem has pulled out of the Games citing a chronic knee injury which has been troubling for some time now. Therefore, it could just be a cakewalk for India's greatest athlete.

Neeraj has won every competition against Nadeem. Nine so far. This includes the 2018 Asian Games where the Pakistani was third when the Indian stood on top of the podium.

Boxing world champion Lovlina has locked an Olympic quotafor herself by moving into the final, at the Asian Games here on Tuesday.

Lovlina, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, has cleverly managed her bout against Asian Championship silver medallist Baison Manikon of Thailand to win by an unanimous 5-0 decision. She is now in the hunt for a gold medal in the continental showpiece.

Following is the schedule of Team India for Wednesday, October 4:

1. ATHLETICS:
   4:30 am: 35km Race Walk Mixed Team - Manju Rani, Ram Baboo
   16:30 pm: Men's High Jump Final - Sandesh Jesse, Sarvesh Kushare
   16:35 pm: Men's Javelin Throw Final - Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Kumar Jena
   16:40 pm: Women's Triple Jump Final - Sheena Nellickal Varkey
   16:55 pm: Women's 800m Final - Harmilan Bains, KM Chanda
   17:10 pm: Men's 5000m Final - Avinash Sable, Gulveer Singh
   17:45 pm: Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final - India
   18:05 pm: Men's 4 x 400m Relay Final - India (Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Nihal William, Mijo Kurian)
2. KABADDI:
   6:00 am: Men's Team Group A match - India vs Thailand
   1:30 pm: Women's Team Group A match - India vs Thailand
3. ARCHERY:
   6:10 am: Compound Mixed Team Quarterfinal - India vs Malaysia
   11:50 am: Recurve Mixed Team Quarterfinal - India vs Indonesia
4. EQUESTRIAN:
   6:30 am: Jumping Individual and Team Qualifier Round 1 - Kirat Singh Nagra, Tejas Dhingra, Yash Nensee
   11:30 pm: Jumping Individual Qualifier Round 2 and Team Final Round - Kirat Singh Nagra, Tejas Dhingra, Yash Nensee
5. BRIDGE:
   6:30 am onwards: Men's Team Semifinal Session 4, 5 and 6
6. WRESTLING:
   7:30 am onwards: Men's Greco Roman 67kg 1/8 final - Neeraj
   7:30 am onwards: Men's Greco Roman 87kg 1/8 final - Sunil Kumar
   7:30 am onwards: Men's Greco Roman 60kg 1/8 final - Gyanender Dahiya
   7:30 am onwards: Men's Greco Roman 77kg 1/4 final - Vikas
7. BADMINTON:
   7:30 am: Women's Singles Round of 16 - PV Sindhu vs Putri Wardani (Indonesia)
   7:50 am: Men's Singles Round of 16 - HS Prannoy vs Dmitriy Panarin (Kazakhstan)
   8:10 am: Women's Doubles Round of 16 - Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand vs H Kong/ S Kim (South Korea)
   8:30 am: Mixed Doubles Round of 16 - Tanisha Crasto/SP Krishna Prasad vs Ew Too/TJ Chen (Malaysia)
   9:10 am: Men's Doubles Quarterfinal - Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy vs D Marthin/L Rollycarnando (Indonesia)
   10:10 am: Men's Singles Round of 16 - Kidambi Srikanth vs Kodai Nagaoka (Japan)
   10:30 am: Women's Doubles Round of 16 - Tanisha Crasto/Ashwini Ponappa vs Y Zheng/S Zhang (China)
8. VOLLEYBALL:
   8:00 am: Women's Classification Pool G - India vs Nepal
9. SPORT CLIMBLING:
   9:05 am: Women's Speed Relay Qualification - India
10. SQUASH:
    9:30 am: Mixed Doubles Semifinal: India vs Hong Kong
    10:30 am: Mixed Doubles Semifinal: India vs Malaysia
    15:30 pm: Men's Singles Semifinal: Saurav Ghosal vs Chi Hin Henry Leung (Hong Kong)
11. DIVING:
    10:30 am: Men's 10m Platform Preliminary - Siddharth Pardeshi
12. BOXING:
    11:30 am: Women's 57kg Semifinal - Parveen Hooda
    13:15 pm: Women's 75kg Final - Lovlina Borohain vs Qi Lian (China)
13. CHESS:
    12:30 pm: Men's and Women's Team Round 6
14. HOCKEY:
    13:30 pm: Men's Semifinal - India vs South Korea