Asian Games 2026 Highlights Day 12: Archers, shooters star with 4 gold medals; women's hockey team qualifies for final

Archery: What a finish! India edge past South Korea 234-233 in a thrilling compound women's team semifinal, sealing a one-point victory to book their place in the gold medal match.

Archery: India turn the tables to take a two-point lead over South Korea, scoring 88 from the first nine arrows compared to Korea’s 86 in the compound women’s team semifinal.

Archery: India trail South Korea 29-30 after the opening three arrows in the compound women's team semifinal, with Korea hitting three perfect 10s.

The women's quadrant team beat Vietnam 2-0 (15-7, 15-8) in Group A match at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Gymnasium. India will next face the Philippines later in the day.

Shooting: Anish Bhanwala is in action in the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol individual qualification, with Stage 1 underway.

Archery: India take on South Korea in the compound women's team semifinals, with the bronze and gold medal matches to follow.

Esports: India’s League of Legends campaign is underway as the Indian team takes the field in the group-stage matches.

India enjoyed a memorable day at the Asian Games as Neeru Dhanda and the women's 4x400m relay team struck gold, taking the country's medal tally past the 50 mark. Dhanda braved heavy rain and chilly conditions to win the women's trap gold with an Asian record score of 28 in the final, before Kiran, Prachi Choudhary, M R Poovamma and Vithya Ramraj topped the 4x400m relay with a timing of 3:29.69s.

Golf: India are currently fifth in the men's team event after Round 1, with Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar and Yuvraj Sandhu in action.

Golf: Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar and Yuvraj Sandhu are all set to begin their men's individual stroke play campaign.

Here is India's schedule for September 30:

3:55 a.m. onwards: Golf - Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar and Yuvraj Sandhu in men's individual stroke play Day 1.

5:30 a.m. onwards: Sepaktakraw - India in women's quadrant group games.

5:30 a.m. onwards: Esports - India in League of Legends group matches.

5:55 a.m.: Archery - India vs South Korea in compound women's team semifinals, followed by bronze and gold medal matches.

6:10 a.m.: Shooting - Anish Bhanwala in men's 25m rapid individual qualification Stage 1.

6:30 a.m.: Track Cycling - Ronaldo Singh and David Beckham in men's sprint qualification.

6:30 a.m.: Squash - India vs Singapore in women's team quarterfinal.

6:30 a.m.: Shooting - India in trap mixed team qualification.

7:00 a.m.: Track Cycling - Sarita Kumari and Keerthy Rangaswamy Chikka in women's keirin heats.

7:00 a.m.: Canoe Slalom - Pradhyumna Singh Rathod and Hitesh Kewat in men's kayak single semifinal.

7:23 a.m.: Wrestling - Nisha in women's freestyle 68kg round of 16 bout, followed by quarterfinals, semifinals and final.

7:30 a.m. onwards: Sailing - Mahi Verma, Manu Francis, Prince Kurusinkal, Vishnu Sarvanan, Katya Ida Coelho, Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma in girls dinghy, men's skiff, men's dinghy, women's windsurfing and women's skiff races.

7:30 a.m. onwards: Judo - Asmita Dev in women's 48kg elimination rounds, repechage and medal bouts.

7:47 a.m. onwards: Wrestling - Sunil Kumar in men's greco-roman 87kg quarterfinal bout, followed by semifinal and final.

7:55 a.m.: Archery - India vs Thailand in compound mixed team semifinals, followed by bronze and gold medal matches.

8:39 a.m. onwards: Golf - Pranavi Urs, Dikha Dagar and Aditi Ashok women's individual stroke play Day 1.

8:55 a.m.: Canoe Slalom - Rina Sen in women's canoe single semifinal.

10:15 a.m.: Boxing - Priya vs Yang Chengyu of China in women's 60kg semifinals.

10:45 a.m.: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Natalya Bogdanova in women's 75kg semifinals.

10:55 a.m.: Archery - India vs South Korea in compound men's team semifinals, followed by bronze and gold medal matches.

11:00 a.m.: Shooting - India in trap mixed team final (if they qualify).

11:00 a.m.: Squash - India vs Kuwait in men's team quarterfinal.

12:00 p.m.: Boxing - Kapil Pokhariya vs Turabek Khabibullaev of Uzbekistan in men's 90kg semifinal.

3:30 p.m. onwards: Hockey - India vs South Korea in women's semifinal.

4:36 p.m. onwards: Sport Climbing - Joga Purty in women's speed 4 quarterfinal, followed by semifinals and final.

Dhakshineshwar Suresh vs Tesng Chun-hsin in men's singles third round.

Sumit Nagal vs Sergey Fomin in men's singles third round.

Anirudh Chandrasekar-N Sriram Balaji in men's doubles quarterfinals.

Yuki Bhambri-Dhakshineshwar Suresh in men's doubles quarterfinals.

Hello and welcome to Aichi-Nagoya in Japan as we take you through the action on Day 12 (September 30) for the all the Indian athletes competing today at the Asian Games 2026.