Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023: Olympian Pranati Nayak to lead 16-member squad - full schedule 

Tokyo Olympian Pranati Nayak will spearhead a 16-member Indian squad at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023, to be held at Singapore Sports Hub from Saturday.

Pranati Nayak, who competes in the vault event, is a two-time bronze medallist at the Asian championships, having won the medals at the last edition in Doha and four years ago in Mongolia. She is the only Indian to have won multiple medals at the continental meet.

The 28-year-old Pranati Nayak will be eager to add a third medal to her tally at the 2023 Asian Championships. The top five teams at the Asian Championships will progress to the World Championships - a qualifier for next year’s Paris 2024 Olympics.

Pranati Nayak had missed out at the 2019 World Championships but made the cut for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics through the continental quota.

Apart from Pranati Nayak, the Indian women’s squad for the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023 consists of Pranati Das and Bidisha Gayen.

The Indian senior men’s squad comprises five gymnasts - Abhijeet Kumar, Rakesh Patra, Anas Ali Shaikh, Yogeshwar Singh and Saif Tamboli.

From the previous nine editions of the senior Asian championships, India have won four bronze medals. Besides the two by Pranati Nayak, Ashish Kumar (men’s floor) in 2006 and Rio 2016 Olympian Dipa Karmakar (women’s vault) in 2015 are the other medallists.

The Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023 will be held in two phases. The junior section will run from June 10 to 12 while the senior section will be conducted from June 15 to 18.

Carlos Yulo, a two-time world champion from the Philippines, and eight-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina will be among the top international stars to watch out for at the continental meet.

Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023: Indian squad

Men’s juniors: Aryan Davande, Siddhant Konde, Jatin Kushwaha, Pranav Mishra

Women’s juniors: Nishka Agarwal, Anoushka Patil, Sara Rawool, Krisha Shah

Women’s seniors: Pranati Das, Bidisha Gayen, Pranati Nayak

Men’s seniors: Abhijeet Kumar, Rakesh Patra, Anas Ali Shaikh, Yogeshwar Singh, Saif Tamboli

Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023 schedule and live India times

As per Indian Standard Time (IST)

Junior Division

June 10, Saturday

Men's team & all-around finals and apparatus qualifications - 7:00 AM to 5:40 PM

June 11, Sunday

Women's team & all-around finals and apparatus qualifications - 8:00 AM to 2:40 PM

June 12, Monday

Men's apparatus finals (FX, PH, SR, VT, PB, HB) - 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Women's apparatus finals (VT, UB, BB, FX) - 1:00 PM to 3:20 PM

Senior Division

June 15, Thursday

Men's team & all-around finals and apparatus qualifications - 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM

June 16, Friday

Women's team & all-around finals and apparatus qualifications - 8:00 AM to 4:40 PM

June 17, Saturday

Men's apparatus finals (FX, PH, SR) - 2:00 PM to 3:45 PM

Women's apparatus finals (VT, UB) - 2:00 PM to 3:45 PM

June 18, Sunday

Men's apparatus finals (VT, PB, HB) - 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM

Women's apparatus finals (BB, FX) - 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM

Glossary: VT - vault, FX - floor exercise, UB - uneven beams, PB - parallel bars, HB - horizontal bar, PH - pommel horse, SR - rings, BB - balance beam