The trap shooter flew back to Nagoya days after winning three medals so she could lead India's contingent at Sunday's finale.
Sixteen days of competition across Japan wrap up on Sunday, and India's closing act belongs to a shooter who had already gone home.
Neeru Dhanda will carry the Tricolour as India's women's flag-bearer at the Asian Games 2026 closing ceremony in Nagoya, the Free Press Journal reported. She's flying back to Japan specifically for it, having wrapped her own campaign and returned to India earlier.
And what a campaign it was. Dhanda won individual gold in women's trap, then added a second gold in the mixed team trap event alongside Kynan Chenai. A silver came along the way too. Three medals, two of them gold, in one Games is the kind of return that earns you a flight back just to hold the flag.
The ceremony itself happens at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, also called the Paloma Mizuho Stadium, starting 6 PM local time. That's 2:30 PM IST for anyone setting an alarm or just leaving the TV on through a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Expect the usual send-off. A Parade of Athletes, the formal rituals that mark the end of a multi-sport event, and the extinguishing of the Games flame to officially close the Aichi-Nagoya edition. Sixteen days of continental sport, condensed into one evening of marching and ceremony before everyone heads home for real this time.
Where to watch in India
Sony Sports Network has the live broadcast in India, with SonyLIV carrying it online through the app and website. Coverage begins at 2:30 PM IST on Sunday, giving fans one last window to catch the closing festivities before the Asian Games officially shuts its doors for this cycle.
Dhanda's selection as flag-bearer caps a personal high point in a Games that, for India's shooting contingent, delivered exactly the kind of headlines a federation wants heading into an Olympic cycle. Whether that form travels to the next big meet is the question that starts the moment the flame goes out in Nagoya.
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