India, Oct. 1 -- Indian speed climber Deepu Mallesh is set to make history as he lines up for the men's speed 4 sport climbing quarterfinals at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, October 1.

42 PM IST at the Portmesse Nagoya Exhibition Hall, the event could see India capture its first-ever Asian Games medal in sport climbing.

Mallesh storming into the medal rounds comes on the back of a sensational qualification performance where he shattered the national record four times in a single afternoon.

Deepu Mallesh Men's Speed Climbing: Event Overview

How Deepu Mallesh Smashed National Records to Qualify

The 28-year-old Mallesh produced one of the standout individual performances of the Games during Wednesday's qualification ...