HANGZHOU, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — China picked up 13 gold medals on the penultimate day of the Hangzhou Asian Games, exceeding the 200-gold mark for the primary time in its Asiad historical past.
Since its Asiad debut in Tehran in 1974, China’s earlier greatest report of gold medals got here from the 2010 version in Guangzhou, when the host nation pocketed 199 golds.
Zheng Weitong triumphed in an all-Chinese males’s particular person Xiangqi remaining over Zhao Xinxin to clinch the hosts’ two hundredth gold in Hangzhou.
“I learned after the event that my gold medal was the 200th gold for China, so this is a lucky medal. I’m glad to make such a contribution to China, but this medal is not for me, it’s for all of us, as we’ve been working together,” stated Zheng.
The girls’s particular person occasion earlier on Saturday additionally witnessed two Chinese finalists, as Zuo Wenjing defeated Wang Linna for the crown.
China’s gold rush of the day commenced within the males’s marathon swimming, the place Zhang Ziyang got here on high within the wet morning.
Zhang completed in a single hour, 55 minutes and 45.8 seconds, carefully adopted by compatriot Lan Tianchen simply 0.4 seconds behind. South Korea’s Park Jae-hun secured the bronze medal.
Zhang started to speed up on the third lap, finally breaking away on the fifth lap to take a commanding lead. Lan carefully trailed, making certain that each Chinese athletes maintained a transparent benefit till the end line.
“In the last part of the race I got some water in my eyes, that’s why I could not see clearly who my opponent was, but I tried my best to win the gold medal. I persevered and didn’t think too much,” Zhang stated.
China defeated an under-strength Japan 3-0 to defend the ladies’s volleyball title and declare their ninth total Asiad crown.
Yuan Xinyue had 18 factors to carry China over Japan 25-15, 25-21, 25-21 within the remaining, with Li Yingying, Wang Yuanyuan and Gong Xiangyu including 16, 12 and 10 respectively.
“I am satisfied with our consistence and mentality in this Asian Games. I think if we can keep calm and keep doing whatever we should do on the court, the results will turn out to be good for us,” stated China head coach Cai Bin.
Miyu Nakagawa had 11 factors to steer Japan, who have been taking part in with a second-string squad in Hangzhou.
China closed out the ladies’s hockey competitors with a 2-0 win over South Korea to win gold. The victory additionally gave China its fourth Asian Games gold medal in girls’s hockey and the lone Olympic Games qualification spot on provide for Paris 2024.
“We could have played better, but they fought. We got the Olympic ticket, which is what we came for,” China coach Alyson Regina Annan stated after the win.
In breakdancing, set to make its Olympic debut at Paris 2024, China’s Liu Qingyi and Japan’s Shigeyuki Nakarai emerged because the winners, and each have certified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Liu edged Japan’s Ami Yuasa 2-1, whereas Nakarai beat South Korean veteran Kim Hong-yul by the identical scoreline.
“Getting the Olympic ticket made me more confident. I hope I can do well in Paris,” stated 17-year-old Liu.
“When I started breaking, nobody imagined it would be part of an Olympics. There was zero percent chance of me thinking that,” commented Nakarai.
“But when I started breaking, I was already focused on being the best in the world, and that does mean a gold medal in the Olympics. I’m so happy that breaking has become an Olympic sport and that I will be there,” he added.
South Korea claimed its third consecutive males’s soccer championship after rallying again to beat Japan 2-1 within the remaining.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) introduced the outcomes of its first-ever Athletes’ Committee’s election, with China’s Olympic desk tennis champion Ding Ning being elected as considered one of 9 members.
“I am honored to be elected onto this committee. I am very happy to join and, in the future, I will try my best to help athletes in need,” stated Ding.
The 9 elected members symbolize the 5 areas of Asia. Apart from Ding, different members come from India, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Singapore and Hong Kong, China.
Also on Saturday, Chinese swimmers Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang have been collectively awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Games.
Olympic champion Zhang, 25, clinched six titles in her signature occasions, whereas 24-year-old world champion Qin pocketed 5 golds and a silver on his second Asiad look.
China has additionally secured 111 silvers and 71 bronze medals. Japan follows in second with 51 golds, whereas South Korea sits third with 42 golds.
Prior to the closing ceremony on Sunday night, the final three gold medals of the Hangzhou Games will probably be awarded in creative swimming and karate.