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HANGZHOU, China: China won more than a dozen gold medals in various sports and set a world record in shooting at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday, but the host nation also experienced some disappointment and drama as large crowds of flag-waving spectators watched the events on National Day.
The previous day, a track and field official suffered a broken leg and severe bleeding, and the drama was repeated at a packed Olympic Stadium.
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The accident occurred during the women’s 100m hurdles final when a false start occurred.
China’s Wu Yanni and India’s Jyoti Yaraj were both contacted by officials. But Yaraj was furious, insisting she did not start early. Wu Yanni complained that her opponent had moved first.
The heated debate on the inside of the track lasted for several minutes. Meanwhile, other athletes tried to remain calm. One of them, Chinese athlete Lin Yuwei, even sat down and took off her spikes.
Finally, after an almost absurd delay, the athletes were invited to watch a replay in which Wu Ke’s false start was clearly visible. But Wu Ke kept protesting. Finally, a referee proposed a compromise.
“If you want to run you can, but you will have to be vetted,” the official said.
They rushed to the starting line, Lin Fei quickly put on his spikes and then narrowly led Wu Xiaohui, with Yaraji in third place. But Wu Xiaohui was marked as disqualified in the official results, so fourth-placed Japanese athlete Yumi Tanaka was promoted to bronze.
The men’s shot put final was equally exciting, with Asian record holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor surpassing his Saudi opponent with a score of 20.36m in the final round to win the championship.
“I feel very good,” Thor said. “My wife asked me to bring her gold, only gold.”
In other events, China’s 2022 world long jump champion Wang Jianan defended her Asian Games title with a score of 8.22 meters. Then, his compatriot and 2022 world champion Feng Bin broke the Asian Games record with a score of 67.93 meters to win the gold medal in the women’s discus final.
“The atmosphere at the Hangzhou Stadium is just amazing,” said the bespectacled Feng Shanshan, who like Wang Jianjun has high hopes for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
After North Korea lost 2-1 to Japan in the men’s football quarter-final, players clashed violently with the referee, forcing staff to run onto the turf to protect the referee.
In the other quarter-final, defending champions South Korea, whose squad included Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Lee Kang-in, cruised to a 2-0 win over China, which came as no surprise to long-time fans of the host nation.
“The gap in strength is too big,” wrote one user of China’s top soccer app, Dongqiudi. “Losing by only two points is actually pretty good.”
Another netizen joked: “Korea doesn’t even sweat.”
However, in the badminton competition, the Chinese men’s team reversed the situation from 0-2 behind to win the men’s team gold medal with a 3-2 comeback and restored their self-esteem.
But in the women’s team final held earlier, the South Korean team, led by world number one An Se-young, performed well and swept the host country 3-0.
Like father, like daughter
At the shooting range, the Chinese women’s multidirectional shooting team, composed of 42-year-old Li Qingnian, 35-year-old Wu Cuicui and 29-year-old Zhang Xinqiu, set a new world record with a score of 357 points, breaking the world best of 354 points set by the US team in 2018 and is expected to win the gold medal.
In trap shooting, competitors hold shotguns and aim at clay targets that are shot at rapid speeds at various angles.
The silver medal went to an Indian team that included 31-year-old Rajeshwari Kumari, daughter of Randhir Singh, acting president of the Olympic Council of Asia and a former Asian Games shooting champion.
“I am happy that she won and I am proud that she won a medal for India. For me, (the feeling) is doubled because I am the president and she won the silver medal,” Singh said.
“The same thing happened in 1982 when my father (Barindra Singh) was the president of the Asian Games federation and I won a medal (at the Delhi Games). So history is repeating itself and our family legacy in sports continues.”
But in women’s golf, India’s top player Aditi Ashok lost a seven-shot lead on the final day to deny her a chance of gold, while world No. 206 Arpichaya Yubol claimed an unexpected title for Thailand.
Ashok shot a magical 61 on Saturday, the best round of her career, but she finished with a five-under 77 at the West Lake International Golf Links in Hangzhou, just two strokes behind the 21-year-old Thai player and took the silver medal.
In the men’s team event, South Korea, which included top 40 golfers Im Sung-jae and Kim Si-won, won gold, thereby earning exemption from military service.
In the men’s U23 three-on-three basketball competition, Mongolia won the first team bronze medal in the history of the Asian Games, and then Taiwan defeated Qatar 18-16 to win the gold medal, which was cheered by the audience and Taiwanese reporters in the press center.
“I feel like my dream has come true,” said Taiwan’s Yu Xiangping. “We thought it was mission impossible, but we did it.”
“To celebrate, maybe we’ll get together for dinner and we’ll always remember this wonderful moment,” said his teammate Jiang Jun.
— Reuters
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