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China reached the midway of an expected seven-title sweep at the Asian Games table tennis competition on Monday as women's World Cup winner Wang Nan and Wang Liqin edged the South Koreans to win the mixed doubles. Nan and Liqin beat Kim Moo-Kyo and Oh Sang-Eun 21-12, 18-21, 21-19, adding the mixed doubles title to their team golds. Nan, ranked third in the world and twice World Cup champion, is a hot favorite for the women's singles event. World No. 7 Liqin, who plays an all-around game with a devastating forehand, is tipped to be a world champion in the future. Kim Song-Hui and Kim Hyon-hui, a combination from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, shared the third place with the Japanese pair of Ryo Yuzawa and Keiko Okazaki. The men's doubles final will be held Tuesday night. Back to the Top |
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China trounced Turkmenistan 3-0 to advance into the semi-final of the Asian Games soccer tournament on Monday. Li Jinyu opened the scoring at the first minute of the second half. Hao Haidong made it 2-0 eight minutes later and Li Jin Yu struck again at the 42nd mintue to wrap up the perfect victory for China. Hao Haidong received a red card just before he was to be replaced by Yang Cheng at the 83 minute. Earlier in the other quarter-final match, Iran beat defending champions Uzbekistan 4-0 thanks to a hat-trick by Ali Daei. South Korea, the pre-tournament favorites, were upset by hosts Thailand 2-1. The host team were reduced to nine players in the second half but still managed to score a golden goal six minutes into the Sudden Death extra time. Thailand will play against the winner of the match between Qatar and Kuwait while China will take on Iran in the semi-final. That will be the second encounter between China and Iran in the Asian Games. Back to the Top |
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Shen Shengfei of China won the gold medal of the heptathlon with a total of 5,775 points on Monday. Svetlana Kazanina of Kazakhstan finished second at 5,775, followed by Ma Chun-Ping of Chinese Taipei in the third place at 5,659. Back to the Top |
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Hosts Thailand beat South Korea 2-1 to cause the largest upset so far at the Asian Games football tournament on Monday. The host team were reduced to nine players before the end of the second half when they still led at 1-0. But the South Koreans would not give up and levelled the score at the 87th minute. The match was fiercely contested with two of the Thai players were shown the red card due to dangerous tackle. But it was the host team which opened the scoring at the 81st minute when Senamuang beat the South Korean goal-keeper with a clever volley after a quick counter-attack. The South Korean refused to give up and took full advantage of the sending-off of Thai players. They were awarded a free-kick just out of the penalty and Yoo Sang-Chul converted the shot. The match entered the sudden-death extra time. The South Korean dominated the play but Damrong-Ongtrak sent the South Koreans packing for home with a long-distance shot at six minutes into the extra time. In the other quarter-final match played on Monday, Iran trounced Uzbekistan 4-0. Ali Daei, who plays for Bayern Munich, scored his first hat-trick at the Asian Games. Back to the Top |
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Li Xuemei of China took the women's 100-meter title at the Asian Games on Monday. Back to the Top |
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JD. Damayanthi Darsha claimed the first gold at the Asian Games for Sri Lanka in 24 years by taking the women's 400 meters on Monday. Darsha, gold medalist in the event at the Asian Athletics Championships last July in Japan, clocked 51.57 seconds for the gold. Chen Yuxiang of China, four placer in the Asian championships, finished second in 52.50, followed by Kazakhstan's S. Bodritskaya, silver medalist in the Asian championships. Darsha, 25, pushed her way clear in the second bend, leading the field of eight runners to cross the finish line. Back to the Top |
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Indian Jyotirmoy Sikdhar clocked 4:12.83 to win the women's 1,500m title at the Asian Games athletics competition on Monday. Back to the Top |
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South Korean Lee Yong-Sun claimed the gold medal of women's javelin with a throw of 62.09 meters at the Asian Games on Monday. Liang Lili of China finished second at 60.11, followed by Gurmeet kaur of India in the third place at 59.00. Back to the Top |
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Asian champion Liu Shixiang of China was forced to pull out of the Asian Games with an injury, a top Chinese official said on Monday. Liu, gold medalist in the 10,000 meters and runner-up in the 5,000m at the Asian Championships last July in Japan, had to withdraw after injurying the tendor of her right ankle, said Shang Xiutang, generay secretary of Chinese Athletics Association. Shang said Liu suffered the injury in the recent training. Liu, who broke the women's 5,000m world record together with two other Chinese runners in last year's National Games, was the biggest hope of China to win the women's 5,000m and 10,000m at the Asian Games. The women's 10,000m was scheduled to take place at 5:00 pm today and the 5,000m be held in December 18. Back to the Top |
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South Korea's Ji Sung-Hwan set a new Asian Games cycling record when he took the men's 1-km time trial title on Monday. "I didn't expect a gold medal today because the Japanese rider is very strong. I just tried my best," said 27-year-old Ji, who beat Olympic bronze medalist Jumonji Takanabu of Japan to second. Ji, who had won the 4-km team pursuit gold at the last Games in Hiroshima, Japan, finished in one minute, 5.406 seconds to improve the previous record of 1:05.851 set by Japan's Masanaga Shiohara at Hiroshima. Takanabu, who pocketed the silver medal in 1:07.011, said he was at peak form but the South Korean was simply stronger. "I am not strong enough to win," said 23-year-old Takanabu. "I was sorry that I did not win the first velodrome gold for Japan. I will start anew to prepare for the Sydney Games." Chen Keng Hsien came third in 1:08.364 for the bronze, the first ever Asian Games medal in this event for Chinese Taipei. Back to the Top |