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Guan Yingnan awarded China its 100th gold medal from the women's long jump finals here on Thursday when the Asian Games is close to an end with three days to go. Guan, winner in the last Chinese National Games and in the Asian Championships last year in Japan, scored her winning distance of 6.89 meters in her last attempt. Her teammate Yu Yiqun won the silver in 6.77, also from her sixth jump. Yelena Pershina of Kazakhstan ranked third in 6.55 who failed to score four times in six attempts. Pershina was crowned twice in the 1993 Asian Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia and in the East Asia Games last year in Pusan, South Korea. Today's top three placings were just a repeat in the Asian Championships last July in Japan, where Guan took the gold in 6.83 with Yu second in 6.74 and Pershina third in 6.50. Back to the Top |
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China beat the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with a golden goal in the Asian Games women's soccer final on Thursday. Back to the Top |
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Guan Yingnan of China won the women's long jump gold here on Thursday. Guan, gold medalist of China's Eighth Chinese National Games last year and the Asian Athletics Championships last July in Japan, soared and landed for 6.89 meters in her last attempt. Her teammate Yu Yiqun won the silver in 6.77, which was also produced in the sixth jump. Back to the Top |
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South Korean Jang Jae-Sung defeated Ramil Ilyamov 3-2 to take the wrestling 63-kg freestyle title at the Asian Games here on Thursday. The bronze medal was taken by T. Tsogtbayar of Mongolia who won over China's Su Qing 5-0. Back to the Top |
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China won the women's badminton doubles title at the Asian Games here on Thursday. Ge Fei and Gu Jun of China defeated Elysa Nathanael and Deyana G. Lomban of Indonesia 12-15, 15-9, 15-11. Back to the Top |
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Japan finished one-two in the men's 400m hurdles at the Asian Games on Thursday. Hideaki Kawamura took the gold at 49.59 seconds, followed by his teammate Yoshihiko Saito in the second place at 49.94. The bronze medal went to Chen Tien-Wen of Chinese Taipei at 50.46. Back to the Top |
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Kanako Yonekura of Japan won the women' singles title after beating Gong Zhichao of China 2-1 on Wednesday. Gong Zhichao took the first set 11-1, but conceded the second one 5-11. In the third and final set, Yonekura outplayed Gong 11-6 for the title. Back to the Top |
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An agent had contacted a Chinese table tennis player in a bribery attempt which the Chinese rejected categorically, a top official of the Olympic Council of Asia told Xinhua Thursday afternoon. "An agent who speaks Chinese approached a Chinese table tennis player, trying to buy a match with a certain amount of U.S. dollars. The agent didn't specify how much," said Wei Jizhong, chairman of OCA's Sports Committee. "The Chinese athlete refused clearly the offer, saying he or she competes under OCA spirit and the Bangkok Asian Games motto," Wei said. "The Chinese athlete reported to Chef de Mission about this. The chief immediately asked he or she to remember the face of the agent in order to catch him. Unfortunately they failed to do it, the agent disappeared after the refusal," the OCA official added. Wei said he would submit a report on the bribery attempt to Mr. Muttaleb Ahmad, Director General of OCA. A Chinese athlete has rebuffed a bribery attempt from an unidentified person who asked the Chinese to throw a final in exchange for money, a Chinese sports official said early in the day. Li Furong, deputy Chef de Mission of the Chinese delegation, told Xinhua that a person had repeatedly visited the Chinese athlete and tried to buy the gold medal. "Gold medal and sportsmanship are not for sale. Never," said Li, also vice chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee. Li said the Chinese athlete told the briber that even 100,000 dollars would not force him or her to give up the gold medal. "The national interest and the honor of the country cannot be exchanged for money," said the Chinese sports official. Back to the Top |
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India took the double billiard title at the 13th Asian Games here on Thursday. Geet Sethi and Ashok-H Shandilya of India defeated their Thai P. Chaithanasakun and Mongkhon Kanfaklang 5-4 to take the top honour. The bronze medal was taken by Devendra-S. Joshi and Balchandra Bhaskar of India who outscored a Philippine pair of Reynaldo Grandea and Ricardo Ancaja 4-0. Back to the Top |
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Li Shaojie of China won the gold medal in the men's discus throw with an Asian Games record of 64.58 meters here on Thursday. Li, who holds the Asian record of 65.16 meters, met no challenge from the other nine rivals, with all his six attempts past 60 meters. Back to the Top |
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World champion Abass Jadidi took the spotlight of the freestyle wrestling by winning the 97-kg gold in the Asain Games here on Thursday. The Iranian world champion and Olympic silver medalist, took his first point by taking the advantage position over Mongolian rival D. Sumiuabazar and anchored his final victory with a body slam in the closing seconds of the fight. "This gold medal is very important to Iran since South Korea has dominated the wrestling in Asia and we show Iran's strength in the sport," Jadidi said after the fight. Back to the Top |
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Yim Kyung-Jin and La Kyung-Min of South Korea won the mixed doubles badminton title. Yin and La beat their compatriot Kim Dong-Moon and Lee Dong-Soo 16-6, 15-8 for the title. Back to the Top |
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Kanako Yonekura of Japan won the women' singles title after beating Gong Zhichao of China 2-1 on Wednesday. Gong Zhichao took the first set 11-1, but conceded the second one 5-11. In the third and final set, Yonekura outplayed Gong 11-6 for the title. Back to the Top |