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Huang Xu of China surged ahead with a stable performence on his last apparatus of the pommel horse, scoring 57.825 points to win the man's all around title in the gymnastics competition at the 13th Asian Games. China's Yang wei picked up the silver in 57.600 and Japan's Tsukiahara brought the bronze with 57.375. The 19-year-old Huang Xu became the fourth Chinese gymnast to win the men's all-around crown, which China has been dominated since the 1978 Asian Game in the last 20 years. Huang, a member of China's 1997 world champion team, led from the first rotation where he started from the rings and led all the way through four rotations before his leading place was taken over by one-year younger Yang Wei after five apparatus. Huang was 0.025 points behind Yang when he jumped on the pommel horse. He received a good enough 9.575 points from a stable and nearly flawless display to retain the lead and captured the Asiad men's top honor. Japan's Naoya Tsukahara, the bronze medalist in last year's World Championship, followed closely the Chinese teenagers but could not take over the lead with his low points of 9.350 and 9.400 on the horizontal bar and the floor. China has won both the men's and women's team titles. Back to the Top
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Fu Yong of China won the title of the men's 200m backstroke at the 13th Asian Games. Back to the Top
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Newly-crowned Asian champion China overwhelmed its main rival Japan in the 13th Asian Games' men's volleyball group match. The Chinese received little resistance from the Japanese in the first set which they won 15-3 with ease. However, the Japanese came into life in the second set and dominated the match in most of the time. Though the Chinese tried to catch up, the Japanese took their revenge by winning the set 16-14. The Chinese, though still not recovered from the World Championships last month, showed hundreds of enthusiastic Thai fans that they are the real No. 1 in Asia by winning the following two sets 15-9 and 15-8. Chinese coach Wang Jiawei said after the match that he was quite satisfied with the performance of the players. Back to the Top
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Japan coach Philippe Troussier praised his young charges for their determination and fighting spirit after his side came from behind to defeat Asian Games favourites Kuwait 2-1. Japan's win keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals in second place in group two as two goals in the last seven minutes gave them a surprise win. South Korea's 2-1 win over the United Arab Emirates earlier in the day, thanks to goals from Yoon Jong-hwan and Yoo Sang-chul, saw Japan's World Cup co-hosts qualify for the next phase of the competition leaving the fight for the second qualifying place to Japan and Kuwait. The Kuwaitis looked to be joining Korea in the quarter-finals when they took the lead in the 70th minute through Farj Laheeb, now the tournament's joint top goalscorer with compatriot Jassem Al Houwaidi with eight goals in four games. But the Japanese, who are fielding a side made up entirely of 19 and 20 year-olds, came back for an impressive victory. "This was a big surprise," said Frenchman Troussier who took over after the resignation of Takeshi Okada. Back to the Top
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Defending champion China captured both the men's and women's all-around titles in the gymnastics competition of the Asian Games on Wednesday, sweeping all the four gold medals on offer so far in the teams' and all-around contests. The 19-year-old Liu Yuan crowned as the all-around queen with a total of 38.787 points by leading all the way through uneven bars, beam, floor exercises and vault. Irina Yevdokimova took the silver with 37.912 while Japan's Risa Sugawara picked up the bronze in 37.300. Back to the Top
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