First Asian Games gold goes to Japan as China's 13-year-old Yu lights up pool
The first gold medal of the 20th Asian Games was won on Sunday by host nation Japan as a 13-year-old swimmer from China started in blistering form on the opening day of the multisports extravaganza.Even the rain held off, and I was in top form right up until I stood on the starting line," added Hojo, who also won the Asian Games test triathlon a year ago on the same course.
Japan took the first gold medal of the 20th Asian Games on Sunday when 13-year-old swimmer Yu Zidi from China dazzled in the women's 200m butterfly at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Yu's blistering performance set her up for a potentially historic gold in the evening's final. In the men's individual triathlon, Japan's Takumi Hojo secured victory, while China's Zhang Xirui claimed silver, and Kazakhstan's Arlan Zhanabay took bronze.
This marked the first of 469 gold medals to be distributed during the two-week extravaganza featuring more participants than the Olympics. In the women's individual triathlon, Lin Xinyu from China claimed silver, improving on her last Asian Games silver medal performance, while Huang Anqi secured China's first gold.
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