Japan win first gold of home Games, prodigy Yu leads China's pool surge
NAGOYA: Hosts Japan won the first event of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, but China wasted precious little time racing to a double-digit gold-medal haul with teenage sensation Yu Zidi clinching the women’s 200m butterfly title in Games record time. China’s Olympic champion Pan Zhanle secured gold in the men’s 100m freestyle. While his time of 47.61 seconds fell short of his own world…
NAGOYA: The Asian Games opened with a winning start for Japan, claiming the first gold medal of the event. However, China quickly capitalized, securing a double-digit haul of gold medals, with prodigy Yu Zidi leading the charge in the women's 200m butterfly. China's Olympic champion Pan Zhanle also took home gold in the men's 100m freestyle, though his time fell short of his own world record.
Yu Zidi, turning 14 next month, clocked a Games record time of 2:05.08, and expressed her desire to swim even faster during future competitions. Thailand claimed three of the five golds on offer as Teqball made its Asian Games debut, marking a significant milestone for the sport's ambitions of joining the Olympic program.
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