Palestine debuts in baseball, 1st MMA medal awarded
NAGOYA: Palestine’s baseball team made its Asian Games debut in a 12-0 loss to the Philippines in their Group A opener at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium on Monday, Kyodo News reported.
On Monday, Palestine's baseball team made their Asian Games debut, suffering a 12-0 loss to the Philippines in their opening match at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium. Despite the heavy defeat, team leader Oney Roberto Guillen Cardenas emphasized that just being at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games represents a significant victory for the nation, which has been devastated by Israel's war against Gaza since October 2023.
Meanwhile, Kyrgyzstan's Dastan Kanybek Uulu became the first Palestinian MMA medalist at the Asian Games when he claimed bronze in the 60-kilogram category at Nagoya City Inae Sports Center. Uulu lost to Uzbekistan's Firdavs Atamuratov in the first of the day's 12 semifinals, with the loser of each bout taking bronze while the winners advanced to the gold medal deciders the following day.
In gymnastics, China's Zhang Boheng defended his men's all-around gymnastics gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Defeating Olympic champion Shinnosuke Oka and Japan's Daiki Hashimoto, Zhang secured 85.065 points, while Oka logged 84.698 and Hashimoto 83.865.
In swimming, Japan's 17-year-old Shin Ohashi and China's Dong Zhihao jointly won the gold medal in the men's 100-metre breaststroke. Both swimmers finished the race in 58.64 seconds at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, securing the top spots in the competition.
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