Asian Games: 15-yr-old skateboarders among 8 golds for Japan
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's 15-year-old sensations Mizuho Hasegawa and Izuru Nagahara won the skateboarding park events on Friday as the host bagged eig
On Friday, Tokyo hosted the skateboarding park events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, where Japan's 15-year-old talents Mizuho Hasegawa and Izuru Nagahara claimed two gold medals each. Hasegawa secured victory after scoring 94.03 points via her second final run at the Aichi Sky Expo Hall, with Taiwan's Lin Yi-fan taking second place and Japan's Misugu Okamoto third.
Nagahara followed with 88.96 points, edging out Ku Yong-yan of Taiwan and Gunjo Shiji of Japan. In women's events, Yuri Tanaka won the heptathlon, becoming the first Japanese gold medalist in the competition. Misaki Morota also won gold in women's pole vault, setting a new national record at 4.55 meters. Meanwhile, Japan's men's foil team won gold in fencing, defeating Hong Kong 45-36, and Kodai Nishiono claimed victory in the men's 200-meter backstroke.
The host nation has secured 28 gold medals so far, placing Japan just behind China's impressive haul of 98.
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