Asian Games Day 11: Japan Wins 4x400m Relay Gold
Japan captured the men's 4x400-meter relay gold medal in driving rain on September 29, clocking 3 minutes, 0.75 seconds to win the Asian Games title for the first time in 12 years as the athletics program came to a dramatic conclusion at Mizuho Park Athletics Stadium in Nagoya. (News On Japan)
Nagoya - The Japanese men's 4x400-meter relay team clinched the Asian Games gold medal on September 29 in the Asian Games day 11, with a time of 3 minutes, 0.75 seconds. Fuga Sato, Shinya Hayashi, Kenki Imaizumi and Yuki Joseph Nakajima combined forces to defeat Qatar, which secured silver in 3:00.93, while India came in third with a time of 3:01.61.
This victory marked Japan's first win in the event since the 2014 Incheon Games and provided a strong finale to the seven-day athletics competition in Nagoya, where Japan won 10 gold medals and 32 medals overall.
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