Asian Games Wrap-up: Taiwan's Lin wins Asiad gold two years after Olympics gender row
NAGOYA: Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting won an Asian Games gold in her new weight category two years after she was caught up in a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics, while Japan edged out North Korea via penalties in the women’s football final in the penultimate day of competition at the Aichi-Nagoya Games on Friday.
NAGOYA: Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting claimed an Asian Games gold in her new weight category two years after facing a gender controversy at the Paris Olympics. Japan narrowly defeated North Korea in the women's football final through penalties. Lin had won the 57kg gold in Paris and moved up to 60kg for the Asian Games. She described the heavier division as feeling like she was a "newborn calf" or "little white rabbit" stepping into a vast forest.
China's Wu Yu also moved up a weight and won the women's 51kg gold. India's Lovlina Borgohain celebrated her 29th birthday by winning the women's 75kg title, marking it as her "perfect birthday present." Japan overcame North Korea 5-3 in the football match after extra time, with Japan leading in regulation time and North Korea equalizing in the second half.
Indian wrestler Sujeet Kalkal secured a remarkable victory by defeating Japan's Olympic champion Kotaro Kiyooka in the semi-finals and overcoming a 9-2 deficit to win the men's 65kg freestyle gold. Malaysia won both men's and women's squash team golds, securing four of the five titles at the Nagoya Kinjo-Futo Arena.
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