{
  "id": 11550163,
  "title": "Asian Games: One more gold to rewrite Malaysian history",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/asian-games-one-more-gold-to-rewrite-malaysian-history",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T23:01:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2026/10/1546519/asian-games-one-more-gold-rewrite-malaysian-history"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NAGOYA: Malaysia aims to achieve a historic milestone by winning their tenth gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games today. In field hockey, the Speedy Tigers will face India in a crucial men's final at the Gifu Stadium. Aidan Yunus and Christian Didier Chin will compete for top honours in the men's pair final of padel at the Nagoya City Higashi Sports Centre. In taekwondo, Syafiq Zuber begins his campaign in the men's over-80kg round of 16 against Taiwan's Huang Yu-Jen. Aiman Aqeel Mohd Firdaus and Nur Hafizanah Zailan will compete in the boy's and girl's dinghy sailing events, respectively. Danyal Marczqui Rahmat Haron Muzaffa and Nur Aina Norhazram will also sail in the youth mixed dinghy event. The Malaysian women's rugby sevens team will compete against Kazakhstan, while the men's team will face the United Arab Emirates in the fifth-eighth place classification matches. Shoorendran Nageswaran will participate in the jumping competition in equestrian.",
  "summary": "NAGOYA: The national contingent will be looking to clinch a historic 10th gold medal, a feat never achieved by Malaysia at the Games before, at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games today, which is the final full day of competition.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "title": "Indian hockey umpire manager sent home from Asian Games after sexual misconduct complaint",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/indian-hockey-umpire-manager-sent-home-from-asian-games-after-sexual",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:43:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Mohsin Naqvi to skip India-Pak Asian Games gold medal match due to 'prior commitments'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/mohsin-naqvi-to-skip-india-pak-asian-games-gold-medal-match-due-to",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:03:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "HT Evening Brief October 2: India shines at Asian Games, Dipke launches CJP protest 2.0 in Mumbai and more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/ht-evening-brief-october-2-india-shines-at-asian-games-dipke-launches",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:31:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Asian Games: Malaysia push for top 10, China cross 300 medals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/asian-games-malaysia-push-for-top-10-china-cross-300-medals",
        "published": "2026-10-02T14:07:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Asian Games silver medallist Sreeshankar targets gold in 2028",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/asian-games-silver-medallist-sreeshankar-targets-gold-in-2028",
        "published": "2026-10-02T15:32:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Malaysia matches all-time Asian Games gold record — now 10 is in sight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/malaysia-matches-all-time-asian-games-gold-record-now-10-is-in-sight",
        "published": "2026-10-03T00:51:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}