{
  "id": 8821417,
  "title": "Lydia Sham bags first gold for HK at Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/lydia-sham-bags-first-gold-for-hk-at-asian-games",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T02:15:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK English",
    "slug": "rthk-english",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1870895-20260921.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lydia Sham has won Hong Kong's first gold medal at the Asian Games in Japan. She took the top spot in the women's changquan final at the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall with a score of 9.713 points. Sou Cho-man from Macao, China, came in second with 9.710 points, while Indonesia's Eugenia Widodo took bronze with 9.706 points.\n\nFellow Hong Kong athlete Michelle Yeung finished fifth with a score of 9.703 points, alongside Zahra Kiani of Iran. The Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya are set to run until October 4.\n\nIn other news, Kim Young-beom of South Korea broke a three-year-old Asian Games record in the men's 50-meter freestyle swimming with a time of 21.71 seconds at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "RTHK News",
        "title": "Lydia Sham bags first gold for HK at Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/lydia-sham-bags-first-gold-for-hk-at-asian-games-8822516",
        "published": "2026-09-21T02:15:15.000Z"
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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."
}