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  "id": 9514512,
  "title": "HK rowers add gold, bronze at Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/hk-rowers-add-gold-bronze-at-asian-games",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T07:23:55.000Z",
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    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1871382-20260924.htm"
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  "account": "Hong Kong rowers claimed an additional gold and bronze medals at the Asian Games in Japan on Thursday. In the men's lightweight single sculls event, Chiu Hin-chun emerged victorious, crossing the finish line in six minutes and 50.32 seconds. The Taiwanese rower outpaced Iran's Amirhossein Mahmoodpour Shahrestani by more than two seconds, with South Korea's Park Hyun-su claiming bronze. This marks Hong Kong's fourth gold medal at the Games and Chiu's first individual gold in three Asian Games appearances. Following closely, Lam San-tung and Chan Tik-lun secured a bronze in the men's lightweight double sculls, finishing the race in six minutes and 24.84 seconds behind their Uzbek and Indonesian rivals. Hong Kong's rowers have earned a total of one gold, two silver, and one bronze medal at the Asian Games so far.",
  "summary": "Hong Kong, China rowers added two more medals to the delegation's Asian Games campaign in Japan on Thursday, including a gold in the men’s lightweight single sculls event. Chiu Hin-chun topped the podium with a winning time of six minutes and 50.32 seconds, finishing more than two seconds ahead of silver medallist Amirhossein Mahmoodpour Shahrestani of Iran. South Korea’s Park Hyun-su took bronze…",
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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."
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