2026 Aichi·Nagoya Asian Games Closing: The Chinese delegation continues to top the gold medal list and medal list

On October 4, local time, the 2026 Aichi·Nagoya Asian Games came to an end.

In half a month of fierce competition, Asian athletes competed on the same stage, experiencing both the glory of reaching the top and regrets and emotions. Among them, the Chinese delegation worked hard and broke many records, winning 169 gold medals, 89 silver medals, and 83 bronze medals, finishing with a total of 341 medals, ranking first in the gold medal list and medal list, setting the best record for overseas participation in the Asian Games.

Glory

On September 20, local time, in the men's 100-meter backstroke final of the swimming event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese athlete and Asian record holder Xu Jiayu won the gold medal in 51.98 seconds, successfully defending his title and breaking the competition record held by himself. The picture shows Xu Jiayu celebrating after the game.

On September 21, local time, in the men’s 4×200m freestyle relay final of the swimming event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, the Chinese team consisting of Xu Haibo, Fei Liwei, Pan Zhanle, and Zhang Zhanshuo won the championship in 7:00.17, setting a new Asian record. The picture shows Zhang Zhanshuo showing the five-star red flag on his swimming cap after the game.

On September 25, local time, in the men's 400-meter freestyle final of the swimming event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Zhang Zhanshuo won the championship in 3 minutes, 41 seconds and 28 seconds, breaking the competition record and winning the seventh individual gold medal in this Asian Games. The picture shows Zhang Zhanshuo celebrating with "seven" after the game.

On September 25, local time, in the women's 800-meter freestyle final of the swimming event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Li Bingjie won the championship in 8 minutes, 24.02 seconds and successfully defended her title. This was also her fifth gold medal at the Asian Games. The picture shows Li Bingjie showing off the five gold medals she won in this Asian Games after the award ceremony.

On September 25, local time, in the women's 4X100m medley relay final of the swimming event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, the Chinese team composed of Peng Xuwei, Tang Qianting, Zhang Yufei and Yu Yiting won the championship with a time of 3 minutes, 54.55 seconds and broke the Asian Games record. The Chinese team won a total of 30 gold medals in swimming events at this Asian Games. The picture shows Peng Xuwei, Tang Qianting, Zhang Yufei, and Yu Yiting (from left to right) counting "30" in celebration at the award ceremony.

On September 30, local time, the diving competition of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games concluded at the Tokyo Aquatic Center. Chinese player Chen Yuxi wore a celebration shirt with the word "100" printed on it and posed for photos next to the swimming pool. As of that day, the Chinese diving team had won 100 Asian Games gold medals since participating in the Asian Games in 1974.

On September 27, local time, in the men's 110-meter hurdles final of track and field at the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Chen Yuan won the gold medal in 13.15 seconds.

On September 27, local time, in the women's 100-meter hurdles final of track and field at the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Wu Yanni won the bronze medal in 13.12 seconds.

On September 23, local time, in the half-marathon walking competition held in Nagoya, Japan, Chinese teenager Shi Shengji won the men's half-marathon walking championship. The picture shows Shi Shengji crossing the line.

On September 26, local time, the men's football quarter-finals of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games were held at Toyota Stadium in Japan. The Chinese team defeated the Thai team 3-0 and advanced to the semi-finals. The picture shows Chinese team players Peng Xiao (bottom) and Kuai Jiwen celebrating the team's score.

On October 3, local time, in the men's football bronze medal match of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games at Toyota Stadium in Japan, the Chinese team and the Uzbekistan team drew 2-2 in regular time. In the penalty shootout, the Chinese team won 4-3 and won the Asian Games bronze medal again after 28 years. The picture shows the Chinese team players celebrating their victory.

On September 29, local time, in the women's weightlifting 86kg and above finals at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Li Wenwen won the championship with a total score of 310kg. The picture shows Li Wenwen jumping onto the podium.

struggle

On September 27, local time, in the men's 110-meter hurdles final of track and field at the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Chen Yuan won the gold medal in 13.15 seconds.

On September 28, local time, in the men's 4X100m relay final of the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, the Chinese team consisting of Chen Jinfeng, Zeng Keli, Wang Shengjie, and Xie Zhenye won the gold medal in 38.17 seconds. The picture shows Xie Zhenye (second from right) crossing the finish line.

On September 28, local time, in the men's 4X100m relay final of the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, the Chinese team consisting of Chen Jinfeng, Zeng Keli, Wang Shengjie, and Xie Zhenye won the gold medal in 38.17 seconds. The picture shows the handover between the first batsman Chen Jinfeng and Zeng Keli.

On September 28, local time, in the men’s long jump final of track and field at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Shi Yuhao won the gold medal with a time of 8.17 meters.

On September 26, local time, in the bronze medal match of the women’s basketball event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, the Chinese women’s basketball team won the bronze medal with a score of 77:64 against the Chinese Taipei women’s basketball team. The picture shows Zhang Ziyu (in red) of the Chinese team attacking during the game.

On September 24, local time, in the women's badminton team final of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games held at the Ichinomiya General Gymnasium in Japan, the Chinese team defeated the host Japan team 3-0 and won the championship. The picture shows Chinese players Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning (first from right) during the competition. They defeated the Japanese combination Fukushima Yuki/Matsumoto Mayu 2-0.

On September 22, local time, the women’s individual all-around final of the gymnastics event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games was held in Nagoya, Japan. Chinese player Ke Qinqin won the silver medal. The picture shows Ke Qinqin in the balance beam competition.

On September 22, local time, in the men's 1500-meter freestyle final of the swimming event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Zhang Zhanshuo won the gold medal in 14 minutes, 42 seconds and 42 seconds. The picture shows Zhang Zhanshuo during the competition.

ultimate kill

On September 25, local time, in the women's 100-meter track and field final of the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Chen Yujie won the gold medal in 11.06 seconds, not only breaking the Asian Games record, but also setting a new personal best for her.

On September 27, local time, in the women's javelin throw final of the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese athlete Yan Ziyi only threw one shot and won the gold medal with 70.46 meters.

On September 26, local time, the men's football quarter-finals of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games were held at Toyota Stadium in Japan. The Chinese team defeated the Thai team 3-0 and advanced to the semi-finals. The picture shows Chinese team player Peng Xiao (middle) shooting during the game.

focus

On September 20, local time, in the women's 10-meter air rifle shooting individual qualifying competition at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese teenager Wang Zifei (front) set a new Asian qualifying record with 636.8 rings.

On September 20, local time, the women's 10-meter air rifle team competition in the shooting event of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games was held at the comprehensive shooting range in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The Chinese team composed of Wang Zifei, Han Jiayu, and Du Yuchen broke the world record with a total score of 1904.2 rings and won the championship, successfully defending the title in this event at the Asian Games. The picture shows Du Yuchen in the game.

On September 27, local time, in the men's synchronized 10-meter platform competition at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese team players Yang Hao/Lian Junjie won the gold medal. The picture shows Yang Hao/Lian Junjie (right) during the game.

On September 27, local time, in the women’s trampoline competition of the gymnastics event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Qiu Zheng won the third place, and Japanese players won the first and second place. The picture shows Qiu Zheng in the game.

On October 3, local time, in the women's break dance final at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese team player Guo Pu defeated Japanese player Ayumi Fukushima and won the gold medal. The picture shows Guo Pu in the game.

On September 20, local time, in the martial arts women’s Tai Chi Tai Chi Sword all-around finals at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Tong Xin won the championship with a total score of 19.553 points. The picture shows Tongxin in a Tai Chi competition.

On September 22, local time, in the men’s individual foil competition of the fencing event held at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Hong Kong player Cai Junyan lost to Japan’s Kazuki Imura and won the silver medal. The picture shows Cai Junyan (left) during the game.

On September 25, local time, in the track and field women's pole vault final of the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Niu Chunge won the silver medal with 4.50 meters.

On October 3, local time, in the women's rock climbing finals of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese player Zhang Yuetong won the bronze medal with a score of 39 points.

Regret

On September 28, local time, in the men's singles final of the table tennis event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Wang Chuqin lost to Lin Shidong and won the silver medal. The picture shows Wang Chuqin after the game.

On September 24, local time, in the men's team finals of the badminton event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games held at the Ichinomiya Sports Arena in Japan, the Chinese team lost to the Indonesian team 2-3 and won the runner-up. The picture shows Chinese team player Weng Hongyang (second from right) after the game, while the celebrating Indonesian players ran past him.

On September 22, local time, the women’s individual all-around final of the gymnastics event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games was held in Nagoya, Japan. Chinese player Ke Qinqin won the silver medal. The picture shows Ke Qinqin making a mistake in the balance beam competition.

No matter the glory of reaching the top or the regret of passing by, they cannot cover up the light that bursts out of love. On the field, we saw the most beautiful appearance of the young man...

On September 24, local time, in the women's 100m preliminaries of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, 17-year-old Chinese athlete Chen Yujie (right) advanced to the semifinals in 11.41 seconds.

On September 22, local time, the women’s individual all-around final of the gymnastics event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games was held in Nagoya, Japan. 16-year-old Chinese player Ke Qinqin won the silver medal. The picture shows that at the award ceremony, Japanese player Aiko Sugihara (right), who won the gold medal, interacted with Ke Qinqin and put the silver medal on the mascot.

On September 21, local time, in the women's 200-meter medley final of the swimming event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, 13-year-old Chinese teenager Zidi won the championship in 2 minutes, 06.10 seconds, setting a new Asian record and winning his second gold medal at the Asian Games. The picture shows Yu Zidi smiling after the game.

On September 25, local time, in the women's bowl finals of the skateboarding event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, 12-year-old Cao Shiqi, the youngest athlete in the Chinese delegation at this Asian Games, competed in the competition. In the end, she ranked fourth with 81.23 points.

The grand event has come to an end, and the love continues. Let’s meet at the next Asian Games.