China News Service, Nagoya, Japan, September 27. At the Chinese Sports Delegation Working Conference held on the 27th, Zhang Xin, Secretary-General of the Chinese Sports Delegation, summarized the competition completed by Chinese athletes at the 20th Asian Games. He said that the performance of Chinese athletes in the first half of the competition was in line with pre-game expectations.
Zhang Xin said that in the first half of the competition, the delegation flourished on all fronts, and most of the events performed at a high competitive level. The modern pentathlon won the first gold medal for the delegation, and the men's individual event won another gold medal after 12 years. The triathlon created the best result in the Asian Games, breaking Japan's long-term advantage in this event. Road cycling won the Asian Games gold medal for the first time in 20 years, and mountain biking won two championships. Track and field took the lead in winning the gold medal in the men's and women's half-marathon walking event. As the event unfolded, it also won gold medals in sprinting, jumping, throwing and other events. He won 30 gold medals in swimming, surpassing the number of gold medals in the Hangzhou Asian Games and winning all seven relay events for the first time. Both the men's and women's gymnastics teams won gold medals, rowing and kayaking maintained their leading position in Asia, and all martial arts and karate events won gold medals. Equestrian dressage stood on the highest podium of the Asian Games for the first time, and the women's epee team defeated the world's strongest teams to win the championship.
In terms of collective ball games, Zhang Xin said that the women's volleyball team quickly adjusted after the setback in the Asian Championships, defeating Thailand and Japan in the semi-finals and finals, and the young athletes were fully trained. Both the men's and women's football teams have reached the semi-finals. Women's water polo won the championship with an undefeated record.
In the first half of the competition, Chinese athletes performed well in many events. Shooting broke the world record in four team events of air rifle and flying saucer; the women's 61kg weightlifting set a new world record; swimming broke Asian records in five events, and rewrote Asian Games records in 11 events; track and field women's 100 meters and men's triple jump also broke Asian Games records.
Another group of young newcomers stood out. Young athletes such as 17-year-old Chen Yujie and 19-year-old Shi Shengji in the track and field event, 19-year-old Zhang Zhanshuo and 14-year-old Yu Zidi in the swimming event have stepped onto the Asian Games field, experienced competition and grown rapidly.
Zhang Xin said that competition in most events of this Asian Games is fierce, and athletes from delegations such as Japan, Thailand, Bahrain, and Uzbekistan have broken world records, Asian records, and Asian Games records in multiple events. Although the Chinese sports delegation achieved good results in the first half of the competition, the performance of some individual projects was not as good as expected, which exposed deficiencies in talent depth, competition preparation, on-the-spot command, etc., which sounded the alarm for project development and preparations for the Los Angeles Olympics, and needs to be improved in follow-up work.
Zhang Xin emphasized that halfway through the schedule does not mean halfway through the battle. Competition will become more intense in the second half. The Chinese sports delegation will continue to fight tenaciously and strive for the first place, cherish the opportunity of the Asian Games as an important training platform before the Los Angeles Olympics, strive for excellent competition results, fully demonstrate the good spirit of Chinese athletes, and strive to achieve double harvests in sports performance and spiritual civilization.
