
Aiko Sugihara becomes the first Japanese woman to win the women's individual all-around gymnastics event, and Kazuki Iimura wins the gold medal in the men's foil fencing competition.
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The Aichi/Nagoya Asian Games are currently underway, and competition for medals is underway in each sport.
On the 22nd, the fourth day of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, 17-year-old Yuki Kojima (Aichi, Toyokawa High School) won the gold medal in the men's 400-meter individual medley swimming race, setting a new tournament record of 4:07.02. Tomoyuki Matsushita (Toyo University) received silver. Kaito Tabuchi (Amagasaki SS) won silver and Kazushi Imafuku (Hirakata SS) won bronze in the 1500m freestyle.
Amazing 17-year-old, come-from-behind gold Yuki Kojima, humiliated by 400 - Asian Games
In the men's 400-meter medley relay, Japan (Takehara, Ohashi, Mitsunaga, Murasa) broke the Japanese record with a time of 3 minutes 28.70 seconds, taking the silver medal after China.
In the women's individual gymnastics competition, Aiko Sugihara (TRyAS) scored 55.599 points, becoming the first Japanese athlete to reach the top in this event. Misa Nishiyama (Nambaku) came in 3rd place. In individual fencing, men's foiler Kazuki Iimura (NTT) won the gold medal, the first since Yuki Ota in 2006. Kyosuke Matsuyama (JTB) lost in the semi-finals to Iimura and took bronze along with female epee player Tamaki Terayama (Haseko Corporation).
In the second game of Group A, Japan plays against Palestine in the first round of baseball.

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani returned from a right upper arm injury and played as the No. 2 designated hitter against the Padres, hitting right field in his first at-bat. On the same day, Japanese players such as Munetaka Murakami, Seiya Suzuki, and Kazuma Okamoto played in the US Major League Baseball, but Okamoto went hitless in a doubleheader, eliminating his chances of advancing to the playoffs.

Consecutive women's judo Olympic champion Ayumi Tanimoto (45) served as a general volunteer to guide spectators at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Out of gratitude for her past experience, she applied, saying, ``I've always wanted to try it,'' and contributed to the organization of the event with her cheerful voice and smile.

On the 22nd, infielder Takuya Nakajima (35) of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, a professional baseball team, held a press conference at the team's home base, Escon Field, Hokkaido, and announced that he would be retiring from active duty at the end of this season. Looking back on his 18 years of dedication to the Fighters, he expressed his gratitude and cited winning the league championship in 2016 as the No. 1 in Japan as his favorite memory. He asked his juniors to ``do the obvious things,'' and expressed his intention to become a coach in the future.

Nippon-Ham fell behind by 5 points due to starter Kitayama's 5 runs, but Tamiya's home run helped them come back and win. Nakajima's retirement match after 18 years of service was decorated with flowers, and the team moved forward to host the CS first stage at their home base.

With less than 10 games left, the Giants, who are 0.5 games behind the leader, suffered a walk-off loss to last place Hiroshima in the 11th inning. They failed to capitalize on the opportunities and their relief team collapsed, resulting in a disappointing loss. They remain in a can't-win situation as they look to win the league for the first time in two years.

On the 10th day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, Atamifuji defeated Ozeki Kotozakura in a push-out match to advance to the tournament. In a place where he was aiming to be promoted to ozeki, he showed a calm and powerful sumo style, and received high praise from Chairman Hakkaku. He says that this is a "passing point" and is eager to get to the final stage.