China News Service, Nagoya, Japan, October 2nd A total of 51 gold medals were awarded at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games on the 2nd. In the tennis arena, Wang Xiyu defeated Zhang Shuai 2:0 to win the women's singles championship. The Chinese team won the gold and silver medals and achieved its sixth consecutive championship. In the women's football bronze medal match, the Chinese team lost to the South Korean team 0:1, ranking fourth and missing the podium.
In the tennis arena, the women's singles final staged the "Chinese Derby". Wang Xiyu defeated Zhang Shuai in straight sets 6:2, 6:1 to win the championship and also qualified for the Los Angeles Olympics. In the men's singles semi-finals, Wu Yibing played despite being ill and defeated Japan's Hayabusa Matsuoka with a total score of 2:0 and advanced to the finals.
In the women's football bronze medal match, the Chinese team was scored with a header by South Korean team Noh Jin-yong in the first 4 minutes. In the 17th minute, Wang Yanwen made a cross from the penalty area and Shao Ziqin hit the goal over the crossbar. The Chinese team missed the opportunity to score. After that, the two teams failed to change the score. In the end, the Chinese women's football team lost 0:1 to their opponents and ended the tournament in fourth place. This was the third time in team history that the Chinese women's football team missed the Asian Games podium.
Several projects concluded today. In the boxing event, Paris Olympic champion and Chinese player Wu Yu defeated Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Sin 5-0 and won the women's 51kg gold medal. In the kayak slalom competition, Chen Lin won the women's extreme kayak championship, which was also the first gold medal in the history of the Asian Games in this event.
In the track cycling event, Chinese player Yuan Liying won the women's sprint championship and was crowned the "Triple Crown" of this event. In the medal list for this event, the Chinese team ranks first with 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 4 bronze medals.
Three archery team championships were decided today, and the Chinese team participated in two of them: in the mixed team competition, the Chinese combination Zhu Jingyi/Li Mengqi defeated the Indian team to win the championship. The Chinese archery team won the Asian Games gold medal for the first time in this event and qualified for the Los Angeles Olympics; the Chinese team won the bronze medal in the recurve women's team competition.
In the taekwondo competition, Chinese player Ma Jingyue won the women's 49kg championship, winning the first gold medal for the Chinese taekwondo team in this tournament. In the judo women's 78kg and above finals, Chinese player Niu Xinran defeated South Korean players and won the championship. This was also the first gold medal for the Chinese judo team in this tournament.
In the women's hockey final, the Chinese team lost to the Indian team 0:1 and won the silver medal, missing the opportunity to qualify for the Los Angeles Olympics. In the women's beach volleyball final, the Chinese team Xia Xinyi/Yan Xu lost 1:2 to the Thai team and won the silver medal. The Chinese team missed the seventh consecutive Asian Games championship in this event.
In the medal list, the Chinese delegation leads the way with 162 gold medals, 81 silver medals and 73 bronze medals, followed by the Japanese team and the South Korean team in second and third place respectively. (over)
