Aichi/Nagoya Asian Games Day 8: Men's marathon Kazuki Yamashita wins gold, e-sports Yuki Kurihara wins

On the 26th, the eighth day of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Kazuki Yamashita (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) won the gold medal in the men's marathon with a time of 2 hours 10 minutes 49 seconds. Yuki Kurihara (Tokyo Verdy), the youngest member of the Japanese team at 11 years old, won the e-sports competition in computer games with his game ``Puyo Puyo e.''

Kazuki Yamashita's signature smile Asian Games Marathon

In the team fencing final, Japan's women's foil team (Tsuji, Higashi, Ueno, Kikuchi) defeated Korea 29-28, but Japan's men's saber team (Kokubo, Yoshida, Tsubo, Tsumori) narrowly lost to Korea 44-45. In the men's synchronized board diving, Ogiri Ikuma (Nippon Sport Science University) and Haruki Suyama (Kabahaus Holdings) won silver.

In the women's basketball final, Japan lost to South Korea 70-75, missing out on the gold medal for the first time in 28 years. In the men's soccer quarterfinals, Japan's U21 (under 21) national team defeated North Korea 1-0. In track and field, Nozomi Tanaka (Toyota Industries) won the women's 1,500m race and Yuki Joseph Nakajima (Fujitsu) won the men's 400m race.