
Aichi/Nagoya Asian Games 10th day
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The Aichi/Nagoya Asian Games are being held, with athletes representing Japan competing for medals in each sport.
On the 28th, the 10th day of the Aichi/Nagoya Asian Games, the men's Touma Nakai (Beads International) won the bicycle BMX race for the second time in a row. Bikai Kiuchi (Nippon Sport Science University) won the silver medal. The women's race was won by Sae Hatakeyama. In artistic swimming (AS), Japan took second place in the final event, team free routine (FR), marking their sixth consecutive silver medal.
Kitaguchi tears up in frustration, unable to show her full potential again - Asian Games women's javelin throw
In women's table tennis doubles, Miwa Harimoto (Kinoshita Group) and Hina Hayata (Nippon Life Insurance) advanced to the final. In track and field, Daiki Goto (Rakunan High School, Kyoto) will compete in the men's 400m hurdles, and Ryuji Miura (SUBARU) will compete in the 3,000m hurdles.
In the badminton women's singles semifinal, Akane Yamaguchi (Saishunkan Pharmaceutical) defeated Wang Jiyi (China) 2-0. The doubles team of Takaei Nakanishi and Suzu Iwanaga (BIPROGY) lost to the Korean pair in the semifinals and won the bronze medal.

Nippon-Ham's Fukushima suddenly took the mound as a starter and pitched well, allowing only one hit and no runs through five innings. Fukushima, who had the opportunity after Takashi Kato was deregistered due to influenza, pitched with good tempo while getting strikes, and received praise from manager Shinjo. The team was in a battle for second place with Seibu, and won 8-3 thanks to Gunji's grand slam home run in the final stages.

In the game in which Seibu decided to advance to CS, starting pitcher Sumida was hit by a ball on his left elbow in the first inning and was forced to leave the game. Yamada, a reliever, contributed two points, and the team lost four points by the third inning. Sumida was diagnosed with a bruise and expressed his desire to return, but a series of accidents occurred, including reliever Tasuku Nakamura leaving the game due to lower back strain and Nevin being hit by a pitch, resulting in the loss with a bad aftertaste.

In the match against Venezuela, the Japanese national team used new players, with four players including Saito making their debut for the A national team. They struggled in the first half as they could not become the starting point for their attacks, but in the second half, Ueda scored the winning goal and they came from behind to win. Coach Moriyasu called for improved intensity and quality of play.

17-year-old Goto won silver medal in the men's 400m steeplechase at the Asian Games. He set a good time of 47.93 seconds, breaking the U18 world record. Although he was disappointed in his first appearance at the senior international tournament, he showed his desire to compete in next year's world championships.

On the final day of the U.S. Women's Golf Tour, Yuna Nishimura fought off the fierce pursuit of Akira Iwai and increased her score with eagles and other shots. She started the final day with a five-stroke lead over second place, and ended up winning outright with a score of 20 under. He was moved to tears by his first win in his fourth year, and was happy that his hard work and efforts had paid off.

Yokozuna Onosato, who won the Grand Sumo Autumn Tournament for the first time in six races, held a press conference on the 28th, one night after Chishu Raku, at the Nishonoseki Stable in Ami Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, and talked about his joy at winning and his thoughts on his comeback.