Asian Games results and Kylian Mbappe's injury in the European Nations League

Japanese Ichitaka Yamashita waited for the right moment before making a strong run to win the gold medal in the marathon at the Asian Games on Saturday, exciting the local fans who lined the road on a rainy morning in Nagoya, before Shiitai Ishite went back in time to win the women's race for Bahrain.

Yamashita, born in Nagasaki, won Japan's seventh title in the men's marathon at the Asian Games, after letting his rivals do the hard work in front before making a decisive move.

Yamashita was part of a group of six runners that broke away from the rest at the halfway mark, and remained behind North Korea's Han Il Ryung, the Hangzhou silver medalist, and India's Sawan Barwal, setting the pace with 10 kilometers remaining.

As Han and Barwal began to fall behind, Yamashita pushed forward, reaching the finish line at the Mizuho Park Sports Arena in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 49 seconds, 48 ​​seconds ahead of Barwal, who set a personal record.

“While the competitors from China and India took turns leading the group, I was almost never driving myself,” Yamashita said. So I felt a little sorry.”

China's Feng Peiyu stormed strongly in the final moments to snatch the bronze medal from Han.

Japanese Yuki Kurihara, 11 years old, won the gold medal in electronic games at the Asian Games on Saturday in impressive style, after crushing a series of competitors three times his age.

The bespectacled elementary school student, believed to be the youngest participant in the games in Aichi-Nagoya, won the final of the puzzle game “Puyo Puyo Heroes” with a score of 10-2.

He is the youngest athlete for host country Japan in the history of the Asian Games.

“Puyo Puyo” is a sport in “E-Sports” in which players try to clear the screen of colored dots by arranging them in rows and removing them.

Kurihara seemed calm throughout, as he worked his way to gold with a series of impressive performances.

On his way, he defeated the Thai Tanarak Wongkitkun, 28 years old, and a veteran for his age, with a score of 10-1 in the semi-finals, to secure at least the silver medal.

In the final, he barely smiled after defeating South Korean Kang Dongshin (24 years old), despite trailing 0-1 at the beginning.

Kurihara began playing the sport in his first year of elementary school, and soon began competing and winning tournaments.

He obtained his professional license in April of this year, and is accustomed to regularly beating adult players.

He said before the games: “It is difficult to balance it with school and remedial classes, but it (competing in the game) is very fun.”

He added: “Now it's summer vacation, so I have plenty of time to train. “I want to train a lot and develop some new strengths.”

French national team captain Kylian Mbappé, who suffered a knee injury during the European Nations League match against Turkey on Friday, will leave his country’s camp “to avoid any risk,” according to what coach Zinedine Zidane announced on the TF1 channel.

“Things do not look good, unfortunately,” Zizou said in response to a question about the Real Madrid striker’s exit immediately after scoring the lead goal in the 54th minute. He added: “I think he will have to return,” before the channel’s journalist asked him again: “If Kylian Mbappe’s camp ends?” Zidane replied: “Yes, because we will not take any risks.” "He had hyperextension of the knee."

The French Federation then confirmed that Mbappe, who “suffers from a tendon injury,” would return to Madrid to receive treatment.

The new coach of the French national team had explained that the Real Madrid striker was injured “during the shot” that resulted in the winning goal against Turkey.

Zidane repeated: “The indicators are not completely encouraging for him to continue.” "We will not take any risks."

When the goal was scored in the 54th minute, Mbappe received a pass from Michael Oliseh, so he shot with his right foot and was able to deceive Turkish goalkeeper Ugurcan Çakir, scoring his 67th international goal.

But the best scorer in the history of the French national team did not celebrate the goal, as he began limping immediately, before lying down on the field, placing his hand on the back of his left knee, while signs of pain appeared clearly on his face.

He tried to continue playing for a while, before he was forced to give up completely in the 59th minute. After being replaced by Desiree Doue, Mbappé went straight to the dressing room, still limping slightly, after a quick and friendly handshake with his coach, Zinedine Zidane.

In the first match of Zidane's era, France beat Turkey 1-0, and within ten days it awaits three more matches in the Nations League, starting with a visit to Belgium on Monday, then hosting Italy and Belgium at the Stade de France on the 2nd and 5th of October.