
Teenage swimmer sets new record for most gold medals in a single Asian Games
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The Asian Games is a major multi-sport event. Previous records for gold medals in a single Games were held by Zhang Yufei and Rikako Ikee.
Teenage juggernaut Zhang Zhanshuo became the first swimmer to win seven gold medals at an Asian Games on the final night at the Tokyo pool on Friday, when China cemented their superpower status.
Sitting on a lane divider, the 19-year-old Zhang counted out the golds with his fingers to mark the moment after cruising to the 400 metres freestyle title in a Games record of three minutes, 41.28 seconds, with Japan’s Kazushi Imafuku a distant runner-up.
Having already won the 200m, 400m and 1,500m freestyle crowns and three relay titles to boot, Zhang eclipsed the six-gold hauls of China’s butterfly queen Zhang Yufei (Hangzhou 2022) and Japan’s Rikako Ikee (Jakarta 2018).

On September 25, in the women's 100m final of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, 17-year-old Chinese athlete Chen Yujie won the championship with a time of 11.06 seconds. After the game, she said that this gold medal was the best coming-of-age gift for herself, and shared her preparation experience of rehearsing the game scenes before the game.

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Taiwan's Wang Guanhong won the gold medal in the Asian Games men's 200m butterfly final, becoming Taiwan's first men's swimming gold medal in the history of the Asian Games. On the same day, Lin Yifan and Ku Yongyan won silver in skateboarding, and medals were also won in weightlifting, light boating and kabaddi. The Taiwan team won a total of 1 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze in a single day, temporarily ranking 13th in the medal list.

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"Taiwan's Fastest Man" Yang Junhan ran 10.33 seconds in the men's 100m semi-finals of the Nagoya Asian Games but failed to advance to the finals. Yang Junhan said that he was troubled by injuries during the preparations and his condition has not reached its peak. He has tried his best to exert his best strength at this stage.

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