On the first day after the opening of the Hangzhou Asian Games, China won 20 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze MEDALS, totaling 30 MEDALS, ranking first in the medal table. “All sweep” became the theme of the Chinese delegation.
The rowing team has made a good start for the Chinese delegation.
The first gold medal of the Asian Games was produced in the women’s lightweight double sculls event, Zou Jiaqi / Qiu Xiuping won the championship by a huge advantage.
This is just the beginning. The Chinese rowing team competed in six events on the first day and won six gold MEDALS.
In addition to the first gold, the winners are men’s lightweight double sculls, women’s double oar, men’s double oar, women’s four single oar and men’s eight single oar codsmen.
The shooting resulted in two gold medals for both individual and team women’s 10m air rifle, both won by Chinese team players. The Chinese team, composed of three post-00s athletes Han Jiayu, Huang Yuting, and Wang Zhilin, defeated the Indian team to win the team championship. In the personal project competition, Huang Yuting and Han Jiayu respectively won the championship and runner up. In the martial arts competition, Chinese athletes won two gold medals on the first day. Sun Peiyuan won the gold medal in men’s long boxing, achieving the “triple crown” at the Asian Games, and Tong Xin won the gold medal in women’s Tai Chi and Tai Chi sword all-around. In the modern pentathlon women’s individual event, Chinese athlete Zhang Mingyu won with 1035 points and also qualified for the Paris Olympics. In the modern pentathlon women’s team, the Chinese team composed of Zhang Mingyu, Bian Yufei, Zhong Xiuting, and Xie Linzhi won the championship with a total score of 4094 points.
In the swimming competition, the Chinese team won all 7 gold medals of the day, breaking three Asian records and four Olympic records, dominating the swimming field. Olympic champion Zhang Yufei broke the race record with a time of 2:5.57 seconds and won the gold medal in the women’s 200 meter butterfly. Xu Jiayu won the men’s 100m backstroke with a time of 5223 seconds, breaking the race record. In the men’s 200 meter medley, Wang Shun broke the Asian record with a time of 1 minute, 54 seconds, and 62 seconds. In the men’s 100m freestyle, 19-year-old Pan Zhanle broke his Asian record and won the championship with a time of 46.97 seconds, becoming the first Asian athlete to score 47 seconds upstream in the event. There is no doubt that Li Bingjie won the women’s 1500m freestyle event, breaking the race record with a time of 15 minutes, 51 seconds, and 18 seconds. Tang Qianting successfully won the women’s 50m breaststroke, breaking her Asian record with a time of 29.96 seconds in the morning qualifiers. Women 4 × In the 100 meter freestyle relay event, the Chinese team, led by Yang Junxuan, Cheng Yujie, Wu Qingfeng, and Zhang Yufei, won the championship with a time of 3:3396 seconds, which also broke the competition record.
In addition, in the men’s gymnastics team event, the Chinese team composed of Zhang Boheng, Zou Jingyuan, Xiao Ruoteng, Lin Chaopan, and Lan Xingyu defeated their old opponent Japan with a score of 262.025, successfully winning the gold medal. The Chinese team, who played at home, was warmly welcomed by the Hangzhou audience, and upon their appearance, they won the cheers of the entire stadium. Every time the Chinese team athletes put on equipment, perform movements, and end the event, they will attract cheers from the whole court.