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HANGZHOU, China: World champion Qin Haiyang completed the breaststroke treble on Friday (Sep 29) and Zhang Yufei claimed a sixth gold as China's swimmers sent a final warning shot from the Asian Games ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Indian cyclists Esow Alben and David Beckham Elkatohchoongo finished 10th and 11th, respectively, in the 7-12 final of the men's Keirin event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. Esow finished his race in +0.651 seconds along with a warning, while Beckham had a timing of +1.096 seconds. Earlier in heat 1 of the semi-final, the Indian duo brought up the rear in the six-man field. While Beckham managed to finish fifth in +0.922, Esow was below him in +2.980, having received a warning.
Ahmed Al Mansouri clinched a historic cycling bronze at the Asian Games on Thursday as he became first Arab to win a medal on the track.
Stephen Ferris reckons Ireland's World Cup schedule has "panned out really well", as they take a well-earned break from action this weekend.
Two-time world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen secured a Paris Olympics berth and assured herself of a medal as she cantered to the 50kg semifinals of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. Fighting in her third bout of the tournament, Nikhat needed less than three minutes to notch a facile RSC (referee stops contest) win over Nassar Hanan of Jordan in the quarterfinal. The reigning Commonwealth Games champion set the tone of the bout early on with a sharp jab. Nikhat continued to dominate with a flurry of accurate combination punches.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra progressed to the women's singles quarterfinals but veterans A Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan crashed out in the pre-quarterfinals of the table tennis competition in the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. In the men's singles, Sharath fought bravely against Chinese Taipei's Chih-Yuan Chuang but eventually the latter prevailed 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 10-12, 6-11, 11-8. Sharath had fought back from a two-game disadvantage to make it 3-3, but he could not hold his composure in the final game.
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok continued to stay in medal contention in the individual event as she was just one shot behind the leader at tied second in the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. In the process, she also kept the Indian women's team in the race for another medal at the West Lake International course. Aditi (67-66) was one behind Thailand's Arpichaya Yubol (67-65) while the Indian women's team is lying third behind China and Thailand. India has never won an Asian Games medal in the women's section.
JAKARTA: Indonesia is preparing to face Saudi Arabia in the AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers, the national team’s head coach said on Friday, as the team arrived in the Kingdom for the competition starting next week.