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HANGZHOU: North Korea maintained an eye-catching display in weightlifting at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday (Oct 2) when Kim Il Gyong lifted 111kg, setting a world record for the snatch on her way to gold in the women's 59kg category on day eight of competition.
HANGZHOU, China : South Korean roller-skater Jung Cheol-won was left red-faced at the Asian Games on Monday when an early celebration cost his team a gold medal in the 3,000 metres relay race.
The Indian women's basketball team lost 57-96 against Noth Korea to bow out in the quarterfinals of the Asian Games on Monday. The Indian women cagers were no match for North Korea as they lost all the four quarters 20-26, 6-26, 17-22, 14-22 at the Shaoxing Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium. The Indians started impressively and gave North Korea a fight in the first quarter but were completely outplayed in the remaining three quarters. Earlier, India finished second in Group A, beating Indonesia 66-46, Mongolia 68-62 before losing 53-111 against defending champions China.
HANGZHOU, China : North Korea's record-shattering performances at the Asian Games weightlifting continued on Monday, while Olympic champion Zhu Xueying bounced her way to a trampoline gold.
After winning a bronze medal in the women's Heptathlon 800m in the ongoing Asian Games on Sunday, Indian athlete Nandini Agasara said she never thought that she would be winning a medal at the 19th Asian Games. While speaking to ANI, the Indian athlete said that this was her first international match at the senior level and she never thought that she would be getting a medal in the multi-sport event. "This is my first international match in the senior category and I got a medal, last time I participated in the junior category... I never thought that I would be getting a medal in such a big competition," Nandini Agasara told ANI.
HANGZHOU: Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina made her international debut for the Soviet Union, and while the country may be long gone, the 48-year-old is still going strong.
HANGZHOU, China: North Korea football coach Sin Yong Nam defended his players after several clashed with match officials on the pitch after their 2-1 defeat to Japan in the Asian Games quarter-finals in Hangzhou on Sunday (Oct 1).
Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee's giant-slaying run ended with a bronze medal at the Asian Games after the Indian duo lost the closely-fought women's doubles semifinal 3-4 to Korea in Hangzhou on Monday. Sutirtha and Ayhika brought the match on even-keel after trailing 2-3 but the Koreans Sugyong Pak and Suyog Cha outgunned the Indians in the decider, winning 7-11 11-8 7-11 11-8 11-9 5-11 11-2 in 60 minutes. (Asian Games Medals Tally)