The hosts are expected to top the overall medals table by the time the action closes on Oct 8.
China’s Fan Junjie and Man Sun celebrate after winning the lightweight men’s double sculls rowing event at the Asian Games.
The Chinese pair finished in 7:6.78s, with Uzbekistan’s Luizakhon Islamova and Malika Tagmativa taking silver, almost 10 seconds behind.“Stepping on to the podium today is a new starting point to help us prepare for next year’s Paris Olympics,” said Qiu.The hosts then secured another victory on the rowing lake as the men’s lightweight double sculls gold was won by Fan Junjie and Sun Man, who finished five seconds clear of India’s Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh.
Swimming is one of the highlights of the Games and will see seven finals later today at the Hangzhou Olympic Centre Aquatic Sports Arena, where China are also expected to dominate.Breakout Chinese freestyler Pan Zhanle faces a fellow young starlet, Korean sensation Hwang Sun-woo, in one of the blue-riband events, the men’s 100m.
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