Reigning champions Japan held off a spirited fightback from hosts China on Tuesday, Oct. 3, to set up an Asian Games women's football final against North Korea, while a runner previously banned for doping won gold.
Japan's Toko Koga celebrates with teammates after scoring her team's fourth goal against China at the the women's semifinal football match between China and Japan during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Tuesday, Oct. 3,.
But Japan kept its concentration and nerve to hold out for victory and teed up a showdown with North Korea on Friday for gold. On the fifth day in track and field, Bahrain's Kemi Adekoya -- who was stripped of the 2018 title for doping -- won 400m hurdles gold. Adekoya, who only recently returned to action, won the 400m title on Saturday.China's Wu Yu enjoyed an afternoon stroll to the first boxing gold of the Games as she easily defeated Thailand's Chuthamat Raksat in the final of the women's flyweight on unanimous points.
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