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Hong Kong Win Third Straight Men's Rugby Sevens Gold, Japan Take Women's Title
Hong Kong won a third consecutive men's rugby sevens gold at the Asian Games, beating China in the final, with hosts Japan taking bronze. Hong Kong arrived in Nagoya as two-time defending champions, having won gold at both Jakarta-Palembang 2018 and Hangzhou 2022, and extended their dominance of the men's competition at the Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium. In the women's final, Japan beat China for gold, with Hong Kong settling for bronze. It is a reversal from Hangzhou 2022, where China had topped the women's podium, with Japan having built strong recent form on the HSBC SVNS Series heading into these Games.
Japan Beat China for Women's Softball Gold
Hosts Japan won the women's softball gold at the Asian Games, beating China in the final, with Chinese Taipei taking bronze. The win continues Japan's strong recent record in the sport, which has been a mainstay of the Asian Games programme for the region's traditional softball powers.
Takhmina Ikromova Defends Rhythmic Gymnastics All-Around Gold, China Win Group Title
Uzbekistan's Takhmina Ikromova defended her Asian Games individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics title, beating China's Wang Qi and Wang Zilu , who took silver and bronze respectively. Ikromova, the 2022 Asian Games all-around and team gold medallist, arrived in Nagoya as the reigning Asian champion, having swept every individual title at this year's continental championships in Bishkek. China had their own moment in the group all-around final, however, topping the podium ahead of hosts Japan and Kazakhstan .
Japan and Qatar Win First-Ever Padel Golds as Sport Makes Historic Asian Games Debut
Japan and Qatar won the first-ever padel gold medals at the Asian Games, with the sport making its historic debut on the continental stage in Nagoya. In the women's pairs final, Japan's Saki Tsukamoto and Kae Tokumoto won gold, with Indonesia's Fadona Kusumawati and Fitriani Sabatini taking silver, and compatriots Novela Putria and Beatrice Gumulya claiming bronze. In the men's final, Qatar's top-seeded brothers Mashari and Rashed Naif won gold, with Malaysia's Christian Chin taking silver and Iran's Farsad Shahi and Amirmohammad Jamshidi bronze. Padel's inclusion follows its recent addition to the Mediterranean and South American Games, with 88 competitors from 13 nations taking part across the men's and women's draws at the Nagoya City Higashi Sports Center. The Naif brothers arrived as favourites, having previously won silver at the inaugural Asian Padel Championships in Doha.
India Complete Hockey Golden Double, Women End 44-Year Wait as Men Defend Title
India completed a hockey golden double at the Asian Games, with the women beating China 1-0 to end a 44-year wait for gold on Friday, before the men defended their title with a 5-1 rout of Malaysia on Saturday, both results securing direct qualification for the LA 2028 Olympics. The men's team, captained by Harmanpreet Singh , went through the tournament unbeaten, surviving a dramatic 4-3 semi-final against arch-rivals Pakistan before dominating Malaysia in the final. It is India's fifth Asian Games men's title, adding to their wins in 1966, 1998, 2014 and 2022, and a successful defence of the gold they won at Hangzhou. The women's win was the more historic of the two, their first Asian Games hockey gold since 1982 and ending defending champions China's reign at the top. India went through their campaign unbeaten as well, having earlier beaten South Korea in the semi-final. It marks the first time since 1998 that both India's men's and women's hockey teams have reached the Asian Games final in the same edition, and the first time both have won gold together.
Shigeyuki Nakarai Defends Breaking Gold as Asian Games Debut Crowns Its First Champions
Japan's Shigeyuki Nakarai , known as B-Boy Shigekix, defended his Asian Games breaking title, winning the B-Boys gold to go with the one he won at Hangzhou 2022, with South Korea's Hongyul Kim taking silver and China's Ruimiao Wang bronze. In the B-Girls final, China's Guo Pu , known as B-Girl Royal, won gold, with Japan's Ayumi Fukushima taking silver and Guo's compatriot Liu Qingyi , a Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist, completing the podium in bronze. Breaking made its Asian Games debut at these Games, having featured once at the Olympics in Paris before being dropped from the Los Angeles 2028 programme. Nakarai, 22, remains one of the sport's most recognisable competitors worldwide, having also reached the men's semi-final at the Paris Olympics.
Joohyung Kim Wins Men's Golf Gold, China Take Team Title
Joohyung Kim won the men's individual golf gold at the Asian Games, with China completing a double by taking the men's team title. Kim finished ahead of Japan's Kazuki Higa, with Thailand's Sadom Kaewkanjana taking bronze in the individual event. In the team competition, China won gold ahead of South Korea, with Japan taking bronze.
China's Chu and Zhang Win Final Sport Climbing Golds
China won the two remaining sport climbing golds at the Asian Games, with Shouhong Chu taking the men's speed title and Yuetong Zhang winning the women's boulder final. In the men's speed final, Chu beat Iran's Reza Ali Pour Shenazandi Fard, with Kazakhstan's Damir Toktarov taking bronze. In the women's boulder final, Zhang beat Japan's Ai Mori, with South Korea's Chaehyun Seo completing the podium in bronze. The results give China two golds across the discipline's four events, alongside Japan's win in the men's boulder and Indonesia's in the women's speed.
China, Kazakhstan, Iran and Uzbekistan Share Taekwondo Kyorugi Golds
Taekwondo's kyorugi competition produced four golds for four different nations at the Asian Games, with China , Kazakhstan , Iran and Uzbekistan each topping a weight category. China's Jingyue Ma won women's -49kg gold, Kazakhstan's Tamirlan Tleules topped the men's -58kg podium, Iran's Saghar Moradi Sheikhlari won women's -67kg, and Uzbekistan's Jasurbek Jaysunov claimed men's -80kg gold. The Philippines' Jeus Gabriel Derick Yape also added a gold in the mixed individual virtual taekwondo event, having earlier taken bronze in the men's poomsae final.
India Add Four More Archery Medals as Korea and China Sweep the Golds
India added four more archery medals across the recurve and compound events at the Asian Games, with South Korea and China taking the golds in each. In the recurve team events, China beat India to gold in the mixed team final, with Korea taking bronze, while South Korea topped the men's team podium, with India again settling for silver and Chinese Taipei bronze. In the compound individual finals, Indonesia's Nurisa Dian Ashrifah won women's gold ahead of the Philippines' Amaya Cojuangco and South Korea's Yeonseo Kang, with no Indian medallist in that event. In the men's final, Korea's Jongho Kim won gold over Chinese Taipei's Cheng-Wei Chang, with India's Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru claiming bronze.
Kumkum Mohod Wins India's First Individual Recurve Archery Gold in Shoot-Off Thriller
Kumkum Mohod won India's first individual recurve archery gold at the Asian Games, beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off to claim the women's title in Nagoya. The 17-year-old from Amravati arrives at these Games off the back of a breakout season, having already beaten Oh Yejin and her Olympic champion teammates to win recurve mixed team gold with Dhiraj Bommadevara at an Archery World Cup stage in Antalya earlier this year, and claiming women's team gold in Shanghai before that. China's Huang Yuwei took bronze in the Asian Games final. The win adds to a strong Games for India's recurve archers. India's women's team had already won team gold earlier in the week, while the mixed team and men's team both settled for silver, finishing behind China and South Korea respectively.
Pranavi Urs Becomes First Indian Woman to Win Individual Golf Gold at Asian Games
Pranavi Sharath Urs became the first Indian woman to win an individual golf gold at the Asian Games, closing with a final-round 68 to finish at 15-under 265, one stroke clear of the field in Nagoya. Pranavi carried a three-shot overnight lead into the final round but opened with a triple bogey on the third hole. She steadied herself with three birdies through the middle of the round, then held her nerve with crucial par putts on the final two holes to close out the title. China's Yin Ruoning took silver, with Singapore's Shannon Tan claiming bronze. It is India's first individual women's golf gold at the Asian Games, improving on Aditi Ashok's silver at Hangzhou 2022, and the country's first golf gold of any kind since Shiv Kapur's men's individual title in 2002. Pranavi also combined with Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar to win silver in the women's team event, with China taking team gold.
Xiyu Wang Beats Compatriot Zhang Shuai for Tennis Women's Singles Gold
China's Xiyu Wang won the women's singles tennis gold at the Asian Games, beating compatriot Shuai Zhang in an all-Chinese final, with Kazakhstan's Yuliya Putintseva and the Philippines' Alexandra Eala sharing bronze.
Japan Add Three More Judo Golds as Korea, UAE and Uzbekistan Also Strike Gold
Japan continued to dominate the judo mats at the Asian Games, winning three more golds across the men's -81kg and women's -63kg and -70kg categories, while South Korea , the UAE and Uzbekistan picked up titles elsewhere on the programme. Mimi Huh gave South Korea gold in the women's -57kg final, beating Mongolia's Ariunzaya Terbish, while the UAE's Kazbek Naguchev won the men's -73kg title over Uzbekistan's Shakhram Ahadov. Japan then swept three of the remaining categories, with Sotaro Fujiwara winning men's -81kg, Narumi Tanioka taking women's -63kg and Rin Maeda adding women's -70kg gold. In the men's heaviest category, Uzbekistan won the +100kg final ahead of Japan, with South Korea and Mongolia sharing bronze.
Yui Susaki Stays Unbeaten as Japan and Iran Share Final Wrestling Golds
Iran and Japan shared the final freestyle wrestling golds of the Asian Games, with Japan's legendary Yui Susaki continuing her unbeaten career with gold in the women's 50kg final. In the men's divisions, Iran's Amir Hossein Zare won the 125kg title, with China and Bahrain's Shamil Sharipov among the medallists, while Mohammad Nokhodilarimi added Iran's second gold of the day in the 86kg category, beating Japan's Hayato Ishiguro to the title. In the women's divisions, Susaki , an Olympic and multiple world champion who remains undefeated in senior international competition, won the 50kg gold ahead of North Korea's Son Hyang Kim, with China and Kazakhstan sharing bronze. Japan completed a wrestling double on the day through Yuka Kagami , who won the women's 76kg title ahead of Kazakhstan's Elmira Syzdykova.
Lovlina Borgohain Headlines India's Historic Boxing Gold Sweep
India enjoyed their best-ever day in Asian Games boxing, sweeping all three gold medal finals they contested, with Lovlina Borgohain , Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal all striking gold within hours of each other at Aichi-Nagoya. Borgohain got the day started, beating China's Ziyi Bao 5-0 in the women's 75kg final to win on her birthday and become only the second Indian woman boxer to win Asian Games gold, after Mary Kom's triumph in 2014. The Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist had earlier beaten South Korea's Seong Suyeon and Kazakhstan's Natalya Bogdanova to reach the final. Parveen Hooda followed with gold in the women's 65kg category, before Ankush Panghal completed the hat-trick in the men's 80kg final, beating South Korea's Kim Minseong 4-0 to win India's first men's 80kg boxing gold at the Asian Games since 2018. The three golds took India's overall tally to 75 medals on the day, alongside a maiden women's hockey title and a wrestling gold for Sujeet in the men's freestyle 65kg category, making it one of the most productive single days in the country's Asian Games history.
Kumkum Mohod Wins India's First Individual Recurve Archery Medal With Gold
Kumkum Mohod became the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve archery medal at the Asian Games, beating South Korea's Yejin Oh in the gold medal match at Okazaki Central Park, capping a historic week for the 17-year-old. Mohod reached the final by beating China's Zhu Jingyi 6-2 in the semi-final, sealing the contest with a 10 on her final arrow after both archers had traded 9s and 10s through the fourth set. China's Yuwei Huang took bronze. It is Mohod's third medal of the Games, having earlier combined with Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma to win India's first-ever Asian Games women's recurve team gold, beating South Korea 5-3, before adding a mixed team silver alongside Dhiraj Bommadevara. The individual gold completes a breakout campaign for the teenager and marks a historic shift in a discipline South Korea has dominated for decades.
China Fill Tennis Singles Podium, Thailand Win Beach Volleyball Gold
China won gold and silver in the tennis women's singles final at the Asian Games in Nagoya, with an all-Chinese podium decider settling the title, while Thailand won gold in beach volleyball's women's event elsewhere in the programme. China's top seed beat her compatriot in straight sets in the women's singles final, continuing the country's strong run in Asian tennis. The result means China has topped the women's singles podium for a second successive edition of the Games, with the all-Chinese final reflecting the depth of the country's women's tennis programme at continental level. In men's doubles, decided a day earlier, Japan had beaten South Korea to gold. In beach volleyball, Thailand won the women's gold medal match, beating China in the final, with the Philippines taking bronze. Thailand have a strong pedigree in the discipline at continental level, and the win adds another gold to a Games that has already seen the country feature prominently across combat and beach sports. Both results round out two more of the Games' net and court-based disciplines, with tennis's team and mixed doubles events still to be completed and beach volleyball's men's final still to come as the respective programmes in Nagoya move toward their closing stages.
South Korea Beat Chinese Taipei to League of Legends Gold
South Korea won gold in the League of Legends event at the Asian Games esports programme in Nagoya, beating Chinese Taipei in the final. The win adds League of Legends gold to South Korea's esports medal collection at these Games, a title the country has traditionally been among the strongest contenders for given the strength of its domestic competitive gaming scene, one of the most established in the world. Chinese Taipei's silver continues a solid Games for the team, who have been competitive across several of the esports titles on the Asian Games programme in Nagoya. The result adds to what has already been a varied esports medal table at these Games, with five different nations, Malaysia, Iran, China, South Korea and Japan, having won gold across the earlier finals in titles spanning racing, football, battle royale and fighting game disciplines. South Korea's win in League of Legends, one of the most widely followed titles on the programme globally, is likely to be one of the most closely watched results of the esports competition. Esports remains a demonstration-turned-medal discipline at the Asian Games, having first been included as a medal sport at Hangzhou 2023, and continues to expand its footprint at these Games with a wider range of titles on the programme in Nagoya than at the previous edition.
South Korea Beat India to Recurve Men's Team Archery Gold
South Korea won the recurve men's team archery gold at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, beating India in the final, with Chinese Taipei taking bronze. The result restored some order for Korea in the recurve discipline after a mixed day for the traditional powerhouse, having already been beaten in both the women's and mixed recurve team finals earlier on the programme. India's silver continues what has been an outstanding campaign for the country's recurve archers at these Games, adding to the gold won in the women's team event and the silver claimed in the mixed team final on the same day. Korea has historically been the dominant nation in Olympic recurve archery at the Asian Games, and the men's team gold ensures the country ends the team competition with at least one title despite India's breakthrough results elsewhere in the discipline. Chinese Taipei's bronze continues a solid campaign for the team, who also featured on the podium in the men's compound events earlier in the week. With all three recurve team finals now decided, India has walked away with a gold and two silvers from the event, a historic return for a country whose recurve archers had never previously reached an Asian Games team final before this edition. The individual recurve events remain to be contested as the archery programme in Nagoya heads toward its closing days.
Japan Win Men's Kayak Cross Gold, China Take Women's Title
Japan and China shared the golds in the kayak cross finals at the Asian Games canoe slalom venue, with Japan winning the men's event and China taking the women's. In the men's kayak cross final, Japan won gold on home water, with China taking both the silver and bronze medals on offer. China responded in the women's final, winning gold themselves, with Chinese Taipei taking silver and a second Chinese paddler claiming bronze. Kayak cross is a head-to-head knockout format in which four paddlers race down the course simultaneously, making it one of the more unpredictable and spectator-friendly disciplines on the canoe slalom programme. The event's addition alongside the traditional individual kayak and canoe slalom finals has added a new dimension to the sport at these Games, with both finals producing tight, close-quarters racing through the gates. The results mean China have now topped the podium in three of the four canoe slalom events held in Nagoya, having also won both the men's kayak single and women's canoe single golds earlier in the competition. Japan's win in the men's kayak cross is the host nation's only gold of the canoe slalom programme, giving the sport's medal table a strong Chinese tilt as the discipline's events at these Games draw to a close.
Uzbekistan Win Two More Boxing Golds, Thailand Take Women's 54kg
Uzbekistan won two more boxing golds at the Asian Games in Nagoya, taking the men's 60kg and 90kg titles, while Thailand won the women's 54kg final. In the men's 90kg final, Uzbekistan beat China. Uzbekistan's second gold of the day came in the men's 60kg final, beating South Korea. In the women's 54kg final, Thailand beat North Korea to gold. The results add to what has become a strong boxing campaign for Uzbekistan at these Games, with the country's men's squad now among the most successful in the discipline alongside Japan and Kazakhstan, who have also picked up multiple golds across the programme. China, beaten finalists in the 90kg category, have otherwise had a mixed boxing campaign, with a gold and two silvers across the week's finals so far. With these results, the bulk of the boxing programme's finals have now been decided in Nagoya, spanning weight categories across both the men's and women's draws. The sport has produced a wide spread of gold medallists at these Games, with no single nation dominating the medal table the way China and Japan have in several of the other combat disciplines.
UAE Add Two More Ju-jitsu Golds, Saudi Arabia Break Their Run
UAE continued their dominant run in ju-jitsu at the Asian Games, winning two more golds in the men's -77kg and women's -52kg categories, while Saudi Arabia broke up the UAE's sweep with gold in the men's -94kg final. In the men's -77kg final, UAE's fighter beat Jordan, with Kazakhstan and South Korea sharing bronze. Saudi Arabia then won the men's -94kg gold, beating South Korea, with UAE and South Korea sharing bronze. UAE closed out the session with a second women's gold of the day, winning the -52kg final against South Korea, with the Philippines and Thailand sharing bronze. The results extend what has already been a near-total sweep of ju-jitsu's gold medals by the UAE at these Games, having also topped the podium in the men's -62kg, men's -69kg and women's -48kg finals earlier in the competition. Saudi Arabia's win in the men's -94kg category is one of the few to interrupt that dominance, continuing a pattern where the UAE's traditional strength in the sport, which originated in the Emirates and has been heavily invested in domestically, has translated directly into results on the biggest continental stage. South Korea have been the most consistent nation on the podium behind UAE across the ju-jitsu programme, picking up a mix of silver and bronze medals across several weight categories, without yet managing to break through for a gold of their own in Nagoya.
Malaysia Sweep Both Squash Team Golds, Beat Hong Kong and Pakistan
Malaysia completed a squash team double at the Asian Games in Nagoya, winning both the men's and women's team golds on the same day. In the women's final, Malaysia beat Hong Kong to the title. The men's team followed suit shortly after, with Malaysia beating Pakistan in the final to complete the sweep. The results cap a strong campaign for Malaysian squash at these Games, building on the individual medals already won earlier in the competition, including Malaysia's success in the women's singles draw. Squash has traditionally been one of Malaysia's strongest disciplines at the Asian Games, and the team double continues that pedigree, with both finals played out at the purpose-built squash courts in the Aichi-Nagoya venue cluster. Hong Kong and Pakistan, both squash powerhouses in their own right, will have been disappointed to finish as runners-up in their respective finals, but both performances continue a trend of the sport's traditional top nations filling out the podium at these Games. With the team events now decided, squash's programme at these Games draws toward a close, having already produced a full slate of individual and team medals across the week in Nagoya.