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Ren scoops gold to extend China's run
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November 26, 2010, Friday
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WORLD champion Ren Cancan of China has won the first women's boxing gold medal at the Asian Games in an event that will be making its Olympic debut in London in 2012.
Ren, the women's world champion at 52 kilograms, fell behind Annie Albania of the Philippines in a cautious first round yesterday, but quickly made up the difference and took the round 2-1. She then widened her lead 5-2 in the second and the bout got sloppy as the two tired and moved for clinches in the third. Albania swung wildly in the final round in a desperate effort to close the gap, and landed some jabs, but Ren hung on and won 7-5.
India's Mary Kom, a five-time world champion at a lower weight, shared the bronze with Aya Shinmoto of Japan after losing her semifinal to Ren.
In men's basketball, defending champion China and South Korea will play for the title today.
Wang Shipeng hit a key 3-pointer in the final seconds and finished with 20 points to help China beat Iran 68-65. Kim Joo-sung scored 13 points and had nine rebounds as South Korea beat Japan 55-51.
In athletics, Japan's Chisato Fukushima and Qatar's Femi Seun Ogunode have each won the 200-meter titles, completing sprinting golden doubles at the continental event. Fukushima won the women's race in 23.62 seconds, adding to her earlier gold in the 100 meters. The 22-year-old had such a margin off the bend she could afford to slow down toward the end.
Ogunode, who also clinched gold in the men's 400 meters, clocked a personal best 20.43 seconds. The 19-year-old sprinter raised his arms in celebration as he crossed the finish.
Indian runners won both 400-meter hurdles with Abraham Ganapathiplackal taking gold in the men's race and Ashwini Akkunji the women's.
Yuki Saneto scored midway through the second half and Japan fended off numerous attacks by the United Arab Emirates to take its first soccer title with a 1-0 win.
The young Japanese squad had been favored to win but was subdued for much of the match, depending on long passes and counterattacks to create opportunities while the UAE frequently controlled the pace with its short, quick game.
Saneto latched onto a floating cross from the left and rifled a right-foot shot from an acute angle past UAE goalkeeper Ali Khaseif Housani. Japan won all seven of its games in Guangzhou and conceded just one goal.
South Korea won the bronze medal match earlier 4-3 over Iran earlier, with substitute Ji Dong-won scoring twice in the final two minutes for the win.
Also, Afghanistan and Bangladesh moved into the cricket finals, beating highly fancied opponents Pakistan and Sri Lanka in upset results yesterday.
Afghanistan scored 125-8 and then held Pakistan to 103-7, giving the upstart side a 22-run win. Bangladesh then beat Sri Lanka by five wickets, surpassing Sri Lanka's total of 101 with 4.4 overs to spare.
Vietnam, after winning 15 silver and 13 bronze medals, finally got its first gold of the games. Phuong Le Bich beat world champion Miki Kobayashi of Japan 4-3 to win the under-55 kilogram class in karate.
Earlier, world champion Nicol Davis won her second gold medal, leading Malaysia to a 2-0 win over China's Hong Kong in the team squash event. David beat Wing Chi in straight games 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 to add another gold to her singles title last week.
Ren, the women's world champion at 52 kilograms, fell behind Annie Albania of the Philippines in a cautious first round yesterday, but quickly made up the difference and took the round 2-1. She then widened her lead 5-2 in the second and the bout got sloppy as the two tired and moved for clinches in the third. Albania swung wildly in the final round in a desperate effort to close the gap, and landed some jabs, but Ren hung on and won 7-5.
India's Mary Kom, a five-time world champion at a lower weight, shared the bronze with Aya Shinmoto of Japan after losing her semifinal to Ren.
In men's basketball, defending champion China and South Korea will play for the title today.
Wang Shipeng hit a key 3-pointer in the final seconds and finished with 20 points to help China beat Iran 68-65. Kim Joo-sung scored 13 points and had nine rebounds as South Korea beat Japan 55-51.
In athletics, Japan's Chisato Fukushima and Qatar's Femi Seun Ogunode have each won the 200-meter titles, completing sprinting golden doubles at the continental event. Fukushima won the women's race in 23.62 seconds, adding to her earlier gold in the 100 meters. The 22-year-old had such a margin off the bend she could afford to slow down toward the end.
Ogunode, who also clinched gold in the men's 400 meters, clocked a personal best 20.43 seconds. The 19-year-old sprinter raised his arms in celebration as he crossed the finish.
Indian runners won both 400-meter hurdles with Abraham Ganapathiplackal taking gold in the men's race and Ashwini Akkunji the women's.
Yuki Saneto scored midway through the second half and Japan fended off numerous attacks by the United Arab Emirates to take its first soccer title with a 1-0 win.
The young Japanese squad had been favored to win but was subdued for much of the match, depending on long passes and counterattacks to create opportunities while the UAE frequently controlled the pace with its short, quick game.
Saneto latched onto a floating cross from the left and rifled a right-foot shot from an acute angle past UAE goalkeeper Ali Khaseif Housani. Japan won all seven of its games in Guangzhou and conceded just one goal.
South Korea won the bronze medal match earlier 4-3 over Iran earlier, with substitute Ji Dong-won scoring twice in the final two minutes for the win.
Also, Afghanistan and Bangladesh moved into the cricket finals, beating highly fancied opponents Pakistan and Sri Lanka in upset results yesterday.
Afghanistan scored 125-8 and then held Pakistan to 103-7, giving the upstart side a 22-run win. Bangladesh then beat Sri Lanka by five wickets, surpassing Sri Lanka's total of 101 with 4.4 overs to spare.
Vietnam, after winning 15 silver and 13 bronze medals, finally got its first gold of the games. Phuong Le Bich beat world champion Miki Kobayashi of Japan 4-3 to win the under-55 kilogram class in karate.
Earlier, world champion Nicol Davis won her second gold medal, leading Malaysia to a 2-0 win over China's Hong Kong in the team squash event. David beat Wing Chi in straight games 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 to add another gold to her singles title last week.
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