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China, Japan share honors in pool
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December 7, 2009, Monday
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CHINA and Japan each won four gold medals in the pool yesterday on the opening day of swimming at the East Asian Games.
China won the women's 100-meter freestyle, the women's 50 breaststroke and the men's 1,500 freestyle, and Olympic champion Liu Zige easily beat the field in her signature event, the 200 butterfly, finishing in 2 minutes, 4.65 seconds.
Li Zhesi won the women's 100 freestyle in a games-record 54.24 seconds, beating teammate Tang Yi and Hannah Wilson of China's Hong Kong.
Japan won the women's 200 backstroke, the men's 100 breaststroke, the men's 200 individual medley and the men's 4x200 freestyle relay. Ryo Tateishi won the men's 100 breaststroke in 1:00.06.
In table tennis, Chinese paddlers won the men's team competition by beating Japan 3-1 and locked up gold in the women's singles when Yao Yan and Wen Jia won their semifinals. But the Chinese women lost to China's Hong Kong 2-3 in the team final.
In shooting, Lee Ho-lim of South Korea scored a games-record 485.9 points in the women's 10-meter air pistol final, edging Olympic champion Guo Wenjun of China by 0.9 points. Jo Yong Suk of North Korea was third.
But China showed its strength on the dance floor, winning six of the first 10 gold medals in the dance competition and prevailing in taekwondo and women's rugby sevens.
Chinese pairings clinched gold in the waltz, the tango, the slow fox-trot, the samba, the rumba and the paso double. South Korean and Japanese couples won the Viennese waltz and the quickstep. Japan also claimed titles in the cha cha cha and jive.
Also, Lin Ji beat Lee Hsing-hua of Chinese Taipei 4-2 in the women's 47-kilogram taekwondo final and the Chinese women beat Japan 34-12 in the rugby sevens final.
South Korea also added to its gold medal tally in pool and taekwondo. Kim Ga-young beat Chihiro Kawahara of Japan 7-6 in the women's nine-ball pool final, and Lim Chul-ho and Park Myeong-suk triumphed in the men's 58kg and women's 51kg finals.
Japan also won in men's rugby sevens, beating Hong Kong 26-24.
Chinese Taipei won its first gold at the games this year, with Hsu Chia-lin prevailing over Cho Seong-in of South Korea in the men's 54kg taekwondo final.
China won the women's 100-meter freestyle, the women's 50 breaststroke and the men's 1,500 freestyle, and Olympic champion Liu Zige easily beat the field in her signature event, the 200 butterfly, finishing in 2 minutes, 4.65 seconds.
Li Zhesi won the women's 100 freestyle in a games-record 54.24 seconds, beating teammate Tang Yi and Hannah Wilson of China's Hong Kong.
Japan won the women's 200 backstroke, the men's 100 breaststroke, the men's 200 individual medley and the men's 4x200 freestyle relay. Ryo Tateishi won the men's 100 breaststroke in 1:00.06.
In table tennis, Chinese paddlers won the men's team competition by beating Japan 3-1 and locked up gold in the women's singles when Yao Yan and Wen Jia won their semifinals. But the Chinese women lost to China's Hong Kong 2-3 in the team final.
In shooting, Lee Ho-lim of South Korea scored a games-record 485.9 points in the women's 10-meter air pistol final, edging Olympic champion Guo Wenjun of China by 0.9 points. Jo Yong Suk of North Korea was third.
But China showed its strength on the dance floor, winning six of the first 10 gold medals in the dance competition and prevailing in taekwondo and women's rugby sevens.
Chinese pairings clinched gold in the waltz, the tango, the slow fox-trot, the samba, the rumba and the paso double. South Korean and Japanese couples won the Viennese waltz and the quickstep. Japan also claimed titles in the cha cha cha and jive.
Also, Lin Ji beat Lee Hsing-hua of Chinese Taipei 4-2 in the women's 47-kilogram taekwondo final and the Chinese women beat Japan 34-12 in the rugby sevens final.
South Korea also added to its gold medal tally in pool and taekwondo. Kim Ga-young beat Chihiro Kawahara of Japan 7-6 in the women's nine-ball pool final, and Lim Chul-ho and Park Myeong-suk triumphed in the men's 58kg and women's 51kg finals.
Japan also won in men's rugby sevens, beating Hong Kong 26-24.
Chinese Taipei won its first gold at the games this year, with Hsu Chia-lin prevailing over Cho Seong-in of South Korea in the men's 54kg taekwondo final.
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