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China snares two golds in HK
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December 6, 2009, Sunday
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CHINA and South Korea opened their East Asian Games campaigns yesterday by each earning two gold medals, with the Chinese winning in snooker and cycling and the Koreans finding success in shooting and English billiards.
In an all-Chinese men's snooker final, Tian Pengfei beat Yu Delu 4-2. Also, Ma Liyun crossed first in the women's BMX cycling finals, finishing in 35.746 seconds. Ma finished just ahead of Ayaka Miwa of Japan and more than three seconds ahead of Jiang Nannan of China.
South Korea's reigning 50-meter pistol Olympic champion Jin Jong-oh scored 685.8 points in the 10-meter competition, narrowly beating teammate Lee Dae-myung by 0.4 points. Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan took bronze with 683.2 points.
Hwang Chul-ho staved off Eric Lee of China's Hong Kong 3-1 in the men's English billiards final.
China also advanced in table tennis, moving into the finals of both the men's and women's team competition. Led by Olympic silver medalist Wang Hao, the Chinese men defeated their Hong Kong compatriots 3-0, setting up a showdown with Japan, which beat South Korea 3-0. The Chinese women swept Chinese Taipei 3-0, earning a matchup against Hong Kong, which eliminated Japan 3-1.
In men's singles, Xu Xin upset top-seeded Jun Mizutani of Japan 4-1 to move into the semifinals along with teammate Zhang Jike, who edged Kaii Yoshida of Japan 4-3.
Host Hong Kong also had an impressive first day, winning two golds.
In the men's BMX final, Steven Wong won gold, crossing the line in 30.181 seconds, just ahead of Masahiro Sampei of Japan. Zhao Zhiyang of China was third, 1.646 seconds behind.
A Hong Kong squad led by Marco Fu beat Chinese Taipei 3-1 in the men's snooker team final.
Hong Kong also guaranteed itself two squash golds by sweeping the men's and women's semifinals without dropping a set. Lau Siu-wai beat Lee Se-hyun of South Korea and Lee Ho-yin beat Shinnosuke Tsukue of Japan. Annie Au and Rebecca Chiu both shut out Japanese opponents.
In an all-Chinese men's snooker final, Tian Pengfei beat Yu Delu 4-2. Also, Ma Liyun crossed first in the women's BMX cycling finals, finishing in 35.746 seconds. Ma finished just ahead of Ayaka Miwa of Japan and more than three seconds ahead of Jiang Nannan of China.
South Korea's reigning 50-meter pistol Olympic champion Jin Jong-oh scored 685.8 points in the 10-meter competition, narrowly beating teammate Lee Dae-myung by 0.4 points. Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan took bronze with 683.2 points.
Hwang Chul-ho staved off Eric Lee of China's Hong Kong 3-1 in the men's English billiards final.
China also advanced in table tennis, moving into the finals of both the men's and women's team competition. Led by Olympic silver medalist Wang Hao, the Chinese men defeated their Hong Kong compatriots 3-0, setting up a showdown with Japan, which beat South Korea 3-0. The Chinese women swept Chinese Taipei 3-0, earning a matchup against Hong Kong, which eliminated Japan 3-1.
In men's singles, Xu Xin upset top-seeded Jun Mizutani of Japan 4-1 to move into the semifinals along with teammate Zhang Jike, who edged Kaii Yoshida of Japan 4-3.
Host Hong Kong also had an impressive first day, winning two golds.
In the men's BMX final, Steven Wong won gold, crossing the line in 30.181 seconds, just ahead of Masahiro Sampei of Japan. Zhao Zhiyang of China was third, 1.646 seconds behind.
A Hong Kong squad led by Marco Fu beat Chinese Taipei 3-1 in the men's snooker team final.
Hong Kong also guaranteed itself two squash golds by sweeping the men's and women's semifinals without dropping a set. Lau Siu-wai beat Lee Se-hyun of South Korea and Lee Ho-yin beat Shinnosuke Tsukue of Japan. Annie Au and Rebecca Chiu both shut out Japanese opponents.
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