{"id":7879,"date":"2023-09-26T01:19:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T01:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/india-fires-first-world-record-of-asian-games-as-japanese-teen-dazzles\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T01:19:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T01:19:26","slug":"india-fires-first-world-record-of-asian-games-as-japanese-teen-dazzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/india-fires-first-world-record-of-asian-games-as-japanese-teen-dazzles\/","title":{"rendered":"India fires first world record of Asian Games as Japanese teen dazzles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>India claimed the first world record of the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday as hosts China snapped up more gold medals and 15-year-old skateboarder Hinano Kusaki triumphed for Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian trio of Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Tomar blew away the field with a new world-best 1,893.7 points to win the men\u2019s 10m air rifle team event on day two of the multi-sports extravaganza.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1777494\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>They beat the previous mark of 1,893.3 set by China last month in Baku.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so they won India\u2019s first gold of a Games where the hosts have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1777650\/china-rule-in-pool-and-beyond-on-first-day-of-asian-games\">swept<\/a> 28 of the 44 titles decided so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the 10m event they are both perfect athletes,\u201d Tomar said of his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying with them is huge, it\u2019s really good,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Another shooting world record fell to China\u2019s Sheng Lihao in the men\u2019s 10m air rifle with his 253.3 points surpassing teammate Yu Haonan\u2019s 252.8 from Rio four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had good luck in the final. I did quite well today, I was basically smooth,\u201d said Sheng.<\/p>\n<p>Like India, Macau clinched its first gold in Hangzhou, with wushu athlete Li Yi winning the changquan title to become the first woman in history from the Chinese territory to earn an Asian Games gold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really proud. This one completes the process so I feel really fortunate,\u201d said the 31-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis maybe brings my 20 years as an athlete to a perfect end,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In other early action on day two, Kusaki dazzled in skateboarding to easily win the women\u2019s park final at Qiantang Roller Sports Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy with how everything went,\u201d said the teenager.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"qin-targets-breaststroke-gold\" href=\"#qin-targets-breaststroke-gold\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Qin targets breaststroke gold<\/h2>\n<p>After winning all seven gold medals in the swimming pool on the opening day, China are primed to dominate again on Monday night, spearheaded by breaststroke world champion Qin Haiyang.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese star caused a major upset at the world championships in Fukuoka in July when he won the 100m gold in 57.69 ahead of a stacked field and in the absence of British great Adam Peaty.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to complete an unprecedented clean sweep of the breaststroke titles, an achievement he is aiming to match at his home Asiad as he builds towards next year\u2019s Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Qin, the second-fastest ever over 100m after Peaty, was in a class of his own in the heats, touching in 58.35 to better the previous Games best set by Japan\u2019s Yasuhiro Koseki in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s Choi Dong-yeol came in second \u2014 a gaping 1.55 seconds behind Qin.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong\u2019s Siobhan Haughey could prevent another Chinese clean sweep when she lines up in the women\u2019s 200m freestyle final.<\/p>\n<p>Haughey did not compete at the 2018 Asiad due to a nagging foot injury but has since become one of the top freestyle swimmers in the world.<\/p>\n<p>After earning silver behind Australian star Ariarne Titmus at the Tokyo Olympics, she narrowly missed the medals at the July world championships.<\/p>\n<p>But she reinforced her credentials with a silver in Fukuoka over 100m.<\/p>\n<p>Haughey qualified fifth-fastest in 2:00.75 in the 200m freestyle, conserving energy while capable of swimming a lot faster. China\u2019s Li Bingjie was quickest through the heats.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India claimed the first world record of the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday as hosts China snapped up more gold medals and 15-year-old skateboarder Hinano Kusaki triumphed for Japan. 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