China teen blows away the field for record-setting Asian Games gold as Thailand's Puripol Boonson clinches sprint double
Yan Ziyi won with a 70.46-meter throw, and Puripol Boonson added a 19.88-second 200m victory to complete a sprint double.
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China teen blows away the field for record-setting gold at 'sad' Games
Golds were up for grabs on day eight in sports including athletics, baseball, diving, skateboarding, squash and weightlifting. On another wet day in Aichi-Nagoya, the teenager Yan demolished the opposition in the women's javelin with her first and only throw of the night of 70.46m. It was a new Games record, smashing the 66.09m by compatriot Liu Shiying in 2018, and left Japan's reigning Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi in a distant second for …
China's Yan one and done after golden Asian Games throw
The 18-year-old broke the Games record with her sole attempt and it was enough to beat a field that included Japan's Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi. Yan's effort was the sixth best of all time and confirmed her enormous potential two years out from the Los Angeles Olympics. She threw a colossal 71.74m in May this year, second only to the world record of 72.28m set by the Czech Republic's Barbora Spotakova in 2008. Yan said she did not expect …
China teen blows away the field for record-setting Asian Games gold as Thailand's Puripol Boonson clinches sprint double
NAGOYA: China's 18-year-old Yan Ziyi showcased her rare talent by shattering the Asian Games record to win the javelin, as a medallist failed a doping test and a decorated badminton player branded the event in Japan "sad".Golds were up for grabs on day eight in sports including
Eighteen-year-old Chinese javelin thrower Jen C’-i graced the Asian Games in Japan with another throw over 70 meters. She threw 70.46 meters on her first attempt, winning by almost eight meters over home star Haruka Kitaguchi.
Eighteen-year-old Chinese javelin thrower Jen C’-i graced the Asian Games in Japan with another throw over 70 meters. She threw 70.46 meters on her first attempt, winning by almost eight meters ahead of home star Haruka Kitaguchi. The Paris Olympic champion and 2023 world champion, who is coached by world record holder Jan Železný, threw 62.70 meters in Nagoya.
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