China's 13-year-old Yu Zidi claimed her third gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday by winning the women's 400m individual medley in 4 minutes 28.56 seconds.The teen took control of the race from the opening leg and steadily extended her advantage, touching the wall 3.95 seconds

TOKYO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's Olympic rider Alex Hua Tian successfully defended his individual eventing title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, overcoming heavy rain to finish on 26.90 penalty points after a clear cross-country round.The 36-year-old, riding Manjushri, also known as Bodhi (Miaojixiang), entered the final phase in first place after dressage and show jumping and maintained his lead without adding any penalties in the cross-country finale.Hua, who posted the best score in dressage and a clear round in show jumping, completed the cross-country course without penalty to secure his second consecutive Asian Games individual title. He finished 3.20 points clear of Thailand's Woraphat Sittiju, while Japan's Yoshiaki Oiwa took bronze.I'm just very relieved, mainly, Hua said after the competition. Obviously, there's some pressure coming into a championship when you're defending a gold medal, but also bringing such a good horse like Miaojixiang.The most important thing is that I didn't let the team down, so I'm very, very, very happy about that, he added.In the team event, Thailand won gold with 109.90 penalty points, followed by Japan on 115.20 and South Korea on 143.50. Hong Kong, China finished fourth on 144.70.China missed out on a team medal after being reduced to three combinations from its original four following the withdrawal of Sun Huadong and Cadorico. With no discard score available, China had no margin for error. Shu Yuying and Diabolo D'ems Aa were eliminated in the final phase, while Shao Han and Suez Air finished on 50.50 penalty points and Hua completed the cross-country phase clear. The elimination left China with 1,050.50 penalty points overall.Hua's gold gave China back-to-back Asian Games titles in the individual eventing competition following his victory in Hangzhou in 2023.

China's Zhang Zhanshuo claimed his third gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, winning the men's 200m freestyle title after his victories in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay and 1,500m free.

China's Yu Yiting won the women's 100m butterfly title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games here on Wednesday.

Defending champion China claimed its 10th Asian Games women's volleyball gold medal with a 3-0 victory over Japan in the final in Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday.

TOKYO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's Peng Xuwei successfully defended her women's 200m backstroke title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Tuesday, clocking two minutes 5.77 seconds to break the previous Asian record set in 2010.Teammate Sun Mingxia took silver in 2:08.65, while Japan's Rio Shirai claimed bronze in 2:08.70.

China successfully defended title in the men's 4x100m medley relay at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games here on Tuesday.

China's Zhang Zhanshuo claimed his second gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Tuesday by winning the men's 1,500m freestyle in 14 minutes 42.42 seconds, with Japan's Tabuchi Kaito taking silver in 14:45.99 and teammate Imafuku Kazushi bronze in 14:54.37.

China refreshed the world record of the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Tuesday.

China refreshed the qualification world record of the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Tuesday.

China cruised into the quarterfinals of the women's football tournament at the 2026 Asian Games with a 5-1 victory over the Philippines on Monday.