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Japan win first gold of home Games, prodigy Yu leads China's pool surge

Global Published 21 September 2026, 12:02 · archived 21 Sep 2026

NAGOYA: Hosts Japan won the first event of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, but China wasted ​precious little time racing to a double-digit gold-medal haul with teenage sensation Yu Zidi clinching the women’s 200m butterfly title in Games record ‌time. China’s Olympic champion Pan Zhanle secured gold in the men’s 100m freestyle. While his time of 47.61 seconds fell short of his own world record of 46.40, it was enough to successfully defend the crown he claimed in Hangzhou three years ago. “I was a little short of what I expected. I wanted to do better and swim faster ​but first of all ...

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