Thu, Nov 18, 2010 page20

• Taiwan wins fourth gold medal in China

  ACTION-PACKED: While South Korean swimming star Park Tae-hwan collected a third gold, another crash at speed in the velodrome saw a cyclist stretchered off

  • Staff Writer, with AP and AFP, GUANGZHOU, China
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  Taiwan won its fourth gold of the Games yesterday when Huang Hsien-yung beat Dana Touran of Jordan in the women’s under-46kg taekwondo 6:3.

  It was also a good day on court for the soft tennis players with Taiwan picking up two medals. Yang Sheng-fa won the bronze in the men’s singles and in the women’s singles, Chiang Wan-chi also took the bronze.

  In the weightlifting, Taiwan’s Wang Ya-jhen took the bronze medal after she lifted 100kg in the snatch and 133kg in the clean and jerk. Sinta Darmariani of India took the silver with 101kg in the snatch and 137kg in the clean and jerk, while China’s Liu Chunhong lifted 110kg in the snatch and 132kg in the clean and snatch for the gold.

  

  Huang Hsien Yung of Taiwan, right, fights Dana Touran of Jordan in the women’s under-46kg taekwondo final at the Guangdong Stadium in Guangzhou, China, during the 16th Asian Games yesterday. Huang beat Touran 6:3.

  Photo: AFP

  Taiwan’s Wu Tzu-yi also won a bronze medal in the women’s 60kg sanshou.

  Meanwhile, South Korean star Park Tae-hwan blitzed the field to collect his third gold medal in the Asian Games pool.

  Despite Park’s fireworks, China again dominated the fifth day of action to extend its lead at the top of the medals table to 96 gold, ahead of South Korea on 29 and Japan on 17, with North Korea and Iran on five.

  

  Zhang Lei, left, of China and Mohammad Parash of Iran crash during the men’s keirin cycling final at the Asian Games in Guangzhou yesterday.

  Photo: AFP

  But it was the 21-year-old swimmer’s night, sprinting to victory in the 100m freestyle after taking gold in the 200m and 400m events.

  Park, the Olympic champion over 400m, clocked 48.70 seconds in beating China’s Lu Zhiwu by 0.28 seconds, with Japan’s Takuro Fujii taking the bronze medal in 49.37.

  His teammate Jeong Darae also stunned the Chinese by winning the women’s 200m breaststroke, while Japan’s Ken Takakuwa romped to the men’s 200m individual medley gold.

  China’s Tang Yi resumed normal business for the hosts with her fourth gold of the Games in the women’s 100m freestyle. It added to her three relay wins.

  The hosts, meanwhile, tasted more success with Guo Shuang making history by becoming the first female track cyclist to win three Asiad golds when she powered to the sprint title.

  On the last day of track cycling action, Malaysia also got among the medals with Azizulhasni Awang winning the men’s Keirin ahead of Josiah Ng.

  Following two spectacular smashes in the women’s points race on Tuesday, there was more drama when Iran’s Mohammad Parash took a heavy fall after running into the prone Zhang Lei.

  Parash was sent flying head first over his handle bars and had to be stretchered off in a neck brace.

  At the shooting ranges, North and South Korea shared four gold to prevent a Chinese domination, but it was another Chinese victory in weightlifting when Olympic champion Lu Yong won the men’s 85kg title.

  Golf got underway with Filipino Migeul Luis Tabuena firing an opening round 68 to take a one-stroke lead.

  Not everyone mastered the course with Afghanistan’s Ali Ahmad Fazel stumbling his way to an incredible 58-over-par 130.

  The only golf course in Afghanistan is a rock-strewn nine-hole affair in the capital Kabul.
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