Asian Games: Zhou Zeqi wins taekwondo gold, Ke Jie takes Go silver

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2023.09.28 20:08 GMT+8

Asian Games: Zhou Zeqi wins taekwondo gold, Ke Jie takes Go silver

Updated 2023.09.28 21:00 GMT+8

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Zhou Zeqi waves to the audience after winning the gold medal in the women's taekwondo +67 kilograms division during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023. /CFP

Zhou Zeqi (R) of China and Lee Da-bin of South Korea fight in the women's taekwondo +67 kilograms division during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023. /CFP

L-R: China's Song Zhaoxiang, Zhou Zeqi, Song Jie and Cui Yang celebrate after winning the gold medal in the taekwondo mixed team event during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 25, 2023. /CFP

Zhou Zeqi (R) of China fights in the taekwondo mixed team event during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 25, 2023. /CFP

China's Zhou Zeqi defeated South Korean Lee Da-bin to win the gold medal in the women's taekwondo +67 kilograms division on Thursday.

It was the second gold medal for Zhou, as she, along with her teammates, won the mixed team final on September 25.

Ke Jie (L) of China and Hsu Hao-hung of Chinese Taipei fight in the men's Go individual final during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023. /CFP

Ryo Ichiriki (R) of Japan and Shin Jin-seo of South Korea fight in the men's Go individual bronze medal match during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023. /CFP

In the board game of Go, or weiqi, Hsu Hao-hung of Chinese Taipei won the men's individual gold medal with a 2-0 victory over Ke Jie of China in the final.

Ke defeated Ryo Ichiriki 2-0 in the semifinal, and the Japanese Go player suffered a 2-0 loss to Shin Jin-seo of South Korea in their bronze medal match.

Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan concludes her competition in the women's vault final during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023. /CFP

Lan Xingyu of China competes on his way to winning the artistic gymnastics men's rings final during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023. /CFP

Uzbekistan's gymnastics legend, Oksana Chusovitina, a two-time Asian Games gold medalist and 1992 Olympic gold winner, finished fourth in the women's vault event on Thursday.

Chusovitina, 48, will later compete in the women's balance beam event.

An Changok and Kim Sonhyang, both from North Korea, clinched the gold and silver medals, respectively. China's Yu Linmin took the bronze.

An also took the women's title in the uneven bars final.

Kim Han-sol of South Korea won the women's vault gold.

China's Lan Xingyu claimed the title in the men's rings final.

Qin Haiyang of China gestures "six" after bagging his sixth medal during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023. /CFP

Zhang Yufei of China celebrates after winning the women's 50m freestyle final during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023. /CFP

Ye Shiwen of China swims in the women's 200m breaststroke final during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023. /CFP

Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang clocked 2:07.03 to win the men's 200-meter breaststroke final on Thursday.

The result was a new Asian Games record, shy of his 2:05.48 set during the World Aquatics Championships in Japan's Fukuoka on July 28 of this year.

Qin has bagged six medals, including five golds and one silver, during the Games.

Dong Zhihao of China clinched the silver, and Ippei Watanabe of Japan took the bronze.

China's Zhang Yufei set a new Asian Games record as she clocked 24.26 in the women's 50m freestyle final.

Bernadette Siobhan of Hong Kong, China, took the silver, and China's Cheng Yujie finished third with a bronze medal.

In the women's 200m breaststroke final, Ye Shiwen of China claimed the gold medal, ahead of Kwon Sehyun of South Korea and Runa Imai of Japan, who finished second and third, respectively.

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