China wins five gold medals in rowing at Asian Games

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The Chinese men's and women's teams garnered five gold medals on Thursday as rowers won the final sessions of several rowing disciplines held at the Jakabaring Sports City (JSC) lake.

Zhang Liang booked a record time with seven minutes 25.36 seconds in men's single sculls, bagging a gold medal.

Zhang Liang celebrates wining in men's single sculls of the rowing event. /VCG Photo

He brushed aside Kim Dong-yang from the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japanese rower Ryuta Arakawa, who ended up with silver and bronze medals respectively.

Another gold medal for China's rowers came from the men's pairs, and was earned by Li Xiaoxiong and Zhao Jingbin with a time of 7:04.07, leaving behind Uzbekistan and Japan who seized silver and bronze medals later on.

A silver medal was earned by Chinese rowers Zhang Xieyuan and Chen Sensen, in men's double sculls.

Chen Yunxia celebrates wining in women’s single sculls. /VCG Photo

In women's action, Chinese rower Chen Yunxia won a gold medal in women's single sculls.

She clocked 8:08.21 for the title, outclassing Huang Yiting and Aleksandra Opachanova from Chinese Taipei and Kazakhstan, who earned silver and bronze medals respectively.

Two more gold medals were earned by Chinese female rowers in women's double sculls and women's pair.

Jiang Yan and Li Jingjing was timed at 7:33.55, winning the women's double sculls final round.

Rowing women's pair medalists celebrate after the match. They are gold medalists Ju Rui and Lin Xinyu of China, silver medalists Jeon Seo-yeong and Kim Seo-hee of Republic of Korea (L) and bronze medalists Julianti Julianti and Yayah Rokayah of Indonesia (R). /VCG Photo

Ju Rui and Lin Xinyu secured another gold for China in women's pairs. They clocked 7:55.50, faster than their rivals from ROK and Indonesia that had to settle for silver and bronze medals.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency