RUGBY SEVENS (1 October) - The action takes place at Nagoya's Mizuho Park Rugby Field, and this Thursday, it is now time to open pool play in the men's and women's rugby sevens competitions.
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@archive041716.bsky.socialRUGBY SEVENS (1 October) - The action takes place at Nagoya's Mizuho Park Rugby Field, and this Thursday, it is now time to open pool play in the men's and women's rugby sevens competitions.
@archive041716.bsky.socialGet ready for some tackles and tries this Thursday, and at Mizuho Park Rugby Field, we officially kickstart pool play in the Asian Games rugby sevens tournament.
@archive041716.bsky.socialA very good morning and welcome to October here at Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
Taking a look at the medal tally following Day 11, China still remains unstoppable as they maintain their lead with their 277-medal haul that include 151 golds.
@archive041716.bsky.socialThe hosts get to continue their title defense bid as Japan have numbered Singapore in a one-sided affair, winning 32-8 as Seiya Adachi, Kiyomu Date and Yusuke Inaba had brought in five goals in this quarter-final game.
🇯🇵 JPN - 32
🇸🇬 SGP - 8
@archive041716.bsky.socialChina sets up a semi clash with Kazakhstan after they've made quick work against the Thais, posting a 26-4 rout win as five players - namely Yang Yiheng, He Xingmeng, Chen Zhongxian, Yang Shanglin and Li Wangxiang - had each scored three.
🇨🇳 CHN - 26
🇹🇭 THA - 4
@archive041716.bsky.socialIndia are heading back to the women's gold final after been eight years, earning themselves a shot at the Asiad title just after scraping past the Koreans on Wednesday night with the score of 2-0.
🇮🇳 IND - 2
🇰🇷 KOR - 0
@archive041716.bsky.socialHe Jiangxin shoots home the winner as China moves one step closer towards title retention as well as securing a direct Olympic spot, squeezing past Japan 4-2 in the shootout to claim their place in the gold final.
🇨🇳 CHN - 0
🇯🇵 JPN - 0
CHN win 4-2 in shootout
@archive041716.bsky.socialFIELD HOCKEY | Women's classification (5th-8th) (30 September):
🇲🇾 MAS - 3
🇮🇩 INA - 0
🇹🇭 THA - 2
🇹🇼 TPE - 1
@archive041716.bsky.socialSOFTBALL | Prelims (30 September):
🇸🇬 SGP - 0
🇯🇵 JPN - 10
🇹🇼 TPE - 22
🇹🇭 THA - 1
🇯🇵 JPN - 8
🇰🇷 KOR - 0
@archive041716.bsky.socialThe RP Blu Girls hardly broke a sweat against Singapore, cruising to a 10-0 victory in four innings for their third straight win as Mylia Perez, highlighted by her two-run home run to left field, finishes with two hits and two RBIs.
🇵🇭 PHI - 10
🇸🇬 SGP - 0
@archive041716.bsky.socialHong Kong later came back this afternoon, only for China to shut them out in a five-inning clash, registering a 12-2 mercy rule win as Lu Ying drove in three runs, while Ren Min, Wang Mengru and Sang Yujuan each recorded three hits.
🇨🇳 CHN - 12
🇭🇰 HKG - 2
@archive041716.bsky.socialAfter enduring two losses, Korea went back to winning ways at Anjo just after easing past Hong Kong on Wednesday morning, recording a 7-1 victory as Jung Song-hee tallied two hits and three RBIs.
🇭🇰 HKG - 1
🇰🇷 KOR - 7
@archive041716.bsky.social20-year-old Mu Xinyue, aka WBG_Persica, became only the first woman to have won an Asian Games eSports gold as she spearheaded Team China to victory in Identity V, defeating hosts Japan at 2-0 for the title.
🥇 🇨🇳 China
🥈 🇯🇵 Japan
🥉 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei
🥉 🇲🇾 Malaysia
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@archive041716.bsky.socialIndonesia's Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi still rules in the women's speed competition, and she has taken the gold in an Asian-record 6.062 - just two hundredths ahead of China's Deng Lijuan.
🥇 🇮🇩 Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi (AR)
🥈 🇨🇳 Deng Lijuan
🥉 🇰🇷 Jeong Ji-min
@archive041716.bsky.social2025 world champ Sorato Anraku climbed his way to the top of the men's boulder event, taking the gold in a dominant fashion as he finishes the competition with 74.5 points.
🥇 🇯🇵 Sorato Anraku
🥈 🇰🇷 Lee Doh-yun
🥉 🇯🇵 Tomoa Narasaki
@archive041716.bsky.socialThey may be down, but not out.
A tense night at Osaka culminated with Japan coming out triumphant over the hard-fought Uzbeks, winning 9-8 in a dramatic penalty shootout to move on to the gold final.
🇺🇿 UZB - 1
🇯🇵 JPN - 1
JPN win 9-8 in pen.
@archive041716.bsky.socialBEACH VOLLEYBALL | Men's quarter-finals (30 September):
🇶🇦 QAT-A - 2
🇮🇷 IRN-F - 0
🇰🇿 KAZ-E - 0
🇹🇭 THA-F - 2
🇯🇵 JPN-H - 2
🇨🇳 CHN-B - 1
🇮🇩 INA-C - 2
🇨🇳 CHN-G - 0
@archive041716.bsky.socialChina completes its sweep of all 10 diving titles at the 2026 Asian Games, just as Lian Junjie tops the men's 10m platform competition after he finishes with 501.25 points.
🥇 🇨🇳 Lian Junjie
🥈 🇯🇵 Rikuto Tamai
🥉 🇨🇳 Zhao Renjie
@archive041716.bsky.socialJapan's Ami Ishii seizes the day with victory in the women's freestyle -68kg division, scraping past North Korea's Pak Sol-gum with a 7-2 points win to take gold.
🥇 🇯🇵 Ami Ishii
🥈 🇰🇵 Pak Sol-gum
🥉 🇨🇳 Long Jia
🥉 🇰🇬 Meerim Zhumanazarova
