WATER POLO (29 September) - We continue with water polo action at Rainbow Pool in the Nagoya General Gymnasium, as we then move onto the knockout phase.
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@archive041716.bsky.socialWATER POLO (29 September) - We continue with water polo action at Rainbow Pool in the Nagoya General Gymnasium, as we then move onto the knockout phase.
@archive041716.bsky.socialThis is the third time in a row that Qatar and Bahrain had met in the Asiad final.
While Qatar entered the Games as three-time holders, Bahrain are looking to replicate the feat they did at the Asian Championship, where they've won over Qatar in the final there.
@archive041716.bsky.socialHANDBALL (29 September) - It's the grand finale to Asian Games handball at ENTRIO this Tuesday, and these are the men's medal matches.
Men's Bronze final: 🇯🇵🆚🇰🇷 (05:00 pm JST)
Men's Gold final: 🇶🇦🆚🇧🇭 (07:30 pm JST)
@archive041716.bsky.socialThere are only four sides left standing, and each of today's semi-final winners will get a shot at gold.
@archive041716.bsky.socialFOOTBALL (29 September) - Football action resumes this Tuesday at Aichi-Nagoya 2026, as attention now turns to the women's semi-finals.
@archive041716.bsky.socialSouth Korea's An Se-young still reigns as Asiad champ in women's singles badminton, just as she mastered past Japan's Akane Yamaguchi at 21-17, 21-9 in the final to secure the gold.
🥇 🇰🇷 An Se-young
🥈 🇯🇵 Akane Yamaguchi
🥉 🇨🇳 Wang Zhiyi
🥉 🇨🇳 Chen Yufei
@archive041716.bsky.socialLee So-hee and Baek Ha-na has clinched home Korea's first women's doubles badminton gold in 24 years, sealing the title after defeating China's Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning at 26-28, 21-18, 21-18.
🥇 🇰🇷 Lee/Baek
🥈 🇨🇳 Liu/Tan
🥉 🇯🇵 Nakanashi/Uesaka
🥉 🇲🇾 Tan/Muralitharan
@archive041716.bsky.socialJiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin have captured China's fourth straight Asiad gold in mixed doubles badminton, winning it upon sweeping Indonesians Amri Syahnawi and Nita Violina Marwah at 21-19, 21-8.
🥇 🇨🇳 Jiang/Wei
🥈 🇮🇩 Syahnawi/Marwah
🥉 🇹🇼 Ye/Chan
🥉 🇨🇳 Feng/Huang
@archive041716.bsky.socialThe Alas Men had five chances to force a fifth set, but the Pinoy spikers just ran out of steam in the end to close out the prelims winless, falling to Chinese Taipei, who have won at 21-25, 25-20, 25-17, 29-27.
🇵🇭 PHI - 1
🇹🇼 TPE - 3
@archive041716.bsky.socialAlthough they are already out of quarter-final contention, Vietnam still gets to finish their preliminary stint on a positive note, edging Hong Kong at 25–20, 25–20, 23–25, 25–20 to post their first win so far in Pool C.
🇭🇰 HKG - 1
🇻🇳 VIE - 3
@archive041716.bsky.socialBEACH VOLLEYBALL | Men's Last 16 (29 September) (1/2):
🇶🇦 QAT-A - 2
🇻🇳 VIE-C - 0
🇰🇿 KAZ-F - 2
🇮🇷 IRN-H - 1
🇯🇵 JPN-G - 1
🇮🇷 IRN-F - 2
🇹🇭 THA-F - 0
🇹🇭 THA-D - 2
@archive041716.bsky.socialFollowing suit is the men's +90kg event, where another Uzbek, Shokhrukhkhon Bakhtiyorov, ruled just after besting over Tajikistan's Shakarmamad Mirmamadov at 5-0.
🥇 🇺🇿 Shokhrukhkhon Bakhtiyorov
🥈 🇹🇯 Shakarmamad Mirmamadov
🥉 🇹🇭 Kunathip Yea-on
🥉 🇺🇿 Bekmurod Oltiboev
@archive041716.bsky.socialThe women's -57kg gold went to Uzbekistan's Ibodatkhon Agojonova, who had scored a Chala against Lee Wan-ting of Chinese Taipei before ultimately winning at 3-0 in the final bout.
🥇 🇺🇿 Ibodatkhon Agojonova
🥈 🇹🇼 Lee Wan-ting
🥉 🇯🇵 Natsumi Kuroki
🥉 🇹🇼 Wang Pin-chun
@archive041716.bsky.socialKURASH (27 September) - The Asian Games Kurash competitions began on Sunday at the Aichi Budokan, and both the women's 57kg and men's +90kg classes were the first ones to go up for medals.
@archive041716.bsky.socialWEIGHTLIFTING - We determine who will be Asia's heaviest on the final day of weightlifting competitions at the Nagoya City Trade and Industry Centre, and today, the men's 110kg & +110kg, as well as the women's 86kg & +86kg divisions will go up in action.
@archive041716.bsky.socialKuwait is back on the top of the Asiad podium in the men's team trap event after been 20 years, and they took gold after finishing with a score of 355.
🥇 🇰🇼 Kuwait
🥈 🇶🇦 Qatar
🥉 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
@archive041716.bsky.socialWe got only 16 pairs remain in the men's division, but eight seats are on the line in the sands this Day 10.
@archive041716.bsky.socialSHOOTING - Action in shooting continues at the Aichi Prefectural Shooting Range, and this Tuesday, we turn attention to the men's and women's trap events.
@archive041716.bsky.socialBEACH VOLLEYBALL (29 September) - At the Hekinan Ryokuchi Beach Court this Tuesday, the beach volleyball knockout stages continue with the men's Round of 16.
@archive041716.bsky.socialSURFING - Let's take to the waves at Pacific Long Beach in Tahara, Aichi, where surfing welcomed itself onto the Asian Games for the first time in history.
This Monday, its first Asiad medalists are to be determined in the men's and women's shortboard finals.
