VOLLEYBALL (28 September) - Spike action at the Asian Games continues this Day 9, as men's volleyball preliminaries play on with matchday no. 2.
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@archive041716.bsky.socialVOLLEYBALL (28 September) - Spike action at the Asian Games continues this Day 9, as men's volleyball preliminaries play on with matchday no. 2.
@archive041716.bsky.socialBEACH VOLLEYBALL | Women's Last 16 (28 September) (1/2):
🇯🇵 JPN-A - 2
🇰🇬 KGZ-C - 0
🇭🇰 HKG-C - 0
🇵🇭 PHI-G - 2
🇯🇵 JPN-F - 0
🇵🇭 PHI-E - 2
🇰🇿 KAZ-E - 2
🇭🇰 HKG-C - 0
@archive041716.bsky.socialHere's a look at the bracket for the women's knockout rounds to see how it will unfold this Monday.
@archive041716.bsky.socialBEACH VOLLEYBALL (28 September) - We're now in the next stage at the Hekinan Ryokuchi Beach Court, as beach volleyball begins the knockout rounds with the women's Last 16.
@archive041716.bsky.socialPinay tennis ace Alex Eala is all geared up to represent the country at the Asiad.
For her first assignment at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center, Eala takes on Thailand's Patcharin Cheapchandej in the women's singles second round.
@archive041716.bsky.socialThere are only 16 pairs remain in contention, and this Monday at Hekinan, Aichi, beach volleyball moves onto the knockout rounds, starting with the Last 16.
@archive041716.bsky.socialWe go all-in this Day 9, and it's Monday here at the 2026 Asian Games.
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@archive041716.bsky.socialWe take a look at the medal tally following Day 8 of action.
China still runs away with the lead in the standings as they now have a haul of over 200 medals overall, while Korea and hosts Japan locks in their own battle for second place.
@archive041716.bsky.socialKorea's Blue Wave still reigns supreme in baseball for the fifth time in a row here at the Asian Games, achieving the five-peat after taking down Japan, 3-1, in the gold final at Toyohashi.
🥇 🇰🇷 South Korea
🥈 🇯🇵 Japan
🥉 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei
@archive041716.bsky.socialKorea stands tall at Toyohashi as they have completed the five-peat, defeating Japan 3-1 at their soil tonight with an eighth-inning hit from Kim Do-yeong ensured Blue Wave the victory.
🇰🇷 KOR - 3
🇯🇵 JPN - 1
@archive041716.bsky.socialGotta catch the GOLD.
Team Japan will rule themselves on the top of the Pokémon Unite tournament, having come back from 0-1 down to defeat Indonesia at 3-1 for the gold.
🥇 🇯🇵 Japan
🥈 🇮🇩 Indonesia
🥉 🇵🇭 Philippines
🥉 🇰🇷 South Korea
@archive041716.bsky.socialIt will be Wang Manyu who returns as women's singles champ after been eight years, just as she bests over Sun Yingsha at 4-2 in an all-Chinese clash pitting between two champions here in this Asiad.
🥇 🇨🇳 Wang Manyu
🥈 🇨🇳 Sun Yingsha
🥉 🇯🇵 Hina Hayata
🥉 🇯🇵 Miwa Harimoto
@archive041716.bsky.socialChina has nabbed gold in men's doubles table tennis for the fourth Asiad in a row, as the duo of Huang Youzheng and Lin Shidong downed Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto and Hiroto Shinozuka at 4-2.
🥇 🇨🇳 Huang/Lin
🥈 🇯🇵 Harimoto/Shinozuka
🥉 🇨🇳 Wen/Xiang
🥉 🇯🇵 Matsushima/Togami
@archive041716.bsky.socialBahrain's Olympic champ Winfred Yavi has completed an Asiad hat-trick in the women's 3,000m steeplechase, and she finishes the race in a new Games record time of 9:04.36.
🥇 🇧🇭 Winfred Yavi (GR)
🥈 🇰🇿 Norah Jeruto Tanui
🥉 🇮🇳 Parul Caudhary
@archive041716.bsky.social18-year-old Yan Ziyi has scored home gold in the women's javelin throw event, topping the competition through a first-attempt throw of 70.46 meters - which thus sets a new Games benchmark.
🥇 🇨🇳 Yan Ziyi (GR)
🥈 🇯🇵 Haruka Kitaguchi
🥉 🇯🇵 Sae Katemoto
@archive041716.bsky.socialChinese Taipei's Fu Chao-hsuan just equaled his own season-best mark on his way to winning the gold in the men's high jump, having cleared 2.25 meters to secure the title.
🥇 🇹🇼 Fu Chao-hsuan
🥈 🇮🇳 Sarvesh Kushare
🥉 🇰🇷 Woo Sang-hyeok
@archive041716.bsky.socialVOLLEYBALL | Men's prelims (27 September):
Pool B:
🇮🇷 IRN - 3
🇰🇬 KGZ - 0
Pool A:
🇵🇰 PAK - 3
🇰🇿 KAZ - 1
Pool C:
🇮🇳 IND - 3
🇻🇳 VIE - 0
Pool D:
🇨🇳 CHN - 3
🇹🇼 TPE - 2
@archive041716.bsky.socialThe No.6-world ranked Ryujin Nippon kickstarted their Asian Games campaign in perfect fashion much to their home fans delight, clinically sweeping Uzbekistan with the scores of 25–17, 25–20, 25–17.
🇯🇵 JPN - 3
🇺🇿 UZB - 0
@archive041716.bsky.socialIndonesia and Thailand put on a tense marathon matchup at Okazaki, but it was the Thais who would take this all-Southeast Asia clash, coming out on top at the scores of 25-23, 20-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23.
🇮🇩 INA - 2
🇹🇭 THA - 3
@archive041716.bsky.socialKorea manages to regain back their Asian Games crown in the women's team sabre, securing the gold at the expense of Japan with a rout 45-31 win in the gold medal match.
🥇 🇰🇷 South Korea
🥈 🇯🇵 Japan
🥉 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🥉 🇨🇳 China
