WATER POLO (26 September) - Water polo is back in play at the Rainbow Pool in the Nagoya General Gymnasium, just as we kickstart the men's tournament.
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@archive041716.bsky.socialWATER POLO (26 September) - Water polo is back in play at the Rainbow Pool in the Nagoya General Gymnasium, just as we kickstart the men's tournament.
@archive041716.bsky.socialWe now go to our midday updates to the medal tally.
China have already breached the 100-gold mark this Asiad, and as of this afternoon, the team has hauled 169 medals overall, which comprises of 105 golds, 39 silvers and 25 bronzes.
@archive041716.bsky.socialNepal’s 149/4 from 15 overs goes unrewarded as persistent rain at Nisshin forces this Group A matchup between Japan and Nepal to be called off, thus ending it with a no result (NR).
🇯🇵 JPN - --
🇳🇵 NEP - NR*
*No result
@archive041716.bsky.socialBEACH VOLLEYBALL | Session 1 (26 September):
W | Pool G:
🇲🇻 MDV - 2
🇲🇳 MGL - 0
M | Pool D:
🇶🇦 QAT - 0
🇹🇭 THA - 2
@archive041716.bsky.socialKhylem Progella and Sofiah Pagara has remained unbeaten in Pool G, completing a three-game sweep upon defeating the Hong Kong pair of To Wing Tung and To Wing Man in straight sets, 21-19, 21-17.
🇭🇰 HKG - 0
🇵🇭 PHI - 2
@archive041716.bsky.socialWe take a look at how it all builds built up, as archrivals India and Iran will be facing off in both women's and men's finals.
@archive041716.bsky.socialKABADDI (26 September) - The raid to gold is on at Tokai Citizens Gymnasium, as this is the gold finals in kabaddi.
Women's Gold final: 🇮🇳🆚🇮🇷 (01:00 pm JST)
Men's Gold final: 🇮🇳🆚🇮🇷 (06:00 pm JST)
@archive041716.bsky.socialThe men's division now switches onto knockout stage mode this Saturday, and let's take a look at the bracket as we start things off with the quarter-finals.
@archive041716.bsky.socialHANDBALL (26 September) - We continue handball action across Kasugai and Inazawa this Saturday, and while we play on with the women's round robin tournament, the men's division now moves onto the quarter-final phase.
@archive041716.bsky.socialThe last gold medal race in the canoe sprint programme is for the mixed kayak double 500m, and China's Li Chenhao and Zhang Luxi have clinched the new event's maiden Asian Games title after finishing in 1:39.444.
🥇 🇨🇳 Li/Zhang
🥈 🇰🇷 Choi/Seon
🥉 🇯🇵 Fukuda/Inoue
@archive041716.bsky.socialChina's pair of Wu Shengyue and Ma Yanan have triumphed in the Asiad premiere of the mixed canoe double 500m, taking the gold after crossing the finish first at 1:48.37.
🥇 🇨🇳 Wu/Ma
🥈 🇺🇿 Denisov/Zokirova
🥉 🇰🇿 Yemelyanov/Iskakova
@archive041716.bsky.socialThe Asian Games gold in the men's kayak single went to Uzbek Shakhriyor Makhkamov, paddling home for him to snag the top prize with the time of 1:43.642.
🥇 🇺🇿 Shakhriyor Makhkamov
🥈 🇰🇷 Jang Sang-won
🥉 🇰🇿 Dmitriy Kholmogorov
@archive041716.bsky.socialChina's two-time world championship gold medalist Wang Nan has secured gold in the women's canoe single 500m, snaring the Asiad title in a time of 1:55.999.
🥇 🇨🇳 Wang Nan
🥈 🇺🇿 Arina Tanatmisheva
🥉 🇰🇿 Stella Sukhanova
@archive041716.bsky.socialCANOE SPRINT - At the Miyoshi Lake course, the canoe sprint programme at Aichi-Nagoya 2026 now goes down to these last events:
- Women's K-1 500m
- Men's K-1 500m
- Mixed C-2 500m
- Mixed K-2 500m
@archive041716.bsky.socialChina's softballers have kickstarted their campaign with a commanding victory over Singapore, claiming a mercy-rule win at 13-0 in a four-inning opening matchup.
🇨🇳 CHN - 13
🇸🇬 SGP - 0
@archive041716.bsky.socialHere are the final standings for Group A and B following Friday's conclusion of the men's handball preliminaries.
@archive041716.bsky.socialChen Yuxi, who now competes with Lu Wei, have splashed to Asiad gold in the women's synchro 10m platform, capturing home the title with their score of 347.82 points.
🥇 🇨🇳 Chen/Lu
🥈 🇰🇵 Jo J. M./Kim M. R.
🥉 🇰🇷 Kim N. H./Moon N. Y.
@archive041716.bsky.socialBEACH VOLLEYBALL (26 September) - Play resumes at the Hekinan Ryokuchi Beach Court, and we have now come to the penultimate day of preliminaries in beach volleyball.
@archive041716.bsky.socialSOFTBALL (26 September) - It all takes place at the softball ground in Anjo Sports Park, as the Asian Games softball tournament goes underway this Saturday.
@archive041716.bsky.socialFIELD HOCKEY (26 September) - Pool play continues at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium this Saturday, as we've come to the penultimate matchday in the men's preliminaries.
