September 25, 2023 21:54 PM
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The rowing event of the Hangzhou Asian Games concluded with the Chinese team winning 11 golds and 2 silvers
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On September 25, the rowing men’s quadruple sculls final of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou was held at the Fuyang Water Sports Center in Hangzhou. Chinese players Han Wei, Yi Xudi, Zang Ha and Adilijan Suritan (from left to right) won the gold medal in 6 minutes, 02 seconds and 65 seconds.Photo by China News Service reporter Tang Yanjun
[China News Service, Hangzhou]On September 25, (Qian Chenfei), the rowing event of the Hangzhou Asian Games ended on the 25th. The Chinese team won 5 gold medals and 2 silver medals in the 7 finals that day. Including the 6 gold medals won on the 24th, the Chinese rowing team won 11 gold medals and 2 silver medals in the 13 individual events they participated in.
After his partner Liu Zhiyu won the men’s double sculls gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games on the 24th, Chinese rowing star Zhang Liang once again climbed to the top podium on the 25th, winning the men’s rowing gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 6 minutes, 57.06 seconds. Single Sculls Champion.
Zhang Liang, who has won gold medals in four consecutive Asian Games, has set a new record. He has become the male rowing athlete who has won the most individual gold medals in the history of the Asian Games. He said in an interview with reporters after the game, “I have participated in the Asian Games for more than ten years from Guangzhou to Hangzhou, and I will continue to work hard to achieve good results in the Paris Olympics.”
The Chinese rowing women’s quadruple sculls team also performed well. The Chinese combination of Chen Yunxia/Zhang Ling/Lu Yang/Cui Xiaotong won the championship in 6 minutes, 42.84 seconds, and the first “Grand Slam” combination in Chinese rowing was born.
Lu Yang said after the game, “The four of us have been working together since 2019. After getting this gold medal today, we won the gold medal in all events and won the ‘Grand Slam’. This means a lot to the four of us.” Extraordinary. Although we had an unbeatable record until we finished third at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, this (third place at the World Rowing Championships) is not a bad thing. It reminds us that the Paris Olympics will not be easy. Be fully prepared to compete in the Olympics.”
On that day, the Chinese rowing team received frequent good news, winning three gold medals in the women’s coxless double sculls, men’s quadruple sculls, and women’s eights coxed sculls; Silver medals were also recorded in the helmsman event. As the Chinese team won the gold medal in the women’s coxed eights sculls event with a time of 6 minutes, 33 seconds and 61 seconds, the rowing event of this Asian Games came to an end. This was the 1,500th gold medal for the Chinese sports delegation in the history of the Asian Games.
2023-09-25 13:54:00
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