September 24 Asian Games highlights: 31 gold medals were decided in a single day, and Qin Haiyang made his debut Sun Yiwen to compete
On September 24, the Hangzhou Asian Games will usher in the first competition day after the official start of the competition. A total of 31 gold medals will be awarded on this competition day, spread over nine disciplines: fencing, competitive gymnastics, judo, rowing, shooting, taekwondo, martial arts, modern pentathlon and swimming. Who did the first gold go to? The Chinese swimming dream team went all out, and the first day of the Asian Games was full of highlights.
Swimming - 7 gold medals were awarded in a single day, led by Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang
Seven gold medals will be awarded on the first day of swimming, namely the women's 200m butterfly, men's 200m individual medley, women's 1500m freestyle, men's 100m freestyle, women's 50m breaststroke, men's 100m backstroke and women's 4×100m freestyle relay.
In the women's 200, two Chinese girls, Zhang Yufei and Yu Liyan, the champion of the Jakarta Asian Games and the Tokyo Olympics, and Yu Liyan, who finished sixth in both the last Asian Games and the Olympic Games, competed.
In the men's 200m individual medley, the Chinese team sent two handsome guys, Qin Haiyang and Wang Shun. Qin Haiyang won four gold medals at the recent World Championships in Fukuoka, where he won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta and the preliminary round of the Tokyo Olympics. Wang Shun won gold medals at both the Jakarta Asian Games and the Tokyo Olympics.
In the women's 1500m freestyle competition, Gao Weizhong, born in '08, and Olympic champion Li Bingjie participated hand in hand.
In the men's 100m freestyle competition, 19-year-old Pan Zhanle and 18-year-old Wang Haoyu will compete, both of whom have already emerged at the recent World Championships in Fukuoka.
Women's 50m breaststroke Tang Qianting and Yang Chang competed, Tang Qianting reached the final of both the World Championships in Budapest and Fukuoka, Yang Chang participated in the last Asian Games and the recent Fukuoka World Championships.
In the men's 100m backstroke, the Chinese team sent Xu Jiayu and Wang Gukailai, the Asian record holders and Asian Games record holders in this event.
In the women's 4×100m freestyle relay event, the Chinese team, which just broke the Asian record at the Fukuoka World Championships, also has absolute gold rush strength.
Fencing - Olympic champion Sun Yiwen rushed gold to try to make up for Jakarta's regrets
Fencing will result in two gold medals, the women's individual epee and the men's individual foil. Tokyo Olympic champion Sun Yiwen will compete in the women's individual epee to make up for the silver medal at the last Asian Games. Another competitor is Xu Xu, who won gold in the women's epee team at the recent Universiade and won the women's epee title at the national fencing finals earlier this month.
Rowing – the first gold medal at the Asian Games will be decided, and Chinese athletes will hit the podium in 6 events
Rowing was another gold medalist on this day, with seven gold medals awarded: Women's Lightweight Double Sculls, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls, Women's Double Sculls, Men's Double Sculls, Women's Quadruple Sculls Swaddles, Men's Double Sculls Swaddlesless and Men's Eight Sculls Helmsman. Chinese runners who reach the finals in six of them will be heading for the podium.
In the women's lightweight double sculls, China's Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping reached the final, and according to the schedule, the first gold medal of this Asian Games will be decided in this event. In the men's lightweight double sculls final, China's Fan Junjie, who won the Asian Games in Incheon, and Sun Man, who finished 11th in Rio, competed. Lu Shiyu and Shen Shuangmei reached the final of the women's double sculls, and the men's double sculls Chinese players Liu Zhiyu and Zhang Liang will compete, the women's 4-man coxless Zhang Shuxian, Liu Xiaoxin, Wang Zifeng and Xu Xingye will compete, and the men's eight-man sculls with coxswain Chinese team Li Wenlei and other 8 players will compete.
Two gold medals will be awarded in the shooting event, the women's 10m air rifle individual and team competitions, with Chinese teams Han Jiayu and Huang Yuting competing. Han Jiayu won the gold medal at this year's World Shooting Championships, and youngster Huang Yuting finished first in the team and individual second at last year's World Championships in Cairo.
In the men's team competition in competitive gymnastics, the Chinese team was led by Olympic champion Zou Jingyuan, and the other competitors included Xiao Ruoteng, Zhang Boheng, Lin Chaopan and Lan Xingyu, and the Chinese team in this event aimed to go all out for the gold medal.
Four gold medals will be awarded in the judo event, namely the women's 48 kg, the women's 52 kg, the men's 60 kg and the men's 66 kg. The women's 48kg Chinese team Guo Zongying will participate, while Zhu Yeqing in the 52kg category and Xue Ziyang in the men's 66kg category will participate.
Two gold medals were awarded in the wushu event, namely Men's Changquan and Women's Taijiquan Taijiquan Taijian All-around. The men's long boxing event Jakarta Asian Games champion Sun Peiyuan will compete. Women's Taijiquan Taijiquan Taijian All-around, Chinese athlete Tong Xin signed up.
In addition, there will be two gold medals in taekwondo, the men's individual style and the women's individual style, both of which are not participated by Chinese athletes. The modern pentathlon will award four gold medals on this competition day: women's individual, women's team, men's individual and men's team.
Other sports will also start or continue on this match day, including cricket, esports, chess, skateboarding, volleyball, table tennis, rugby sevens, hockey, boxing, beach volleyball, rattan, tennis, Go and football.
With the gold medal and key competition schedule of the Asian Games on September 24: