Sanya (China), April 28 (IANS) China continued to dominate the Asian Seashore Video games, ruling the crusing competitors with 5 gold, two silver, and two bronze medals, as all of the occasions and excelling within the sports activities climbing part in Sanya, China, on Tuesday.
The Chinese language sailors had a area day within the crusing competitors on Tuesday.
China’s Cheng Wenyu received gold within the women’ Optimist occasion, with Singapore’s Anya Alessia Zahedi and Thailand’s Pariyaporn Chantarawong taking silver and bronze, respectively. Within the boys’ Optimist, Thailand’s Rachata Sadtrakulwattana received gold forward of teammate Sorawit Naksuk, whereas Malaysia’s Muhammad Yaasin Bin Syahrizan claimed bronze.
Cheng, a Hainan native, was delighted to win on residence waters. “I am very pleased to win gold in my hometown,” she mentioned, including that she’s assured crusing will proceed to develop if extra individuals take note of the game.
Within the women’ ILCA4 occasion, 16-year-old Yan Guoguo of China received gold, adopted by Thailand’s Pailin Jaroenpon and Singapore’s Nia Mehry Zahedi. Singapore’s Ian Goh took gold within the boys’ ILCA4, with Thailand’s Hussaluk Srinakorn second and South Korea’s Jiun Choi third.
Foil windsurfing and Formulation Kite, which made their Olympic debut at Paris 2024, have each been included within the crusing program on the Asian Seashore Video games. Within the boys’ foil windsurfing, 20-year-old Wang Yiguo of China received gold, with the Philippines’ Dhenver John Castillo and Thailand’s Wachirawit Thonup taking silver and bronze. On the women’ half, China’s Chen Yimin topped the rostrum, and Li Qing took bronze, whereas Yuen Ching Suet of Hong Kong, China, took silver.
Wang mentioned his authentic aim was merely a podium end. “Having the ability to compete at a significant Asian occasion may be very significant for me,” he mentioned, including that he hopes to step onto a much bigger worldwide stage, experiences Xinhua.
China’s Ma Zilin, 18, received gold within the girls’s Formulation Kite, with teammate Li Shuxuan taking silver and South Korea’s Lee Youngeun bronze. Within the males’s Formulation Kite, Thailand’s Joseph Jonathan Weston claimed gold, whereas China’s Xue Shiming and Yang Xinnuo secured silver and bronze.
Thailand completed second total with two gold medals, whereas Singapore took one.
“The crusing occasion progressed in an orderly means in keeping with plan,” mentioned David Brookes, chief referee for crusing on the Asian Seashore Video games, noting that the beneficial climate situations in Sanya Bay permit coaching and competitors to be held all year long.
Zhao breaks males’s velocity world file
Chinese language velocity climber Zhao Yicheng set a brand new males’s velocity world file of 4.58 seconds within the preliminaries on Tuesday. The earlier mark of 4.64 seconds was held by American Samuel Watson, set at a World Cup occasion in Bali in 2025.
The 16-year-old opened with 4.73 seconds on his first try earlier than slicing his time right down to 4.58 on his second run.
The efficiency marks a dramatic breakthrough for {the teenager}, who had already despatched warning alerts to the climbing world earlier than the Video games. In March 2025, throughout a nationwide crew choice occasion in Baisha, Hainan, he recorded unofficial occasions of 4.68 and 4.65 seconds in a single afternoon – each quicker than Watson’s then-world file of 4.74 set on the Paris Olympics.
“I simply needed to see what the view seemed like from 4.6 seconds,” Zhao mentioned on the time.
Zhao’s file led a robust exhibiting by the hosts, as all 4 Chinese language males and all 4 Chinese language girls superior to the following spherical. The spherical of 16 is scheduled for Tuesday night.
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