China Reaffirms Its Superpower Status in Asian Rowing

Home>>Sports

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Thursday, October 03, 2002

China Reaffirms Its Superpower Status in Asian Rowing

China failed to clean sweep the 13 rowing gold medals on offer while Japanese pair grabbed one from men's lightweight double sculls in the Asiad on Thursday.

DISCUSSION

CHINESE

SEND TO FRIEND

China failed to clean sweep the 13 rowing gold medals on offer while Japanese pair grabbed one from men's lightweight double sculls in the Asiad on Thursday.

So far, China have taken 57 out of 60 gold medals contested in Asiad since the event was introduced into the regional Olympics in1982.

Takeda Daisaku and Ura Kazushige, the Japanese pair, broke China's monopoly in the sport by winning the men's lightweight double sculls after China's eighth successive victory in the competitions. The Chinese pair of Yang Maozong and Chen Hong had to settle for the silver medal.

"We are disappointed, although we knew it before the game that the Japanese rivals are actually stronger than us," said Yang.

However, the other finals contested today were all won by China.

Chinese four male rowers finished the 2,000 meters in 6 minutes and 8.80 seconds to beat their Japanese opponents. Indonesian rowers took the bronze in 6:17.75.

In women's lightweight double sculls, China added one more gold.Xu Dongxiang and Wang Yanni of China finished first with 7 minutes18.02 seconds, Thailand and Japan took the silver and bronze respectively.

Wang Jingfeng and Su Hui of China finished men's double sculls in 7 minutes 33.07 seconds, 11 seconds ahead of Latypov and GarnikMikhail of Kazakhstan. Kim Jung-goaun and Kim Dai-ho of South Korea finished third with 7:50.59.

In women's pair-oars, Chinese Zhao Guifeng and Yang Cuiping won the gold in 8 minutes 44.21 seconds. Ahmerova Albina and Kuznetsova Anna of Uzbekistan took the silver in 8:52.83 and Beak Sun-mi and Kim Kyoung-mi of South Korea took the bronze in 8:57.35.

Dang Junling and Li Qin of China won the title of women's double sculls in 8 minutes 16.95 seconds, 14 seconds ahead of Iwamoto Akiko and Yamauchi Atsuko of Japan. Ri Ryon-hwa and Kim Mi-sun of DPR Korea finished third in 8:38.42.

Last gold of men's eights went straight to China once again. The Chinese team finished first with 6 minutes 28.67 seconds and Japan second in 6:37.25, Uzbekistan third with 6:41.45.

"We achieved our target, We are happy with the final results." said Chinese team leader Wei Di.

Questions?Comments? Click here

China Takes Last Rowing Gold Medal of Asian Games

Japan Breaks China's Monopoly of Rowing Golds

China Clean Sweeps Rowing Golds at Wednesday's Asiad

>> Full Coverage

Jiang Urges Army to Prepare for Military, Anti-Terror Struggles ( 34 Messages)

'Taiwan Independence': Greatest Threat to Taiwan Straits Peace ( 41 Messages)

China Continues to Absorb Foreign Investment ( 2 Messages)

China Becomes Biggest Market for English Learning ( 2 Messages)

US Urged to Stop Activities in Chinese EEZ ( 7 Messages)

Two Chinese Students Shot Dead When Robbing a Malaysian Bank ( 5 Messages)