HANGZHOU Chinese swimmer Wu Shutong took Asian Games gold Friday in the 10-kilometer race, finishing seconds ahead of her competition from Japan in the more-than two-hour race, which she swam just days after her 18th birthday. “I find it a little hard to believe,” she said. Wu spent most of the race behind Airi Ebina of
Despite suffering heartbreaks in many top sports such as football, hockey, badminton, basketball and even table tennis, China continued their dominance including many minor sports and continued their domineering ways at the top of the medal table count.
Chinese swimmer Wu Shutong took Asian Games gold Friday in the 10-kilometer race, finishing seconds ahead of her competition from Japan in the more-than two-hour race, which she swam just days after her 18th birthday. Wu spent most of the race behind Airi Ebina of Japan and Chinese teammate Sun Jiake, but was able to turn it up a notch near the end as Ebina started to slightly falter. Wu finished with a time of 2 hours, 3 minutes, 36.4 seconds, only 8.5 seconds ahead of Ebina and 21.5 seconds ahead of Sun. Teng Yu-Wen of Taiwan was more than four minutes behind in fourth place.
Chinese swimmer Wu Shutong took Asian Games gold Friday in the 10-kilometer race, finishing seconds ahead of her competition from Japan in the more-than two-hour race, which she swam just days after her 18th birthday.
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