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Record-breaking China set to close biggest Asian Games with another spectacular ceremony

Hosts China finished with a record 201 gold medals as the curtain comes down on two weeks of triumphs and tears at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday.

Rampant India to meet Afghanistan for Asian Games cricket gold

India crushed Bangladesh by nine wickets on Friday to set up a gold medal match against Afghanistan as they bid to become Asian Games champions on their first attempt.

Indian javelin star Chopra goes big for gold as Barshim leaps to Asian Games record

India's javelin king Neeraj Chopra produced a giant throw to strike gold at the Asian Games on Wednesday and cap a gruelling season, with Olympic high-jump champion Mutaz Essa Barshim joining him as a winner.

Adekoya bounces back from doping ban to win Asian Games hurdles gold in Hangzhou

Bahrain's Kemi Adekoya, who was stripped of the 2018 title for doping, won Asian Games 400m hurdles gold on Tuesday while Olympic champion Liu Shiyang crashed in the javelin in a shock.

Paris in sight as dethroned China duo bounce back with Asiad golds at the field events in Hangzhou

Dethroned Chinese world champions Wang Jianan and Feng Bin bounced back to win Asian Games gold on Sunday in front of a delirious home crowd and then set their sights on the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Swimming superstars Qin and Zhang star as China send Olympic warning in Asian Games blitz

World champion Qin Haiyang completed the breaststroke treble Friday and Zhang Yufei claimed a sixth gold as China's swimmers sent a final warning shot from the Asian Games ahead of the Paris Olympics.

World champions Qin and Zhang light up Asian Games pool in Hangzhou; Hong Kong'a Siobhan Haughey suffers first defeat

World-record holder Qin Haiyang barrelled to the Asian Games 200m breaststroke title on Thursday as Chinese teammate Zhang Yufei edged Siobhan Haughey in a blockbuster showdown to clinch her fifth gold in Hangzhou.

Zhang fires Olympic warning as China narrowly miss 4x100m mixed medley relay world record at Hangzhou Asian Games

Zhang Yufei blasted the fastest time of the year Wednesday to win Asian Games 100m butterfly gold and bolster her status as a favourite for the Paris Olympics.

Hong Kong swimming darling Haughey fires Paris Olympic warning as Honda motors past Seto at Hangzhou Asian Games

Siobhan Haughey shattered her own Asian record to add the Asiad 100m freestyle title to her Olympic and world silver medals Tuesday, as Tomoru Honda stunned an exhausted Daiya Seto in the 400m medley.

Mighty Qin lights up Asian Games pool as Haughey claims 200m free gold; China suffer loss to South Korea in 4x200m relay

World champion Qin Haiyang surged to the world's second fastest time this year and the Asian Games 100m breaststroke title Monday while star freestyler Siobhan Haughey clinched Hong Kong's first-ever swimming gold medal.

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