Highs and lows


Bright stars: Thailand’s Puripol Boonson reacts after winning the 200m final – AP/Reuters

THE Asian Games in Japan closed after a fortnight of record-smashing displays from young stars, but marred by mix-ups, patchy crowds and accusations of mismanagement.

More than 17,000 athletes and officials, a bigger number than the Olympics, descended on Nagoya and Aichi prefecture for the continent’s premier sporting spectacular.

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