1-15 December 2006
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2 December 2006 - Day 2
Team China poses for a picture during the medal ceremony of the women's 4x100m medley relay final
Golden Games start for China
The first day of competition after the Opening Ceremony saw action in 18 different sports with 13 finals in five of them.
But the day belonged to China. They won the first gold of the games with Li Jie, Liu Tianyou and Zhu Qinan taking the men’s 10m air rifle team competition.
Li Du won the women’s 10m air rifle – but China’s shooting star of the day was double medallist Chen Li, who won individual and team trap gold.
China also heaved three weightlifting golds thanks to Li Zheng (men’s 56kg), Wang Mingjuan (women’s 48kg) and Li Ping (women’s 53kg).
However, Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Tuan was arguably the day’s star performer, winning his country's first-ever Asian Games weightlifting medal by claiming silver behind Li.
China’s artistic gymnasts jumped to it, winning the men’s team final ahead of Japan and Korea. Yang Wei was their star performer.
Team China poses for a picture during the medal ceremony of the women's 4x100m medley relay finalThe first day of competition after the Opening Ceremony saw action in 18 different sports with 13 finals in five of them.
But the day belonged to China. They won the first gold of the games with Li Jie, Liu Tianyou and Zhu Qinan taking the men’s 10m air rifle team competition.
Li Du won the women’s 10m air rifle – but China’s shooting star of the day was double medallist Chen Li, who won individual and team trap gold.
China also heaved three weightlifting golds thanks to Li Zheng (men’s 56kg), Wang Mingjuan (women’s 48kg) and Li Ping (women’s 53kg).
However, Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Tuan was arguably the day’s star performer, winning his country's first-ever Asian Games weightlifting medal by claiming silver behind Li.
China’s artistic gymnasts jumped to it, winning the men’s team final ahead of Japan and Korea. Yang Wei was their star performer.
It was also golden day in the pool for China whose swimmers claimed five of the six medals at stake. Pang Jiaying and Yafei Zhou, winners of the women’s 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly finals respectively, were double gold medallists as part of China’s triumphant relay medley team.
Japan’s Hindemasa Sano took the men’s 400m individual medley crown. There was joy for Japan’s judokas too. Yasuyuki Muneta retained his men’s +100kg title with Sae Nakazawa winning the women’s -78kg weight crown.
It was a disappointing night though for football fans of hosts Qatar, who lost their group A game to Uzbekistan. Elsewhere there were 2-0 wins for Korea, Thailand and Kuwait, while Bahrain beat Bangladesh 5-1.
There were emphatic wins on the opening day of women’s hockey tournament. China hammered Hong Kong, China 9-0, Korea beat Chinese Taipei 8-0 and Japan overcame Malaysia 7-0. Some big wins in baseball too. Japan beat pre-tournament favourites Korea 10-7 and Chinese Taipei hammered Thailand 16-0.
Chess entered the Asian Games for the first time – and badminton, boxing, kabaddi and sepakatraw also started today.
And China’s highly-rated basketball players entered the tournament triumphing over first round qualifiers Kazakhstan.
It certainly was an action packed day in Doha – with plenty more to come over the next two weeks.
Japan’s Hindemasa Sano took the men’s 400m individual medley crown. There was joy for Japan’s judokas too. Yasuyuki Muneta retained his men’s +100kg title with Sae Nakazawa winning the women’s -78kg weight crown.
It was a disappointing night though for football fans of hosts Qatar, who lost their group A game to Uzbekistan. Elsewhere there were 2-0 wins for Korea, Thailand and Kuwait, while Bahrain beat Bangladesh 5-1.
There were emphatic wins on the opening day of women’s hockey tournament. China hammered Hong Kong, China 9-0, Korea beat Chinese Taipei 8-0 and Japan overcame Malaysia 7-0. Some big wins in baseball too. Japan beat pre-tournament favourites Korea 10-7 and Chinese Taipei hammered Thailand 16-0.
Chess entered the Asian Games for the first time – and badminton, boxing, kabaddi and sepakatraw also started today.
And China’s highly-rated basketball players entered the tournament triumphing over first round qualifiers Kazakhstan.
It certainly was an action packed day in Doha – with plenty more to come over the next two weeks.
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Korea’s baseball woes continued today after they lost 10–7 against Japan. Korea had hoped to win ....
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To the rousing cheers of their red flag waving fans China’s swimmers claimed five of the six aquatic ....
China’s domination of the men’s 56kg weightlifting class at the Asian Games continued with Li ....
Shooting: China have won another gold medal at the Lusail Shooting Complex. This time it is the ....
The Korean football team is the best in Asia at the moment, and they played well today
