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China win men's soccer medal, their 127th at Games
(AFP)
Updated: 2005-11-07 08:51
But China could also celebrate the tournament's only world record, a 117kg
clean-and-jerk by women's weightlifter Yang Lian, and eight Asian swimming
marks.
Top prospects for Beijing include Zhang Lin, who smashed the Asian 1,500m
men's freestyle record; 13-year-old Wang Qun, who beat Olympic champion Luo
Xuejuan in the women's 100m breaststroke; and Ouyang Kunpeng, who secured a
third Asian backstroke record here.
Olympic heroes Liu Xiang and Guo Jingjing also put in appearances as China
did their best to drum up interest in the tournament, which has suffered from a
lack of fans.
In the final events on Sunday South Korea had their first swimming successes
through 16-year-old Jung Ji-yeon and Park Tae-hwan, who set a new Games record
in the men's 400m freestyle.
Takeshi Matsuda won the 200m butterfly in a tournament-record 1min, 56.72sec
as Japan won four karate golds to close on 46, ahead of South Korea on 32 and
Taiwan on 12.
Macau moved up to 11 golds for the Games in fifth place, ahead of North
Korea, Hong Kong, Mongolia and tiny Guam, thanks to Cheong Chi-un's victory in
the men's over-75kg karate.
South Korea won the men's hockey final before China rounded off the
tournament in fitting style with victory in the Games' showpiece event.
Led by Celtic defender Du Wei, China secured their first Games football title
in four attempts and avenged a 3-1 loss to North Korea earlier in the
tournament.
"I'm really happy to get the gold medal -- this is the fruit of our great
efforts in the past few months," said Du, who said he was happy to fly back from
Glasgow for the under-23 tournament.
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