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Xing wins 5,000-meters at East Asian Games
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-04 15:25
China also captured gold in the women's 4x400 relay. Xie Qing, Wang Xing,
Tang Xiaoyin and Huang Xionxiao clocked a time of 3:33.59 to finish ahead of
Japan (3:36.64) and Macau (4:05.61).
Feng Yun competes in the women's 100 metre
hurdles final at the 4th East Asian Games in Macau November 4, 2005. Feng
won the gold medal in the event. [Reuters] | Wang
Hailan gave China its fifth gold medal of the day, winning the heptathlon with
5,932 points. Japan's Yuki Nakata was second with 5,719 points followed by
compatriot Chinami Yasuda, who had 5,292.
Feng, Xing wins ensure China finishes No. 1 on track
MACAU (AP) _ It took Feng Yun all of 13.09 seconds Friday to ensure China
held off Japan for No. 1 ranking in track and field at the East Asian Games.
Feng won the women's 100-meter hurdles, then Olympic gold medalist Xing Huina
won the women's 5,000 meters and Zhang Qi won the shot put as China swept the
first three track finals.
Going into the last day of athletics, containing eight finals, China led
Japan 21-14 in the track and field gold-medal standings.
China dominated the first six days of the Games, collecting 65 more gold
medals across all sports than second-place Japan.
But the Japanese had high hopes of finishing on top in the marquee sport in
Macau. That mathematical chance was erased when Feng edged out teammate Su
Yiping and Japan's Kumiko Ikeda in the hurdles.
Yuki Makamura won the men's 5,000 in 14:05.77 from Japanese teammate Tomohiro
Seto and South Korea's Kim Deok-hyeon won the men's triple jump at 16.79 meters
to interrupt China's winning sequence on the track.
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