China’s gold hat-trick in women’s hockey
China won their third successive gold medal in the Asian Games women’s field hockey.
GUANGZHOU:
China won their third successive gold medal in the Asian Games women’s field hockey after ousting South Korea in a penalty shoot-out, a 5-4 win after both teams were locked goalless at the end of extra-time.
Kim Eun-sil missed the first stroke for the Koreans, while the Chinese converted all their five shots and sealed the win when Sun Sinan beat goal-keeper Moon Young-hui.
Earlier, Japan took bronze with a 1-0 win as Keiko Manabe scored a golden goal in the 77th minute to make India return home empty-handed.
Uzbek wrestler Jakhongir Muminov became the second doping case of the Asian Games when he failed a drugs test and was disqualified. The 23-year-old student competed in the Greco-Roman 84-kilogramme division and lost in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, China’s Liu Xiang won a third successive Asian Games 110-metre hurdles crown. Xiang’s victory came in 13.09 seconds.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2010.
China won their third successive gold medal in the Asian Games women’s field hockey after ousting South Korea in a penalty shoot-out, a 5-4 win after both teams were locked goalless at the end of extra-time.
Kim Eun-sil missed the first stroke for the Koreans, while the Chinese converted all their five shots and sealed the win when Sun Sinan beat goal-keeper Moon Young-hui.
Earlier, Japan took bronze with a 1-0 win as Keiko Manabe scored a golden goal in the 77th minute to make India return home empty-handed.
Uzbek wrestler Jakhongir Muminov became the second doping case of the Asian Games when he failed a drugs test and was disqualified. The 23-year-old student competed in the Greco-Roman 84-kilogramme division and lost in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, China’s Liu Xiang won a third successive Asian Games 110-metre hurdles crown. Xiang’s victory came in 13.09 seconds.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2010.