A 13-year-old swimmer from China has kicked off the 20th Asian Games in form.
As always at the Asian Games Olympic staples such as athletics and swimming will sit side-by-side with regional favourites like sepak takraw and kabaddi.
China's men's 100m freestyle world record holder and Olympic champion Pan Zhanle also went through fastest to the final in 48.07sec, but was only 0.06sec quicker than South Korea's Hwang Sun-woo.
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Yu Zidi was fastest by far in the women's 200m butterfly heats. The Games, being held in Japan, were officially declared open on Saturday by Japan's Emperor Naruhito although there were many empty seats at the 30,000-capacity stadium in Nagoya.
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A 13-year-old swimmer from China has kicked off the 20th Asian Games in form.
The Games, being held in Japan, were officially declared open on Saturday by Japan's Emperor Naruhito although there were a large number of empty seats at the 30,000-capacity stadium in Nagoya.
As always at the Asian Games Olympic staples such as athletics and swimming will sit side-by-side with regional favourites like sepak takraw and kabaddi.
In the swimming pool, Chinese teenager Yu touched almost 2.70 seconds ahead of compatriot Chang Mohan in the butterfly heats and will be a hot favourite to take her first gold in Sunday evening's final.
China's men's 100m freestyle world record holder and Olympic champion Pan Zhanle also went through fastest to the final in 48.07sec, but was only 0.06sec quicker than South Korea's Hwang Sun-woo.
Meanwhile the first gold medal of the 20th Asian Games was won on Sunday by host nation Japan when Takumi Hojo won the men's individual triathlon in Gamagori city near Nagoya with China's Zhang Xirui second and Kazakhstan's Arlan Zhanabay taking bronze.
"As it's our first gold medal, it's given the Japanese team a real boost," said the 30-year-old Hojo, whose win will qualify him for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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