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| October 12, 2002 | Saturday | Sha'aban 5, 1423 |
Women take centre stage
BUSAN, Oct 11: Women’s events dominated the Asian Games on Friday as China beat South Korea in the hockey final, Uzbekistan’s Iroda Tulyaganova took the tennis singles crown and North Korea clinched the soccer gold.
China’s lead in the medals table narrowed slightly as South Korea won six golds to China’s two. Japan also picked up two golds but fourth-placed Kazakhstan remained on 16. China have 129, Korea 73 and Japan 41.
China beat South Korea for the second time at the Games to take the women’s field hockey gold with a 2-1 victory. When the teams met in the preliminary round China won 2-0.
Uzbek Tulyaganova demolished top seed Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand 6-1 6-3 to win the tennis gold.
The world number 45, who has won three WTA singles titles, kept the pressure on the 31st-ranked Tanasugarn in a one-sided final at Gumjong Stadium.
Uzbek team mate Oleg Ogorodov had less to celebrate, however, as he went down 6-3 6-3 to world number 28 Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand in the semi-finals of the men’s singles.
Srichaphan faces Lee Hyung-taik in Saturday’s final after the South Korean outlasted Japan’s Takao Suzuki 6-4 2-6 6-3.
Favourites India won the men’s doubles gold as estranged doubles partners Leander Peas and Mahesh Bhupathi came together to beat South Korea’s Chung Hee Sok and Lee Hyung Taik 6-2 6-3.
North Korea secured their first Games gold in women’s football since 1990 and preserved their unbeaten record with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Vietnam on Friday.
Wang Tianling took diving gold for China in the men’s three-metre springboard with a total of 741.36 points with team mate Wang Feng taking silver.
South Korea cleaned up in taekwondo as Kim Dae-ryung won the men’s 58kg, Lim Su-jung took the women’s 51kg, Oh Seon-tak clinched the men’s 78kg and Kim Su-ok won the women’s 67kg title.
In karate, Japan won golds in the individual kata through Atsuko Wakai in the men’s and Yukimitsu Hasegawa in the women’s.
Vietnam won two golds in the women’s kumite finals. Malaysia’s Supramaniam Premila won the women’s 60kg kumite.—Reuters
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