China's Sun wins first gold medal of 2018 Asian Games | Inquirer Sports

China’s Sun wins first gold medal of 2018 Asian Games

/ 12:02 PM August 19, 2018

China’s Peiyuan Sun perform during the Wushu games at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. Sun won gold. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Chinese wushu athlete Sun Peiyuan won the first gold medal of the Asian Games as the Olympic heavyweights made a fast start in their quest to top the medals table on Sunday.

Sun, 28, scored 9.75 to win the men’s changquan category of the Chinese martial art, denying hosts Indonesia the Games’ opening title as he edged Edgar Xavier Marvelo into second place.

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China snared 151 gold medals at the 2014 Games in Incheon, nearly double the total of home nation South Korea, as they extended their record of topping the table at each edition of the regional Olympics since 1982.

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Taiwan’s Tsai Tsemin took the first bronze of the Games as the two-week, 40-sport competition got underway in Jakarta and Palembang, a port city on Sumatra island.

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