China top Asian Games 2023 with record 201 golds

Taiwan’s Gu Shiau-shuang won the last event in Hangzhou on Sunday, giving hosts China a record 201 gold medals to finish first in the Asian Games 2023 medals table.

China top Asian Games 2023: Gu won the gold medal match by “Hantei” over Kazakhstan’s Moldir Zhangbyrbay in the women’s karate -50kg kumite division following a close contest that ended 5-5.

The final karate competitions ended more than two weeks of competition by 12,000 participants in 40 sports when Japan defeated Macau to win the men’s team kata gold.

China won 383 medals in total, surpassing their previous record of 199 golds from the Guangzhou Games in 2010. They also took home 111 silvers and 71 bronzes.

up the final medals tally, the hosts came up far ahead of Japan with 52 gold medals and South Korea with 42.

On the rowing lake on a rainy Sunday morning two weeks ago, China earned the first gold medal of the Asian Games 2023.

In the final artistic swimming competition, the team-free routine, they achieved their 200th.

The winning artistic swimmer Feng Yu commented, “We had high hopes for these Games and genuinely hoped to do well.

“But some of the performances today didn’t quite meet our expectations, so everyone is still a little on edge.

“We are overjoyed to have qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris.”