Fans overwhelm stadium; Japan wins battle in pool<\/p>\n
BANGKOK (AP): Host Thailand captured three gold medals to
\ncheer about Saturday, but thousands of fans suffered a double
\nblow -- they couldn't get in to see their soccer team, and then it
\nlost.<\/p>\n
Both setbacks led to a bit of bottle throwing, and some of
\nthose without tickets tried to climb the fences. Police told them
\nto go home and watch on television, and a giant TV screen was set
\nup outside the stadium too.<\/p>\n
But reaction at the end of Qatar's 2-1 victory was fairly mild
\nsince both teams advanced to the quarterfinals anyway. Meanwhile,
\nthe Thais won two golds at the Southeast Asian sport of sepak
\ntakraw -- a no-hands version of volleyball involving some highly
\nathletic kicking of a small rattan ball. They also won a gold in
\nbowling.<\/p>\n
For China's women's weightlifters, it was business as usual --
\nanother day, another world record and another gold medal. With
\none day left in the women's competition, Wei Xiangying became the
\nlatest record-breaker, winning the 75-kilogram division with an
\nAsian record total of 242.5 kilograms and a world record snatch
\nof 115.<\/p>\n
Hers was one of nine Chinese gold medals for the day, lifting
\nChina's total to 70 after six full days of competition.<\/p>\n
Japan was well behind with 26, but had the satisfaction of
\nwinning the overall battle in the swimming pool with 15 golds to
\nChina's 13. In the last games in Hiroshima in 1994, China
\ntrounced the Japanese 23-5, but seven of its swimmers were caught
\nfor using steroids.<\/p>\n
On swimming's final day here, Japan had victories from Tomoko
\nHagiwara in the women's 200-meter backstroke, the men's 4x100
\nmedley team and -- the clincher -- Masato Hirano in the 1,500-meter
\nfreestyle, the last of 32 events.<\/p>\n
For China, Xiong Quoming, one of the seven caught for doping
\nin 1994, won the men's 200-meter medley, and Shan Ying added a
\n50-meter freestyle gold to her earlier 100 triumph.<\/p>\n
\"This time we set the goal of beating China and we've achieved
\nthe goal,\" said Japan's Mai Nakamura, second in the 200-meter
\nbackstroke Saturday.<\/p>\n
But China's head coach Zhang Xiong insisted, \"I don't see this
\nas a loss. Taking two less golds than Japan is not a loss.\"<\/p>\n
South Korea was two behind the Japanese with 24 golds after
\nswimmer Cho Hee-yeon's victory in the women's 200-meter
\nbutterfly, the Koreans' triumph over Japan in the men's tennis
\nteam final, and a 1-2 finish in men's epee fencing.<\/p>\n
Kazakhstan had 12 with Andrey Makarov's victory in 94-kilogram
\ndivision men's weightlifting.<\/p>\n
Chinese Taipei won three bowling gold medals -- men's and
\nwomen's teams and women's trios, and had 11 golds, followed by
\nthe 10 of Thailand, which won men's bowling trios.<\/p>\n
Thai fans went into frenzied celebrations after the host sepak
\ntakraw teams beat Myanmar 15-6, 15-13; 15-5, 15-9; 15-2, 15-4 for
\nthe women's gold medal, and then beat archrival Malaysia 15-9,
\n15-3; 15-3, 15-5; 15-5, 15-5 for the men's.<\/p>\n
But for an estimated 80,000 Thais, attention was focused on
\ntrying to get into the 60,000-seat Rajamangala National Stadium
\nfor Thailand's soccer game against Qatar.<\/p>\n
One person was slightly hurt in the jostling but did not
\nrequire hospital treatment, said Torpong Sewarmra, a spokesman
\nfor Asian Games organizers.<\/p>\n
Some people threw plastic bottles of water at police; others
\ntried clambering over stadium fences and were repelled by police,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
People also threw bottles, cans and shoes that members of the
\ncrowd lost in the crush at a ticketing booth that shut down at 8
\na.m., having sold out, said Nop Beaugot, who traveled 30
\nkilometers (18 miles) by bus in hopes of seeing the match.<\/p>\n
Advancing along with the Thais and Qatar to the quarterfinals
\nwere Iran and China. Iran beat the Chinese 2-1 Saturday in their
\nfinal second-round game. In the quarters, they will join Kuwait,
\nSouth Korea, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n
Pakistan's Zarak Jehan beat compatriot Amjad Khan, the
\n18-year-old Pakistan Open champion, 1-9, 9-0, 6-9, 9-7, 9-3 for
\nthe gold medal in squash, making its Asian Games debut.<\/p>\n
Malaysia's Nicol David, the top seed, beat Hong Kong's Chiu
\nWing-yin 9-3, 9-1, 9-6 for the women's gold in the sport, one of
\nthe few in these games where China has not won a medal.<\/p>\n
China beat South Korea for the men's team gold in table
\ntennis, and swept all four of the day's gold medals in shooting.
\nIt also triumphed over Japan and South Korea in the rhythmic
\ngymnastics team event.<\/p>",
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