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China eye Asiad badminton gold; India- Pakistan face-off in f.hockey
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China eye Asiad badminton gold; India- Pakistan face-off in f.hockey
GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) - – Arch-rivals India and Pakistan face off in a combustible field hockey clash as Chinese women's world number one Wang Xin guns for Asian Games badminton gold.
On Saturday, Day 8 of the multi-sport showpiece, hosts China have an unassailable lead at the top of the medals table with 127 gold to South Korea's 43 and Japan's 24.
Iran has jumped to eight after recent success in weightlifting and taekwondo, while Indonesia picked up its third gold Saturday in the 250m men's dragon boat.
So far, 28 of the 45 nations and territories in Guangzhou have got themselves on the podium, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Laos.
Another 30 titles are up for grabs on Saturday, in synchronized swimming, badminton, billiard sports, road cycling, dragon boat, equestrian, fencing, golf, sailing, sepaktakraw, table tennis, and taekwondo
China is guaranteed gold in women's badminton with Wang facing teammate Wang Shixian in the women's singles final.
The men play the semi-finals with world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia up against China's world number two Chen Jin while pin-up Lin Dan takes on South Korea's Park Sung-Hwan.
Lin, who has won world and Olympic titles but never an Asiad crown, is wary of the Park.
"He is a very dangerous opponent, because he is an excellent athlete," said the Chinese star.
"Although he is not as famous as Lee Chong Wei and Chen Jin, he must be a dark horse, so it is very tough to compete with him."
The men's doubles gold medal will also be decided and it will go to either Malaysia or Indonesia with the top-ranked Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong facing Markis Kido and his partner Hendra Setiawan.
Focus will also be on the Aoti Hockey Field where bitter rivals India and Pakistan play a group B clash with a semi-final place at stake.
The showdown gives Pakistan a chance to avenge two humiliating defeats at India's hands this year.
India won 4-1 at the World Cup in March and then dished out a 7-4 hammering at last month's Commonwealth Games, both times at home in New Delhi.
The Pakistanis, who returned home from New Delhi complaining of rude behaviour by Indian fans during the Games, hope to turn the tables on neutral territory.
"If we play as well as we are capable off, we will give the Indians a good response," said Pakistan's coach Michel van den Heuvel. "We have the team to win the tournament."
Kazakhstan go for their fifth Asian Games road cycling title in the men's individual time trial with their hopes pinned on Andrey Mizurov, while five-time world champion Soryan Reihanpour gets his wrestling bid started.
Iran's Reihanpour grapples in the 55kg class with world number two Choi Gyu-Jin of South Korea his main rival.
Elsewhere, two-time world champion boxer Abbor Atoev of Uzbekistan takes on Mongolia's Shinebayer Narmandakh in the middleweight quarter-final while China's Olympic light-flyweight star Zhou Shiming makes his entrance.
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