HANGZHOU, China : Uzbekistan\u0027s Bakhodir Jalolov won super-heavyweight boxing gold and China\u0027s women\u0027s basketballers beat their arch-rivals Japan in a thriller at the Asian Games on Thursday. Tokyo Olympic champion and twice world champion Jalolov, 29, beat Kazakhstan\u0027s Kamshybek Kunkabayev, 31, on points
HANGZHOU, China : Uzbekistan's Bakhodir Jalolov won super-heavyweight boxing gold and China's women's basketballers beat their arch-rivals Japan in a thriller at the Asian Games on Thursday.
Tejenov is the first medallist and fifth athlete at the Hangzhou Games to have been reported by the ITA as failing a drugs test. The 30-year-old is a former judoka and wrestler who came seventh in Judo at the Jakarta 2018 Games. "It’s me who decided who win the gold… I’m just kidding," said Lutsenko after finishing the 210km course."We tried to reach the finish line together."
The women's final was also a fierce contest. But in the end Malaysia's Subramaniam Sivasangari overcame Hong Kong's Chan Sin Yuk 3-2 for her second gold of the Games after her Malaysian team won gold, also against Hong Kong last week.
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