Son Keeps Eye on Spurs As He Chases Gold

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Indian wins women’s Son keeps eye on Spurs wrestling gold as he chases gold

on Heung-min said he’s cheering on his Spurs Steam-mates in the Premier League even as he undertakes a KNOW WHAT difficult mission for gold in far- flung Indonesia that could make or break his career. The South Korea forward said Olympic/athlet- he had followed Spurs’ “posi- ic medalists and tive” 3-1 win over Fulham from are amongst thousands of miles away at the the few allowed India’s Vinesh (R) celebrates after beating Japan’s Yuki Irie (L) Asian Games, where a gold med- to bypass the al would exempt him from his 21-month compulsory military mandatory AFP | Jakarta level. My body responded well, service. service in South I had trained well and God Son, 26, was speaking after Korea and inesh Phogat became In- was being kind,” Phogat told he scored the only goal in South Son still has a Vdia’s first women’s wres- reporters. Korea’s 1-0 win over Kyrgyzstan chance to gain tling champion at the Asian “I am rough and tough and that sent the defending champi- his own Games on Monday to extend a risk-taker. I take risks in life ons into a last-16 clash with Iran. a family legacy in the sport and they pay off. I have lot of “Of course I always follow which was immortalised in a self-belief that there is nothing Tottenham -- I was very happy tain to reach the round of 16 pri- celebrated Bollywood film. that I can’t do,” she said. because Lucas scored his first or to kick-off, as only an 11-goal Phogat outclassed Japan’s The omens were good for Premier League goal for us, and Son Heung Min (C) of South Korea runs with the ball past Odilzhon loss to Kyrgyzstan would have Yuki Irie 6-2 to win 50kg final the 2014 bronze medallist Harry (Kane) scored in August,” Abdurakhmanov (R) of Kyrgyzstan during their men’s football preliminary group prevented their passage. in Jakarta and was then hoist- when she began the compe- said Son. E match of the 2018 Asian Games in Bandung Son, making his first start of ed on the shoulders of team tition with a win over China’s “I’m following wherever I go. the competition, volleyed home staff draped in the Indian flag. Sun Yanan, against whom she When they play Manchester from a tight angle in the 63rd The 23-year-old is a cous- had suffered a leg injury at the United I will support them.” are on the way to make some- Before leaving for Jakarta, minute as South Korea laboured in of former Commonwealth 2016 Olympics. Son is playing at the Asian thing, and to win some tro - Son apologised to his Spurs to victory, after their shock 2-1 champions Geeta and Babita “Injuries are a part of a Games after being granted spe- phies,” he said. team-mates for his absence for defeat to minnows Malaysia. Kumari Phogat, whose rise sportsperson’s life. And I have cial permission by Spurs, with “But I’m not thinking about up to three weeks on interna- A few hundred flag-waving from obscurity to wrestling heard somewhere that injuries whom he signed a new, five-year it already, the final... We can tional duty. Koreans in the stands roared fame was captured in 2016’s only strengthens an athlete. contract last month. enjoy this evening, and from “Of course I’m still very sor- with approval as Son’s name ‘Dangal’, an international hit. I have come back stronger “I can’t say I’m 100 percent tomorrow we can be ready for ry,” Son added. was announced in the starting “I had targeted gold. I had from that Rio heartache,” she sure to win the gold medal. We the round of 16.” South Korea were all but cer- line-up. three-four silvers at the Asia beamed. Sun scorches rivals to win Asian Games swim title AFP | Jakarta Meanwhile, Japan’s Olympic neck on seven gold medals. best of 25.55 -- almost half a and finish strong -- that’s exactly hope Rikako Ikee picked up her Sun, who powered to the second clear of China’s Wang what happened.” hinese battering ram Sun second and third Asian titles in 200m title at the weekend, un- Yichun. Defending champion Kosuke CYang smashed his rivals to the women’s 50m butterfly and coiled his rippling two-metre The 18-year-old, who has Hagino was stunned by China’s create history yesterday as the 100m freestyle. frame to pull away over the sec- become the new face of swim- Wang Shun in the men’s 200m swimming goliath scooped the But it was the talismanic Sun ond half of the 800m, leaving ming in Japan, is expected to individual medley. first-ever Asian Games men’s who sprinkled stardust on pro- Takeda and Vietnam’s Nguyen be a force in the 100m free and Wang caught his Japanese 800 metres freestyle gold with ceedings as ever, storming to vic- Huy Hoang flailing in his 100m fly at the 2020 Olympics rival over the last leg of free - another monstrous perfor- tory in the 800m free in a Games wake. in her home city. style to win in 1:56.52 as Hagino mance. record of seven minutes, 48.36 “That gives me confidence for And after setting a new meet clocked 1:56.75. For once though he didn’t seconds -- almost five seconds 2020 Tokyo Olympics,” Sun told best in the 100m free in help - “I’m delighted,” said Wang. “It have it all his own way. clear of Japan’s Shogo Takeda. reporters. ing Japan win the weekend’s gives me confidence to beat such Greeted like a rock star by He also came agonisingly close “It was a pity we lost the relay 4x100m relay, Ikee ducked un- a great swimmer.” high-pitched squeals from excit- to completing a relay fightback. but Japan swam a great race. der the record again in the in- However, there were some able female fans in Jakarta, the But Japan’s Katsuhiro Matsu- Two finals in one night isn’t a dividual race, touching in 53.27 late crumbs of comfort for Olym- three-time Olympic champion moto clung on to seal a fingertip problem for me but I can still after a brave fight from China’s pic silver medallist Hagino, who returned to the pool expecting upset in 7:05.17 and dash Sun’s work on my endurance for sure.” Zhu Menghui. swam a superb third leg in the to anchor China to victory in hopes of winning five gold med- “I achieved what I came to do 4x200m relay. Gold medallist China’s Sun Yang Ikee double the 4x200m free -- only for the als in Indonesia. celebrates during the victory ceremony tonight so I’m delighted,” said “I kind of cramped up in the pesky Japanese to tear up the China and Japan finished day of the men’s 800m freestyle swimming Ikee crushed it in the 50m fly, Ikee. “The plan was to conserve medley,” he admitted. “There script. two of the six-day meet neck and event breezing to victory in a Games energy in the first half of the race just wasn’t enough in the tank.”

North Korean stars sweep to India suffer kabaddi defeat weightlifting double Four Japan athletes AFP | Jakarta AFP | Jakarta Then Om, who is not much kicked out taller at 4ft 11in (151cm), raised ndia’s men suffered their orth Korea’s pint-sized 160kg in the clean and jerk Ifirst ever kabaddi defeat at AFP | Jakarta Japan’s chef de mission Yas- Nweightlifters ruled the for a 287kg total, 7kg ahead the Asian Games when they uhiro Yamashita told report- roost as the secretive nation of Thach, the reigning world slumped 24-23 to South Korea our Japanese basketball ers. “We deeply apologise bagged their first two gold champion, who also had in a group match on Monday. Fplayers were sent home and intend to give the ath - medals of the Asian Games to settle for silver behind The seven-time champions from the Asian Games in dis- letes thorough guidance from yesterday. Om in Incheon four years beat both Bangladesh and Sri grace for paying prostitutes for now on.” Ri Song Gum pipped local ago. Lanka on Sunday to stamp sex as the regional Olympics The basketball players had favourite Sri Wahyuni Agus- Indonesia took their sec- their authority but they met was hit by scandal on Monday. dinner after leaving the Games tiani to open their account in ond lifting medal of the day as their match in South Korea, The players were spotted in village last Thursday and are the women’s 48kg class then Suramat Bin Suwoto Wijoyo ending a run of 32 straight a notorious red light district of believed to have been solicited pocket rocket Om Yun Chol was awarded the bronze after wins. India have only lost once Jakarta in their national jer- by a pimp to go to a hotel with retained his Asian Games a 272kg total. before in the home-grown, seys, JOC officials said, adding women, Yamashita added. men’s 56kg title with ease London 2012 Olympic gold breath-holding sport, after Kabaddi, an ancient sport that the four had been ordered They “paid for the services as he defeated eternal Asian medallist Om, known for his they went down to same oppo- rooted in Indian mythology, to leave immediately. of prostitutes”, Yamashita said, rival Kim Tuan Thach of exuberant celebrations, gave a nents at the 2016 World Cup. made its Asian Games debut News that Yuya Nagayoshi, according to Japan’s Kyodo Vietnam. reserved fist pump as he made “What a massive upset. South in Beijing in 1990. Takuya Hashimoto, Takuma news agency. Ri, who is just 4ft 7in his winning lift and depart- Korea beats India in men’s Ka- The game requires yoga-like Sato, Keita Imamura had been The story broke after the (140cm) tall, hoisted a massive ed the stage with just a wave baddi @asiangames2018 24- breathing skills as two sev- booted out will come as a ma- four, who play in Japan’s 112kg in her first clean and jerk before failing at two 172kg at- 23. Indians looked a bit com- en-player teams send a raider jor embarrassment for Japan, B-League, were spotted in the attempt to power past Agus- tempts that would have beaten placent,” former India hockey into enemy territory to tag an who will host the Tokyo Olym- red light district by a report- tiani who had led after the first his own Asian Games record captain Viren Rasquinha said opponent before returning to pics in two years’ time. er for Japan’s Asahi Shimbun snatch discipline. set in 2014. on Twitter. safety, all on one breath. “I just feel a sense of shame,” newspaper.