Canoe Men’s singles 1,000 meter sprint Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Uzbekistan Wins gold In Canoe Men’s singles 

1,000 meter sprint

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta   

         

Uzbekistan’s Vadim Menkov Awang won the gold medal in the canoe men's singles (C1) 1,000 meter sprint at the 2018 Asian Games.

In the final stretch of the canoe sprint final at the Jakabaring Rowing and Canoeing Regatta Course, Palembang, South Sumatra, on Thursday, the gold medalist defeated athletes from seven other countries.

The silver medal went to Tajikistan’s Daminov Shahriyor, while the bronze medal was won by IR Iran’s Rezaei Mohammad Nabi.

Meanwhile, the competition in the men’s kayak four (K4) 500m was won by the Kazakhstan team of Golendov Ilya, Dergunov Alexey, Tolarnytskyi Sergii and Alexeyev Yevgeniy. Nine countries, including Indonesia, competed in the final.

Indonesia’s Gandie, Harjito Mugi, Buwono Tri Wahyu and Ryondra Mazir failed to make the podium, finishing far behind the competition in sixth place.

Silver went to the Republic of Korea’s (KOR) Cho Gwanghee, Cho Jeonghyun, Choi Minkyu and Kim Jiwon. The bronze medal was won by the IR Iran team of Talebian Ahmadreza, Ghavidel Siah Sofiani Peyman, Aghamirzaeigenaghard Ali and Boudaghi Amin

Of the six canoe sprint golds at stake on the day, four were won by China, while the other two golds were won by the aforementioned Kazakhstan team and Uzbekistan in the men’s singles (C1) 1000m.

China has dominated in canoe and kayak events, the last of which will take place on Saturday.

China's first gold was won by M.A. Yanan and Sun Mengya in the women's doubles (C2) 500m.

The second gold was won by Li Yue in the kayak women's singles (K1) 500m.

The third gold was won in the kayak men's doubles (K2) 1,000m by Zhang Dong and Bu Tingkal and the fourth was obtained by Liuh H. and Wang H. in the canoe men's doubles (C2) 1,000m.

Indonesia, which has athletes competing in the finals of five classes, was only able to get one bronze medal in the canoe women's doubles (C2) 500m thanks to Andriyani Riska and Meni Nur.

Its other four teams – in the kayak men's four (K4) 500m, kayak women's singles (K1) 500m, kayak men's doubles (K2) 1,000m and canoe men's doubles (C2) 1,000m – did not get any medals.