Canoe/kayak Slalom 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

China Wins two gold medals in canoe/kayak 

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Asian Games 2018

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China won two gold medals in the women’s singles canoe and men’s single kayak at Majalengka Dam, West Java, on Thursday. The women’s gold was won by Shi Chen in a time of 110.32 seconds with a four-second penalty. Xin Quan won the men’s gold in a time of 89.39 seconds and a two-second penalty.

Meanwhile, the women’s silver medal was won by Weihan Chen from Chinese Taipei with 110.32 seconds and a four-second penalty, with the bronze going to Atcharaporn Duanglawa of Thailand with a time of 116.34 seconds and zero penalties.

The men’s silver was won by Japan’s Kazuya Adachi in 90.26 seconds and a two-second penalty. The bronze was won by Thailand naturalized athlete Ludwig Hermann Husslein with 90.40 seconds and zero penalties.

The women’s medals were handed out by the Asian Canoe Confederation (ACC) president Shoken Narita, while the handover of medals for the men was carried out by the ACC secretary-general Wai hung Luk.

The Indonesian representatives, Reski Wahyuni, was ranked sixth out of eight countries with 141.69 in the women’s category and Arifal came seventh with a total time of 108.96 seconds for the men.