Men’s 20km walk 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

China’s Win gold In Men’s 20km walk

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

China athlete Wang Kaihua has won the gold medal with a time of 1:22:04 in the men's 20-kilometer race walk on Wednesday in Jakarta.

Following Wang was Japan’s silver medalist Toshikazu Yamanishi with 1:27:31, while compatriot Jin Xiangqiancrossed the finish line at 1:27:58 to win the bronze medal.

Wang and Yamanishi competed fiercely for first place throughout the race. Wang led the pack at the 6 km mark, but Yamanishi overtook him at 8 km.

Wang then rallied to lead at 16 km before Yamanishi againstole the lead at 18 km. Wang finally overtook the Japan athlete in the last 2 km to win the race.