China demonstrated a successful day at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, winning four gold medals in swimming. Furthermore, the women's table tennis team retained its title by defeating the host country Japan with a score of 3:0.
The golden race in the pool began with Wu Qingfeng, who won the women's 50-meter freestyle event, finishing in 23.98 seconds. This result set a new Asian Games record and was only 0.01 seconds away from the continental record. Chen Yuzhe also won a bronze medal for China.
Subsequently, Zhang Zhanshuo broke the Asian Games record in the men's 800-meter freestyle, covering the distance in 7:42.49. This marked his fifth gold medal at this continental competition. Later, the 19-year-old athlete participated in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, helping China secure a victory alongside Zhao Jiayue, Wang Haoyu, and Pan Zhanle. This quartet clocked a time of 3:10.60, setting new Asian and Asian Games records, which brought Zhang his sixth title in Nagoya 2026.
China concluded the haul of four gold medals by defending the team title in the 4x200-meter freestyle. Li Jiaping, Liu Yasin, Yu Yiting, and Li Bincze finished in 7:49.37, beating Japan by more than 10 seconds, while South Korea secured the bronze medal.
In addition, China reached the podium in women's table tennis, defeating the hosts Japan 3:0 in the team final. Thus, China has won this title for the sixth consecutive year at the Asian Games. Sun Yingsha started the championship by defeating Hinata Hayato 3:1 (11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7). Then Wang Manyu won the five-match battle against Miva Harimoto 3-2 (6-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10). Kuai Man completed the triumph by beating Mimu Ito 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-7).
This victory secured China its twelfth gold medal in the women's team table tennis tournament at the Asian Games.