China Win 16 out of 30 Gold Medals on Penultimate Day of Athletics

18 Dec 2010

The final day of Athletics inside the Aoti Main Stadium on Saturday (18 December) saw 30 gold medals awarded and nine Asian records broken.

Star of the show was Iraq’s Hussein Kadhim who set two Asian records in the 400m (50.46) and 800m (2:07.36) to secure gold medals.

Six Asian records were set by Chinese athletes on Saturday. These included Wei Enlong in the Men’s Shot Put F44/46 (14.53m), Wang Quihong in the Men’s Long Jump F44 (6.18m), Che Mian in the Men’s 400m T36 (56.82) (his third gold after wins in 100m and 200m), Zhou Wenjun in the Men’s 400m T38 (52.50) (his third gold after wins in 100m and 200m), Zhu Daqing in the Women’s 400m T13 (1:04.35), Zhou Wenjun in the Men’s 100m T38 (11.37) (his third gold after wins in 200m and 400m)

Thailand’s Supachai Koysub also set an Asian record in the Men’s 100m T54 (14.02).

Gold medal winners on Saturday also included:

* Abbas Dayani Asl of Iran in the Men’s 800m T46 – 2:03.11 – second gold 1,500m

* Ali Aderi Dargbaghshay of Iran in the Men’s Javelin F54/55/56 – 30.09

* Cui Yanfeng of China in the Men’s 800m T54 – 1:43.47

* Siamak Saleh Farajzadeh of Iran in the Men’s Javelin F33/34 – 26.34 – a personal best

* Kitsana Jorchuy of Thailand in the Men’s 400m T11 – 55.80 – a personal best – and third gold after victories in the 100m and 200m

* Mehrdad Karam Zadeh of Iran in the Men’s Discuss F42 – 39.81m

* Li Yansong of China in the Men’s 400m T12 – 52.01 – 2nd gold 100m

* Hussein Kadhim of Iraq in the Men’s 400m T13 – 50.46 – Asian Record

* Wang Yugin of China in the Women’s 400m T12 – 1:00.21 – a personal best

* Zhou Hongzhuan of China in the Women’s 400m T53 – 1:01.97

* Ouyang Jingling of China in the Women’s Long Jump F44/46 – 5.09m

* Atsushi Yamamoto of Japan in the Men’s 100m T42 – 13.08

* Jia Tianlei of China in the Men’s 100m T44 – 12.34

* Zhao Xu of China in the Men’s 100m T46 – 11.19 – a personal best

* Ahmed Meshaima of Bahrain in the Men’s Shot Put F37/38 – 13.14m

* Sopa Intasen of Thailand in the Men’s 100m T53 – 15.35 – a season’s best

* China in the Men’s 4x100m Relay T42-46 – 45.81

* China in the Men’s 4x100m Relay T35-38 – 46.25

* Thailand in the Men’s 4x100m Relay T11-13 – 45.69

* Alisher Usmonov in the Men’s 800m T12 – 2:05.55 – a personal best

* China in the Men’s 4x400m Relay T53/54 – 3:11.78

The final Athletics event of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games is the Men’s marathon T54 which takes place on Sunday.