GUANGZHOU, China (Kyodo) Takashi Ono opened Japan's men's judo team's gold medal account with victory in the men's 90-kg final while Yoshie Ueno took the 63 kg title to give the women their second title in two days on the mats at the Asian Games on Sunday.
Japan, however, took a nosedive with no top podium spots in the pool after Olympic double gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima came fourth in the non-Olympic 50-meter breaststroke while countryman Ryo Tateishi had to make do with the silver in a time of 27.86 seconds.
Japan proved to be king of the hill in the triathlon with another 1-2 finish, this time by Yuichi Hosoda and Ryosuke Yamamoto men's individual after the women dominated to take gold and silver on Saturday. Hosoda timed 1:52:15.56 while Yamamoto clocked 1:52:41.49.