Games-Sun shines with wushu gold to give China perfect Asiad start

The country's tennis team arrived here only a day before the competition and that too without a captain and coach. The shooters, too, are not able to give their best due to lack of funds.

Sun Peiyuan won the first gold of the 18th Asian Games in Wushu to give powerhouse China a perfect start to their campaign on Sunday.

The 29-year-old clinched the men's changquan gold with 9.75 points after impressing with his acrobatic moves at the Jakarta International Expo at Kemayoran in the sport developed from ancient Chinese martial arts.

Hosts Indonesia also opened their account with Edgar Marvelo (9.72) claiming silver ahead of Tsai Tsemin (9.70) of Taiwan.

Lee Ha-sung's title defense ended in disappointment with the Korean finishing a poor 12th with 9.31.

It was a happy return to Indonesia for Sun, who won the changquan 2015 World Championship gold in Jakarta, a year after claiming the daoshu gold in the Incheon Asian Games.

The country's tennis team arrived here only a day before the competition and that too without a captain and coach. The shooters, too, are not able to give their best due to lack of funds.

They won 12 wushu medals, including 10 gold, at Incheon which is a record for a single National Olympic Committee. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in Jakarta; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)

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