Asian Games: Japan surpasses Hangzhou gold tally with cycling, judo wins

Japanese sailors Misaki Tanaka (R) and Sera Nagamatsu celebrate after winning gold in the women's skiff at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 1, 2026. (Kyodo)

Japanese sailors Misaki Tanaka (R) and Sera Nagamatsu compete en route to winning gold in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's skiff at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2026. (Kyodo)

Japan's Kurumi Ito competes en route to winning gold in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's kayak single at Yahagigawa Canoe Slalom Course in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2026. (Kyodo)

Japan's Kurumi Ito celebrates after winning gold in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's kayak single at Yahagigawa Canoe Slalom Course in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2026. (Kyodo)

Kaiya Ota celebrates after winning gold in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games cycling track men's sprint event in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 1, 2026. (Kyodo)

Japanese track cyclists Tsuyaka Uchino (R) and Maho Kakita compete en route to winning the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's madison gold at Izu Velodrome in Izu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2026. (Kyodo)

Japan's Sotaro Fujiwara (white) competes against Adilet Almat of Kazakhstan in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's judo 81-kilogram final at Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2026. (Kyodo)

Japan's Nonoka Ozaki (red) competes en route to beating Kim Ok Ju of North Korea in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's wrestling 62-kilogram final at Nagoya City Inae Sports Center in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2026. (Kyodo)

NAGOYA - Japan won gold medals in cycling track, judo and other sports at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday, pushing its tally to 60 and beyond the total it achieved at the previous games in Hangzhou in 2023.

Kaiya Ota defended his title in the men's sprint, while Tsuyaka Uchino and Maho Kakita retained their women's madison crown in track cycling.

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