At the Asian Games in Tokyo, Chinese swimmer Zhang Zhanshuo, 19, won a record seventh gold medal on Friday, September 25, 2026, by taking the 400m freestyle in a Games-record time of 3:41.28. He finished 4.27 seconds ahead of Japan's Kazushi Imafuku. China dominated the swimming events, winning five of the day's seven finals and topping the medal table with 30 golds. Other winners included Li Bingjie and Zhang Yufei. Taiwan's Wang Kuan-hung won the 200m butterfly, while Japan's Shin Ohashi, who had broken a world record earlier, finished third in the 50m breaststroke.
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