Asian Games, day 1: China, Japan split early triathlon golds; Lau wins silver in karate

Lin Xinyu won the women’s triathlon to get China’s gold medal tally up and running at the Asian Games on Sunday, while there were ominous signs in Tokyo that the Chinese swimmers were on course to add many more over the days ahead. Pan Zhanle was in a cruisy mood on the way to reaching the final of the men’s 100m freestyle, and teenage starlet Yu Zidi eased into the final of the women’s 200m butterfly. There was also nothing routine about Tang Qianting’s progress in the 50m breaststroke, with...