Chinese rowers win gold

Zou Jiaqi (right) and Qiu Xiuping celebrate after winning the championship of the women's lightweight double sculls rowing event at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Sept 24, 2023. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/China Daily]

Chinese duo Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping clinched the gold medal in the women's lightweight double sculls final at the Hangzhou Asian Games, with a time of 7 minutes and 6.78 seconds, securing the first gold medal of this edition of the Asian Games.

Zou Jiaqi (right) and Qiu Xiuping celebrate after winning the championship of the women's lightweight double sculls rowing event at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Sept 24, 2023. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/China Daily]

Zou Jiaqi (right) and Qiu Xiuping celebrate after winning the championship of the women's lightweight double sculls rowing event at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Sept 24, 2023. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/China Daily]

Zou Jiaqi (right) and Qiu Xiuping celebrate after winning the championship of the women's lightweight double sculls rowing event at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Sept 24, 2023. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/China Daily]

Zou Jiaqi (right) and Qiu Xiuping celebrate after winning the championship of the women's lightweight double sculls rowing event at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Sept 24, 2023. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/China Daily]

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