Transporting athletes to the wrong location has emerged as a recurring issue at the Asian Games in Japan.
![Gold medalist Yuki Kurihara of Japan poses after the medal ceremony for the Esports Puzzle [Puyo Puyo Champions] on day seven of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya at Aichi Sky Expo on September 26, 2026 in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan. Kurihara becomes the youngest gold medalist at the Asian Games at the age of 11. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2297185200-1790405145.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
The 13-year-old beat the previous 400m Asian Games record, set by China’s Ye Shiwen in 2014, by about 4.5 seconds.
Al-Attiyah is the first person to win a gold medal at the Games in the same year as his Dakar Rally triumph.
Chanu finally clinches an elusive Asian Games medal in Japan and Ri Song-gum wins North Korea’s first gold.
India survive a big scare against the hosts, beating them by two runs in a rain-hit T20 match in Sano, Japan.
Fariba Hashimi, who used to disguise herself as a man to train in Afghanistan, finishes second in women’s road race.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for 69 runs, 10 less than Mandhana’s belligerent match-winning innings as India retained gold.
Storm is moving northeast, away from Japan’s eastern coast into the Pacific, leaving a trail of destruction behind.
A plane landing in Tokyo that one passenger called ‘a miracle’ ended with applause as Typhoon Dujuan battered Japan.
The teen phenomenon won her second gold medal in the 200m medley in 2:06.10 to set a new Games and Asian record.
