11-year-old Japanese player wins esports gold medal at the Asian Games
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- Arabic title
- لاعبة يابانية تبلغ من العمر 11 عاماً تفوز بالميدالية الذهبية في الرياضات الإلكترونية بدورة الألعاب الآسيوية
- English title
- 11-year-old Japanese player wins esports gold medal at the Asian Games
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- Economy
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Tokyo, Sep. 27 (SANA) An 11-year-old Japanese player has won the gold medal in the esports competition at the Asian Games being held in Aichi-Nagoya, after winning the Puyo Puyo Champions event. Reuters reported on Saturday that Yuki Kurihara defeated South Korea’s Kang Dong-shin 10–2 in the final. Kurihara had topped his group in the preliminary round before defeating competitors from Singapore and Thailand in the knockout stages. Kurihara said he was happy with the victory, describing the gold medal as “beautiful, shiny and heavy.” He noted that he had faced in the final the player he had wa…source ↗