NewsForce(@Newsforce):🇯🇵 Japan claimed the first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games as host nation, with Takumi Hojo winning the men's individual triathlon on home soil. Hojo trailed in 4th after the swim and 5th after the bike leg before breaking away on the run to win by 9 seconds over China's Zhang Xirui, with Kazakhstan's Arlan Zhanabay taking bronze.

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🇯🇵 Japan claimed the first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games as host nation, with Takumi Hojo winning the men's individual triathlon on home soil. Hojo trailed in 4th after the swim and 5th after the bike leg before breaking away on the run to win by 9 seconds over China's Zhang Xirui, with Kazakhstan's Arlan Zhanabay taking bronze.