HANOI, Sept. 29(Xinhua) -- Chinese duos and teams on Thursday outperformed rivals in many gold medal matches at the ongoing 5th Asian Beach Games in Vietnam's central Da Nang city.
In the women's team gold medal game of the 3x3 basketball event, Chinese women defeated Thai opponents 15-9.
In the double sculls final of the rowing event, Chinese players Zhang Ha and Li Laifu clocked in 2:45.39 to defeat the duo from China's Hong Kong.
In the men's fairway team final of the woodball event, Chinese athletes lost the gold to Thai rivals.
By Thursday evening, Vietnam had continued to top the medal table with 31 golds, 26 silvers and 31 bronzes, followed by Thailand with 27 golds, 17 silvers and 22 bronzes, and China with 10 golds, 13 silvers and 14 bronzes.
Nearly 3,000 athletes from 42 countries and territories are vying for 172 sets of medals at 14 events of the 5th Asian Beach Games.
At the previous tournament in Thailand, the host topped the medal tally with 56 golds, 37 silvers and 33 bronzes, followed by China, Iran, South Korea and Vietnam.
