CRI听力:Sun Yang, Park Tae-Hwan, Lose 200m Freestyle Medal

It's day three of the Asian Games.

Hosting nation South Korea is topping the medal list with 12 golds, 10 silvers and 9 bronzes.

China is close behind with 12 golds, 9 silvers and 11 bronzes.

Japan has 7 golds to take third place.

A recap of yesterday's competition,

In the men's 200 metres freestyle final,

Two medal favorites, Sun Yang and Park Tae-Hwan, lost to Japanese athlete Kosuke Hagino who made a strong push during the last 25 metres to claim the title.

Sun Yang admitted that psychological and technical issues are the reasons for losing the gold.

"I paid too much attention on Park Tae-Hwan's performance and overlooked Kosuke Hagino. Another problem is that I didn't do it well when I touch the wall. I was in a hurry and it was my thumb touched the wall and it got sprained."

Sun took in a silver medal for China, while Park Tae-Hwan added a bronze medal to South Korea.

All three men will compete again in the 400 metres freestyle.

In badminton group stage,

The Chinese women's team beat Japan 3-1 to advance to the finals.

China will meet with South Korea in the final round later on today.

On men's side,

China ousted Chinese Hong Kong 3-0 to make to the semi-finals, and will be clashing with Malaysia this afternoon.

Hosting South Korea played tough to conquer Japan 3-2, which took six hours to complete the game.

Japan is the 2014 Thomas Cup champion.

During the semi-finals, South Korea will meet with Chinese Taipei.

In volleyball,

Chinese women's team took an easy 3-nil win against Kazakhstan in their opening group match.

In their second match, China will play Chinese Hong Kong, 2 pm Beijing time.