Wang Yi and Shen Yanchao returned to the Athletes' Village. Although the officials had given them a few words of criticism, their teammates all gave Wang Yi a thumbs-up when they saw him.
"You did what I've always wanted to do but never dared. That was badass!"
"Watching that livestream made my scalp tingle. You should've brought me along when you went! We're teammates, after all. You got to enjoy the feast, so you could've at least let me have a taste."
"If you didn't have a teammate with you, you could've said so. Instead, you got that woman to hold your phone. You've got some nerve."
Wang Yi was unmoved by all the praise.
For him, the most satisfying part of the whole incident had been beating the crap out of the Japanese team.
The rest didn't matter.
Wang Yi rested for just an hour before the 10,000-meter final began.
Thanks to the buildup from his livestream that morning, ratings on CTV5 shot straight up when Wang Yi competed in the 10,000-meter final.
They broke 27 points.
It was the channel's best showing in nearly a decade.
Wang Yi took the lead from the start of the 10,000-meter final.
In the end, he smashed the historical record, winning in a commanding 22 minutes and 43.11 seconds.
He'd raised the bar to an almost impossible level.
The previous record had been over 26 minutes.
He'd beaten it by a full four minutes.
How could anyone top that?
With that, Wang Yi claimed his 13th gold medal of the Asian Games.
He became the athlete with the most gold medals won at a single Asian Games in history.
The previous record had been held by North Korean shooting athlete Xu Jishan, who had won seven gold medals at the 7th Asian