JAKARTA - China claimed the gold of the men's track cycling team pursuit at the 2018 Asian Games here on Tuesday.

China clocked a winning time of four minutes 03.790 seconds in the final, beating Hong Kong, China to the second place in 4:10.368.

Japan took the bronze by defeating Kazakhstan.

The 18th Asiad will stage 465 events out of 40 sports, among which 330 events from 32 sports will feature in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 2018 Asian Games, attracting more than 10,000 athletes, will run through Sept 2.