With the music pumping, BMX star Steven Wong powered his way to a gold medal Friday, bringing a little “X†factor to Guangzhou as the sport made its Asian Games debut.
Wong, representing Hong Kong and bringing a slew of high-profile endorsements with him, finished at the front of the pack in every heat and never lost his lead in the final at the BMX arena outside the track cycling venue at Guangzhou Velodrome. He was more than a second ahead of Akifumi Sakamoto of Japan, who held off teammate Masahiro Sampei for second place … Details