India, Sept. 26 -- "Age is just a number" is often used when senior athletes turn back the clock, offer glimpses of their past glories or silence recent criticism with a stirring performance.

Strangely, at the Asian Games, the phrase has taken on a different meaning. At Aichi-Nagoya, teenagers and even younger athletes have been stealing the spotlight with performances well beyond their years.

The youngest to stun the crowd on Saturday was 11-year-old Yuki Kurihara, a Japanese elementary school student who clinched gold in esports.

Kurihara beat South Korea's Kang Dongshin 10-2 in the final of the Puyo Puyo Champions puzzle game and, according to the Associated Press, became the youngest-ever gold medallist in Asian Games history, dati...