Asian Games 2014: Day 5 Results, Updated Medal Table and Incheon Schedule

Day 5 of the 2014 Asian Games saw teenage Kazakhstan swimmer Dmitriy Balandin wow the crowds with a record-setting performance in the 100-meter breaststroke. But there was more disappointment for India.

The nation only has 12 medals to its credit so far during the Games. That tally includes just one gold. It's remained that way for India, but hope for a turnaround has been provided in the boxing event.

The day's results leave the overall medal table for each nation participating in this year's Asiad looking like this:

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	57	30	27	118
2	Korea	26	28	25	74
3	Japan	20	29	27	76
4	Kazakhstan	6	7	13	26
5	DPR Korea	4	5	8	17
6	Mongolia	4	3	6	13
7	Chinese Tapei	4	2	6	12
8	Iran	2	6	2	10
9	Hong Kong	2	3	11	16
10	Malaysia	2	3	3	8
11	Myanmar	2	0	0	2
12	Vietnam	1	4	13	18
13	Singapore	1	2	5	8
14	Kuwait	1	2	0	3
15	India	1	1	10	12
16	Thailand	1	0	6	7
17	Uzbekistan	0	3	7	10
18	Indonesia	0	3	2	5
19	Macau	0	3	0	3
20	Philippines	0	2	1	3

China is still dominating the games, as the table reveals. Watch highlights of the games via EverSport.tv.

Here are some of Day 5's most notable stories:

Balandin Superb in the Pool

Balandin claimed another gold for Kazakhstan after producing a phenomenal swim. He was lightning fast in establishing a time of 59.92 seconds.

That was good enough to set him part from the competition on the day. It also secured a place in the history books for the 19-year-old, per Swim Swam News:

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Balandin is now the first and only swimmer to go under a minute in the 100m breaststroke ever at the Asian Games.

— SwimSwam (@swimswamnews) September 24, 2014"

What makes this all the more impressive is that it came just one day after Balandin had a time of two minutes, 7.67 seconds to leave the competition trailing in the 200-meter breaststroke.

Balandin's efforts have not only thrilled the spectators, but they have also pushed Kazakhstan up to fourth in the medal table. However, his wasn't the only notable underdog performance in this event.

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Singapore's Joseph Schooling took the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly race. Like Balandin, 19-year-old Schooling set a fast time, as detailed by Chua Siang Yee of The Straits Times:

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Singapore swimmer Joseph Schooling broke the Asian Games record enroute to delivering Singapore's first gold medal of the Incheon Asiad.

The 19-year-old clocked 51.76sec to hold off the challenges of China's Li Zhuhao (51.91) and Japan's Hirofumi Ikebata (52.08) to win the 100 metre butterfly title.

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In what is rare success for his nation in the pool, Schooling was suitably pleased with his performance, as he noted via his official Twitter account:

Away from swimming, there were some surprising performances in other events. 

Mongolia Claims Gold in Women's Shooting Event

Mongolia's Narantuya Chuluunbadrakh surprised the field to become the first athlete from her nation to claim a gold medal in the shooting event. She bettered the efforts of Malaysia's Nur Suryani Binti Mohamed Taibi and South Korea's Eum Bitna.

In fact, Chuluunbadrakh was so accurate that she came very close to matching a global record in the event. That's according to The Times of India: "The 29-year-old mother of one from Ulaanbaatar finished the final with 624.1 points, just four off the world record of 628 set by German Beate Gauss at the world championships in Spain this month."

China Stays Dominant in Women's Hockey

There was more heartache in store for India when the Women's Hockey team was edged out by China. The final 2-1 score provided little shame for India's women when considering the Chinese fielded the event's reigning champions.

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Liang Meiyu and Zhao Yudiao struck for China. All India could muster was a response from Jaspreet Kaur. Despite the final score, both teams were commended for their forward-thinking approach to the game, per the Indo-Asian News Service (h/t Sports.NDTV.com):

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Both teams played attacking hockey from the first minute and tried to create maximum chances. But it were China who opened the account in the second quarter when the game was in the 19th minute. Liang converted a penalty corner to help China take the lead in the match.

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This group match is just one more small part of China's astonishing run at these Games. 

Akhil Kumar and Shiva Thapa into Boxing's Round of 16

India may be struggling elsewhere at the Games, but boxing is one event where the nation is thriving. Fellow countrymen Akhil Kumar and Shiva Thapa both booked their places in the round of 16 following decisive victories.

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Things came a little easier for Thapa than they did for the veteran Kumar, though, as a report from India.com highlighted:

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Comeback-man Akhil Kumar (60kg) pummelled his Nepalese rival Purna Bahadur Lama before notching up a Technical Knockout triumph while Shiva Thapa (56kg) merely had to show up to enter the second round as Indian boxers began their Asian Games campaign on a winning note here on Wednesday.

Shiva was the first to step into the ring this afternoon and he did not have to do anything more as his opponent, Leonel Helo Prada of Timor Leste, gave him a walkover.

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The same report noted how, even at 33, Kumar remains a daring fighter, one prepared to lead with his head in an attempt to land big shots early on.

With two solid fighters both advancing, boxing represents a chance for India to finally start positively impacting the medal table. NDTV editor Vikram Chandra has identified boxing as one of four events that provide some hope for Indian athletes at the Games:

For now, though, it still China's athletes who are the ones setting the standard in Incheon.