Asian Games 2014: Day 8 Results, Updated Medal Table and Incheon Schedule
Day 8 of the Asian Games was one of the few at the 2014 Asiad not utterly dominated by China. The nation that is the runaway leader on the overall medals table had a solid day, but others made the headlines.
Speaking of headlines, there was a strange one centred around the Japanese men's swimming team, resulting in the expulsion of one of its members.
Elsewhere, India added yet more bronze medals to its growing haul of third-place trinkets. There was also a fine individual achievement for a former cycling road world champion.
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Here's the list of today's medal winners:
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Archery Compound Men's Individual | Ebadi Esmaeli (Iran) | Verma Abhishek (India) | Dela Cruz Paul Marton (Philippines) |
| Archery Compound Women's Individual | Choi Bomin (Korea) | Seok Jihyun (Korea) | Deb Trisha (India) |
| Archery Compound Men's Team | India | Korea | Iran |
| Archery Compound Women's Team | Korea | Chinese Tapei | India |
| Athletics Men's 5000 meters | Al Garni Mohamad (Qatar) | Gebre Alemu Bekele (Bahrain) | Rop Albert Kibichii (Bahrain) |
| Athletics Men's Hammer Throw | Nazarov Dilshod (Tajikistan) | Wang Shizhu (China) | Wan Yong (China) |
| Athletics Women's 3000-meter Steeplechase | Jebet Ruth (Bahrain) | Li Zhenzhu (China) | Babar Lalita Shivaji (India) |
| Athletics Women's Shot Put | Gong Lijiao (China) | Rajabi Leyla (Iran) | Guo Tianqian (China) |
| Athletics Women's 10,000 meters | Mohammed Alia Mohammed Saeed (United Arab Emirates) | Ding Changqin (China) | Hagiwara Ayumi (Japan) |
| Badminton Women's Doubles | Indonesia | Japan | |
| Cycling Road Men's Individual Time Trial | Lutsenko Alexey (Kazakhstan) | Vakker Evgenii (Krygyzstan) | Askari Hossein (Iran) |
| Cycling Road Women's Individual Time Trial | Na Ahreum (Korea) | Li Wenjuan (China) | Wong Wan Yiu Jamie (Hong Kong) |
| Shooting Men's 50-meter Rifle 3 Positions | Cao Yifei (China) | Zhu Qinan (China) | Chain Singh (India) |
| Shooting Men's Team 50-meter Rifle 3 Positions | China | Korea | Japan |
| Shooting Men's 10-meter Running Target mixed | Kim Jisong (DPR Korea) | Zhai Yujia (China) | Jeong Yujin (Korea) |
| Shooting Men's Team 10-meter Running Target mixed | China | DPR Korea | Vietnam |
| Shooting Skkeet Women's | Kim Minji (Korea) | Zhang Heng (China) | JiewChaloemmit Sutiya (Thailand) |
| Shooting Skeet Women's Team | China | Korea | Thailand |
| Squash Men's Team | India | Malysia | |
| Squash Women's Team | Malaysia | India | |
| Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57kg | Jong Hakjin (DPR Korea) | Kaliyev Rassul (Kazakhstan) | Batbold Nomin (Mongolia), Yun Junsik (Korea) |
| Wrestling Men's Freestyle 70kg | Abdurakhmonov Bekzod (UZbekistan) | Oh Manho (Korea) | Dogdurbek Uulu Elaman (Krgyzstan), Kojima Takafumi (Japan) |
| Women's Freestyle 48kg | Tosaka Eri (Japan) | Sun Yanan (China) | Amanzhol Tatyana (Kazakhstan), Vinesh (India) |
| Women's Freestyle 63kg | Watari Rio (Japan) | Xiluo Zhuoma (China) | Sukhee Tserenchimed (Mongolia), Jakhar Geetika (India) |
Here's what these results have done to the overall medal table:
| Position | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 96 | 58 | 41 | 195 |
| 2 | Korea | 35 | 42 | 40 | 117 |
| 3 | Japan | 32 | 48 | 38 | 113 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 9 | 10 | 18 | 37 |
| 5 | DPR Korea | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Iran | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Chinese Tapei | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 4 | 5 | 18 | 27 |
| 9 | Mongolia | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 11 | India | 3 | 4 | 20 | 27 |
| 12 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Myanmar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 1 | 6 | 20 | 27 |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 16 | Singapore | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 17 | Indonesia | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 18 | Kuwait | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Thailand | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
To see the schedule for Day 9, follow this link. To watch highlights of the event, go to Eversport.tv.
Here are some of the day's biggest headlines:
India Adds Yet More Bronze to Its Tally
India has not thrived the way the nation may have expected at these games. But its athletes have still produced some solid efforts.
The latest came in the wrestling event. That's where women Vinesh Phogat and Geetika Jakhar thrived in their respective freestyle weight classes.
The former was particularly impressive in the 48-kilogram class, according to a report from NDTV Sports:
"Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold winner Vinesh needed two minutes 31 seconds to beat Narangerel Erdenesukh of Mongolia in a completely one-sided bronze-medal bout. The referee stopped the bout after the Indian had taken 10-0 lead over her hapless opponent.
Earlier, she made it to quarterfinals after pinning down Yongmi Pak of North Korea in a 3-1 'decision by point' verdict. The Indian then recorded a verdict by fall win over Dauletbike Yakhshi Muratova of Uzbekistan in quarterfinals before losing to Eri Tosaka of Japan in the semifinals.
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The same report noted how Jakhar made even quicker work of Vitenamese competitor Ly Thi Hien. Geetika sealed victory in less than a minute. That was part of another bronze-medal effort, this one in the 63-kilogram class.
The overall women's event was dominated by Japan, with athletes taking gold in both classes. That will be a source of frustration for India.
Adding a pair of medals is certainly no bad thing. But these tokens take the nation's bronze tally to 20. That's been the story of this Asiad for India; athletes have been close to the top prizes without being quite good enough to claim them.
Japanese Swimmer Sent Home for Stealing from Photo Journalist
In what is possibly the strangest story from these games, Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita was sent home after stealing from a photo journalist.
Inside the Games reporter Nick Butler detailed this bizarre story:
"Japan's former world champion swimmer Naoya Tomita has been kicked out of the Asian Games and booked by police after admitting to stealing a camera belonging to a South Korean photo-journalist.
"The swimmer stole a camera from a South Korean journalist that was left in the area," Japanese Chef de Mission Tsuyoshi Aoki explained this morning.
"The South Korean cameraman had reported it missing and CCTV revealed the swimmer had put the camera into his bag.
"He has confessed to stealing the camera but interrogation is still on.
"He has been expelled from the team effective immediately and will have to find his own way back home."
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It would be tough to come up with a stranger-sounding series of events at these games. The incident comes after recent excellence in the pool from Japan's swimmers.
The nation is the joint leader with China, in medals from that event, having claimed 45, per Incheon2014ag.org.
Alexey Lutsenko Claims Gold in Road Cycling
Astana Pro Team rider Alexey Lutsenko took gold for Kazakhstan in the men's individual time trial for the cycling road event. He posted a 50:28.78 time, according to China.org.cn.
That was good enough to leave the 2012 UCI champion far ahead of Evgenii Vakker. He posted 51:01.69 to claim the silver for Kyrgyzstan.
Thoughts at Incheon can now turn to Day 9 of the Asiad. There's a host of gold-medal matches in the archery event.
Meanwhile, the basketball competition will get interesting with the closing matches of the quarter-final round. The highlight encounters are Iran's clash with China and the Philippines battling Kazakhstan.
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