Asian Games 2014: Day 9 Results, Updated Medal Table and Incheon Schedule
The 2014 Asiad has been dominated by the Chinese competitors, and their excellence across the disciplines was compounded on Day 9 as they surpassed a landmark in their medals tally.
Elsewhere, things were bittersweet for a host of athletes. India notched yet another bronze medal to take their tally of third-place finishes up to a staggering 26, but they also snaffled a gold medal in the squash discipline. The Philippines also notched a win in the quarter-final of men’s basketball against Kazakhstan, but they still found themselves out of the competition.
Here’s the very latest from the championships in Incheon and a look at the medals that were dished out on Day 9 of the games:
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| 1 | China | 105 | 63 | 48 | 216 |
| 2 | Korea | 42 | 48 | 47 | 137 |
| 3 | Japan | 34 | 46 | 46 | 126 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 9 | 11 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | DPR Korea | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Iran | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | Qatar | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | India | 4 | 5 | 26 | 35 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 4 | 5 | 20 | 29 |
| 11 | Mongolia | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 12 | Thailand | 4 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Myanmar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Vietnam | 1 | 7 | 20 | 28 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 19 | Singapore | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 20 | Kuwait | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Archery | |||
| Recurve Women's Team | Republic of Korea | China | Japan |
| Recurve Men's Team | China | Malaysia | Republic of Korea |
| Recurve Women's Individual | JUNG Dasomi (KOR) | CHANG Hyejin (KOR) | XU Jing (CHN) |
| Recurve Men's Individual | OH Jinhyek (KOR) | YONG Zhiwei (CHN) | KUO Cheng Wei (TPE) |
| Athletics | |||
| Men's 20km Race Walk | WANG Zhen (CHN) | SUZUKI Yusuke (JPN) | KIM Hyunsub (KOR) |
| Women's 20km Race Walk | LU Xiuzhi (CHN) | KHUSHBIR Kaur (IND) | JEON Yeongeun (KOR) |
| Men's Pole Vault Final | XUE Changrui (CHN) | SAWANO Daichi (JPN) | JIN Minsub (KOR) |
| Women's Hammer Throw Final | ZHANG Wenxiu (CHN) | WANG Zheng (CHN) | MANJU Bala (IND) |
| Women's 400m Final | ADEKOYA Oluwakemi Mujidat (BRN) | QUACH Thi Lan (VIE) | MACHETTIRA Poovamma Raju (IND) |
| Men's 400m Final | MASRAHI Yousef Ahmed M (KSA) | ABBAS Abbas Abubakar (BRN) | Arokiarajiv (IND) |
| Women's 100m Final | WEI Yongli (CHN) | FUKUSHIMA Chisato (JAP) | SAFRONOVA Olga (KAZ) |
| Men's 100m Final | OGUNODE Femi Seun (QAT) | SU Bingtian (CHN) | TAKASE Kei (JPN) |
| Badminton | |||
| Women's Singles Gold Medal Match | WANG Yihan (CHN) | LI Xuerui (CHN) | |
| Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match | Republic of Korea | Indonesia | |
| Baseball | |||
| Men's Gold Medal Match | Republic of Korea | Chinese Taipei | Japan |
| Bowling | |||
| Men's Trios 2nd Block | Japan | Malaysia | Singapore |
| Women's Trios 2nd Block | Republic of Korea | Singapore | Republic of Korea |
| Cycling | |||
| Men's Road Race | JANG Kyunggu (KOR) | MOAZAMI GODARZI Arvin (IRI) | LEUNG Chun Wing (HKG) |
| Golf | |||
| Men's Individual Round 4 | PAN Cheng Tsung (TPE) | KIM Namhun (KOR) | YU Chun An (TPE) |
| Men's Team Round 4 | Chinese Taipei | Republic of Korea | Thailand |
| Women's Individual Round 4 | PARK Gyeol (KOR) | SUKAPAN Budsabakorn (THA) | SANGCHAN Supamas (THA) |
| Women's Team Round 4 | Thailand | Republic of Korea | China |
| Sepaktakraw | |||
| Women's Team Gold Medal Match | Thailand | Myanmar | |
| Men's Team Gold Medal Match | Thailand | Republic of Korea |
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China Surpass 100 Gold Medals
An Asiad of great prosperity for the Chinese was compounded as they surpassed 100 medals for the championships, ending up with a massive total of 105 wins by the end of the day.
They dominated in the athletics on Day 9 at Incheon, winning five of the eight medals handed out. The most impressive of which was arguably Wei Jongli in the final of the women's 100-metre sprint:
Indian journalist Sherine Paul paid tribute to the Chinese effort:
China also struck gold in both the women's and the men's 20-kilometre walk, as well as the men's pole vault and the women's hammer throw. With six days remaining in the 2014 championships and the events coming thick and fast, it looks as though this Chinese team could end up with a haul well in excess of 150 gold medals, something that would be a staggering achievement.
Prosperous Day For India
India notched a gold medal in the final of the men’s team squash to give them their fourth victory of an underwhelming games for the nation.
They beat Malaysia 2-0 to win their first-ever gold in the event, and after missing out on victory in the individual discipline, it was sweet redemption for Saurav Ghosal, as he notched the winning point for his team.
Nerves were jangling as it took him a while to secure the critical score though, as noted here by Vikram Chandra:
But India’s proportion of bronze medals compared to gold and silver is staggering, and the nation picked up another third place in the final of the women’s 400 metres.
The race was won by the overwhelming pre-race favourite Oluwakemi Adekoya from Bahrain with a time of 51.59 seconds, and trailing her was Vietnam’s Thi Lan Quach in 52.06. But India had to settle for bronze once again, as Machettira Raju Poovamma came home in 52.36 seconds.
Poovamma was way short of her best time of 51.73 seconds, and she’ll be disappointed not to have bettered that and get in amongst the top two spots.
In the men's 100-metre sprint it was Qatar's Femi Ogunode who came out on top, and he'll have been delighted with his performance. He raced away from the rest of the field to finish in a time of 9.93 in wet conditions to smash the Asian record.
Gilas Pilipinas Win But Go Home
After losing both of their quarter-final matches so far, it was do or die for the Philippines in their clash with Kazakhstan in the men’s basketball. They had to win by an 11-point margin to stand any chance of making it through to the semi-finals, and they started extremely well.
For long spells of their clash with the Kazakhs, the Philippines held a lead well in excess of the 11 points required, but as soon as they were put under pressure by their opponents, they seemed to crumble. Eventually, Gilas notched a win 67-65, and despite harbouring high hopes coming into this tournament, they found themselves out of the medals at the quarter-final stage.
Chot Reyes is the Gilas coach, and after some disagreements with the team's star player Marcus Douthit, there has been plenty of questions regarding his future with the team. Nonetheless, the coach insisted it's important the nation look forward, per Patricia Hilzon (h/t GMANetwork.com):
"It would have been great to medal here but our goal now is to get into the Olympics. I think it would be a shame to judge the program on the tournament.
The players might not be the same, the coach might not be the same but the program continues
"
In the second game of the day in the men's quarter-final, Korea got the better of Qatar 65-58 thanks to a 13-point haul from Kim Sunhyung. In the two quarter-final matches in the women's draw, Chinese Taipei beat Thailand in a comfortable 53-22 victory, while Korea hammered Mongolia 124-41 in their match.
Plenty expected the Philippines to make a big impression in Incheon, and after the mismanagement by Reyes throughout this tournament, it's difficult to see him keeping his job. The Philippines is a nation where basketball is on the rise, and with the right man in charge, the country is capable of qualifying for the Olympics in 2016 with the right guidance.
Having lost two quarter-final matches and not achieving the requisite result in the other, Reyes clearly isn't the man for this team. But whoever potentially replaces him has plenty to work with as Gilas look to build towards a brighter long-term future.
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