Asian Games 2014: Day 14 Results, Updated Medal Table and Incheon Schedule
Day 14 of the Asian Games saw focus move toward sports of the team variety, as basketball, football, volleyball and other group events took centre stage for much of Friday's action.
With the 2014 Asian Games entering their final stages, China are far and away this year's victors in the medal ranks, but that won't stop the battles for dominance in each and every sector still to be decided.
Read on for a rundown of who prevailed and where on Friday, along with a deeper discussion of some of those more entertaining spectacles surrounding the competition.
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| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 149 | 107 | 81 | 337 |
| 2 | Korea | 77 | 71 | 80 | 228 |
| 3 | Japan | 46 | 73 | 76 | 195 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 28 | 22 | 32 | 82 |
| 5 | Iran | 21 | 18 | 17 | 56 |
| 6 | Thailand | 12 | 7 | 28 | 47 |
| 7 | DPR Korea | 11 | 11 | 14 | 36 |
| 8 | India | 11 | 9 | 37 | 57 |
| 9 | Qatar | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei | 9 | 18 | 20 | 47 |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 9 | 14 | 20 | 43 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 6 | 12 | 24 | 42 |
| 14 | Malaysia | 5 | 14 | 14 | 33 |
| 15 | Singapore | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 16 | Mongolia | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 17 | Indonesia | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 19 | Kuwait | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 20 | Myanmar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | Vietnam | 1 | 10 | 25 | 36 |
| 22 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 23 | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Cambodia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Macau | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 31 | Jordan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Laos | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | Nepal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's 3m Springboard | Zi He (CHN) | Han Wang (CHN) | Jun Hoong Cheong (MAS) |
| Men's 10m Platform | Bo Qiu (CHN) | Jian Yang (CHN) | Haram Woo (KOR) |
| Men's Marathon | Mahboob Ali Hassan Mahboob (BRN) | Kohei Matsumura (JPN) | Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) |
| Men's Basketball | South Korea | Iran | Japan |
| Men's Light Fly (46-49kg) Final (Boxing) | Shin Jong-hun (KOR) | Birzhan Zhakypov (KAZ) | Mark Barriga (PHI)/Turat Osmonov (KGZ) |
| Men's Fly (52kg) Final (Boxing) | Ilyas Suleimenov (KAZ) | Shakhobidin Zoirov (UZB) | Shota Hayashida (JPN)/Muhammad Waseem (PAK) |
| Men's Bantam (56kg) Final (Boxing) | Ham Sang-myeong (KOR) | Zhang Jiawei (CHN) | Kairat Yeraliyev (KAZ)/Mario Fernandez (PHI) |
| Men's Light (60kg) Final (Boxing) | Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu (MGL) | Charly Suarez (PHI) | Satoshi Shimizu (JPN)/Alkasbeh Obada Mohammad Mustafa (JOR) |
| Men's Light Welter (64kg) Final (Boxing) | Wuttichai Masuk (THA) | Lim Hyun-chul (KOR) | Aziz Bebitov (TKM)/Masatsugu Kawachi (JPN) |
| Men's Welter (69kg) Final (Boxing) | Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ) | Israil Madrimov (UZB) | Serdar Hudayberdiyev (TKM)/Apichet Saensit (THA) |
| Men's Middle (75kg) Final (Boxing) | Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (KAZ) | Odai Riyad Adel al-Hindawi (JOR) | Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND)/Wilfredo Lopez (PHI) |
| Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Final (Boxing) | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Kim Hyeong-kyu (KOR) | Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)/Oybek Mamazulunov (UZB) |
| Men's Heavy (91kg) Final (Boxing) | Anton Pinchuk (KAZ) | Ali Mazaheri (IRI) | Park Namhyeong (KOR)/Ihab Mahmoud Darweesh Almatbouli (JOR) |
| Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Final (Boxing) | Ivan Dychko (KAZ) | Jasem Delavari (IRI) | Satish Kumar (IND)/Mirzohidjon Abdullaev (UZB) |
| Men's Cricket | Sri Lanka | Afghanistan | Bangladesh |
| Women's Team Kabaddi | India | Iran | Thailand/Bangladesh |
| Men's Team Kabaddi | India | Iran | Pakistan/South Korea |
| Women's -61kg (Karate) | Syakilla Jefry Krisnan (MAS) | Barno Mirzaeva (UZB) | Xiaoyan Yin (CHN)/Fatemeh Chalaki (IRI) |
| Men's -55kg (Karate) | Andrey Aktauov (KAZ) | Abdullah Alharbi (KSA) | Jingchao Sun (CHN)/Senthil Silvarajoo (MAS) |
| Women's -55kg (Karate) | Tzu Yun Wen (TPE) | Sabina Zakharova (KAZ) | Mae Soriano (PHI)/Miki Kobayashi (JPN) |
| Men's -60kg (Karate) | Amir Mahdi Zadeh (IRI) | Abdel Rahman Almasatfa (JOR) | Duy Nguyen Thanh (VIE)/Jihwan Lee (KOR) |
| Women's -68kg (Karate) | Guzaliya Gafurova (KAZ) | Lingling Tang (CHN) | Jao Chou (TPE)/Shree Segaran (MAS) |
| Women's Regu | Thailand | South Korea | China/Indonesia |
| Men's Regu | Thailand | South Korea | Malaysia/Myanmar |
| Table Tennis Mixed Doubles | North Korea | Hong Kong | Japan/South Korea |
| Table Tennis Men's Doubles | China | China | Singapore/Japan |
| Table Tennis Women's Doubles | China | China | North Korea/Hong Kong |
| Men's -54kg (Taekwondo) | Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | Huang Yu-jen (TPE) | Tumenbayar Molom (MGL)/Ramnarong Sawekwiharee (THA) |
| Men's -58kg (Karate) | Farzan Shourzadehfallah (IRI) | Nursultan Mamayev (KAZ) | Yuma Yamada (JPN)/Wei Chen-yang (TPE) |
| Women's -73kg (Taekwondo) | Som Seavmey (CAM) | Fatemeh Rouhani (IRI) | Alfahad Abrar (KUW)/Kirstie Elaine Alora (PHI) |
| Women's +73kg (Taekwondo) | Li Donghua (CHN) | Akram Khodabandeh (IRI) | Mokhru Khalimova (TJK)/Wang Junnan (MAC) |
| Men's Volleyball | Iran | Japan | South Korea |
A full schedule for the 2014 Asian Games can be found on the event's official website.
South Korea Trump Court Favourites
For the second time this century, South Korea were named gold medallists in the men's basketball event, overcoming all obstacles to beat favourites Iran 79-77.
The hosts came out of the traps firing but suffered a mid-match lull that saw first-time finalists Iran mount a lead heading into the fourth quarter.
South Korea's last Asian Games triumph in men's basketball came in the 2002 edition, which, coincidentally enough, was also held on home soil in Busan.
Speaking after the victory, per Inside The Games, South Korean coach Yoo Jae-hak said:
"I feel absolutely honoured. I think we just made a miracle. We honestly had 10 percent chance of winning in today's match, and we made it with our passion. I really thank my team. We lost horribly in the World Championships, which discouraged the team from playing hard. In order to overcome this situation, senior players in my team have encouraged young players and themselves a lot, making the atmosphere of the team. Of course, it was not easy at all.
Through such efforts, I think we could beat Iran today. On top of that, we were so motivated since we hadn't won the gold medal for 12 years in the Asian Games.
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Motivation arguably proved to be their best weapon of all, as Iran boasted a reserve of talent that made them heavy favourites coming into the match.
A two-point margin was opened up by the home team late, and the revival completed in dramatic fashion to claim another gold medal, one of the sweetest victories of these Games so far.
China Hammered For Doping Offence
Women's hammer throw champion Zhang Wenxiu was revealed as the sixth athlete to fail a doping test at these Asian Games on Friday, and she was stripped of her gold medal as a result.
China's Zhang was named champion on Sunday after throwing a Games-record distance of 77.33 metres, but the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) released a statement on Friday (h/t Paul Osborne of Inside The Games) that threw her feat into controversy:
"A pre-competition urine specimen collected on September 26 was found to contain Zeranol and its metabolite (ß-Zeranol), a prohibited substance in the WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] Prohibited List 2014.
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Zhang has been disqualified from the competition as well as these Games and as such has accreditation cancelled; and her gold medal withdrawn. These findings will now be forwarded to the competitor's national authorities, the Asian Athletics Association and the IAAF [International Association of Athletics Federations], and the World Anti-Doping Agency for further action on their part as per sanctions concerning eligibility.
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Inside The Games explains that Zeranol is "a non-steroidal estrogen agonist," a substance that works with tissue receptors to simulate or promote certain hormonal functions:
On the whole, China are resounding shoo-ins to claim top spot at this year's Asian Games, already more than 100 medals clear of their nearest competition in the table.
However, Zhang's offence just goes to show that no matter how dominant a team might be, there is still a mountainous pressure to succeed on the individual level, a pressure that proved too much for Zhang's resolve.
These are the third Asian Games in which she has won a gold medal, but her stellar reputation now comes under fire, and China's highly fruitful Games have been slightly tinged by the unfortunate findings.
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