HANGZHOU, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — World champion Feng Bin of China and India’s Avinash Mukund Sable set new Asian Games data en path to successful gold in ladies’s discus throw and males’s 3,000m steeplechase respectively right here on Sunday.
Feng, winner on the 2022 worlds and bronze medalist in 2023, sealed her first-ever Asiad title with 67.93m in her first try. The outcome surpassed the earlier Games file of 66.18m set by her compatriot Li Yanfeng in 2010.
The bespectacled Feng mentioned on the press convention that Sunday’s win was her most memorable expertise amongst all worldwide competitions this yr.
“It’s our National Day today, and the atmosphere in the stadium made me rather excited before the race. It’s an honor for me to bring this medal home for my country,” mentioned the 29-year-old.
“I will focus on improving my techniques and rhythm during the winter training. Hopefully I can reach 70m in the Paris Olympics,” she added.
The silver went to fellow Chinese Jiang Zhichao, who delivered a private greatest 61.04m, and Seema Punia of India ranked third with 58.62m.
Sable, who’s making his Asiad debut in Hangzhou, crossed the road in 8:19.50, greater than 3 seconds forward of the earlier Games file set by Hossein Keyhani in 2018.
“I was focusing on beating my personal best, but in the last leg, I thought I’d better go for the gold. And then I saw that I had broken the record. I’m very happy about that,” mentioned the 29-year-old.
Japanese duo Ryoma Aoki and Seiya Sunada completed second and third respectively.
World champion Wang Jianan eased to the lads’s lengthy leap victory with 8.22m, adopted by Sreeshankar of India with three centimeters behind. Shi Yuhao, who had simply recovered from an ankle harm, added a bronze for the hosts with 8.10m.
Elsewhere, Winfred Mutile Yavi, gold medalist of girls’s 3,000m steeplechase on the Budapest worlds, clinched the 1,500m gold for Bahrain in 4:11.65. Harmilan Bains of India and Bahrain’s Marta Hirpato Yota joined Yavi on the rostrum in 4:12.74 and 4:15.97 respectively.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor of India gained the lads’s shot put with 20.36m, Qatar’s Mohamad Algarni dominated the lads’s 1,500m in 3:38.36, and Zheng Ninali of China gained her first Asiad gold within the ladies’s heptathlon.
In the ultimate occasion of the day, house favourite Wu Yanni and Asian champion Jyothi Yarraji of India had been dominated out as a consequence of false begins within the ladies’s 100m hurdles. They had been allowed to complete their races after submitting complaints, however Wu, who had crossed the road second in 12.77 seconds, was disqualified after additional examination after the race, whereas Yarraji claimed the silver in 12.91 seconds.
Host hurdler Lin Yuwei triumphed with a private greatest 12.74 seconds, which additionally met the entry normal of the Paris Olympics.