Chinese sprinter Xie Zhenye has won the blue riband 100 metres at his home Asian Games after a pair of North Korean weightlifters set world records.
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Stepping up in the absence of injured compatriot Su Bingtian, Xie crossed in 9.97 seconds to edge Thai runner-up Puripol Boonson (10.02) and Malaysia's third-placed Muhd Azeem Fahmi (10.11) at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre stadium on Saturday.
Weightlifting opened with a bang as Ri Song Gum and Kang Hyong Yong swept the gold medals with respective world records in the women's 49kg and 55kg divisions.
Ri jumped for joy after hoisting a combined 216kg, re-writing the record books only a few weeks after China's runner-up Jiang Huihua lifted a kilo less at the world championships in Saudi Arabia.
The 25-year-old cried on the podium and saluted the North Korean flag as the national anthem played.
"During the COVID period I did a lot of hard training and that's why today I achieved this great result and broke the world record," said Ri, whose 124kg lift in the clean and jerk was also a world record.
Kang then set world records in both the snatch and clean and jerk for her total of 233kg in the 55kg category, smashing the combined record of 227kg set by China's Liao Qiuyun in 2019.
In the tennis, Chinese trailblazer Zhang Zhizhen claimed his nation's first men's singles gold medal in nearly 30 years, beating Japan's Yosuke Watanuki 6-4 7-6 (9-7) in the final.
The first Chinese man to break into the top 100 in world rankings, Zhang claimed the hosts' first gold medal in the men's event since Pan Bing won back-to-back titles in 1990-94.
In track and field, 35-year-old Saudi Arabian Yousef Masrahi turned back the clock to win the 400m, 11 years after the Asian record-holder had his first gold in the 2014 event in Incheon.
EJ Obiena, who took pole vault silver at the world championships, cleared 5.90 metres to win gold for the Philippines.
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok shot a sensational 61 in a flawless third round to all but wrap up the women's gold at the West Lake International course.
Rolling in nine birdies and an eagle on the par-four ninth, Ashok will tee off in the final round with a seven-stroke lead over Thailand's Arpichaya Yubol.
India edged arch-rivals Pakistan 2-1 for the men's team squash gold, with Abhay Singh saving match points to claim the decisive game.
Australian Associated Press
