The sailing competition at the Doha Asian Games moved into its final stages on Sunday after a reserve day, with some interesting and tense races to be expected on the open sea of the Doha Bay.
Two weightlifters from Uzbekistan tested positive at the 15th Asian Games here and have been disqualified, said the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on Sunday.
Cyclist Lee Min Hye of South Korea broke the Asian Games record of the women's 3km individual pursuit in the qualifying stage in the Doha Asiad on Sunday.
Jang Sun Jae of South Korea broke the Asian Games record of men's 4km individual pursuit cycling in the qualifying stage here on Saturday.
Bahrain's Tareq Mubarak Salem edged another Kenyan-born runner Gamel Belal Salem of Qatar to win the 3,000-meter steeplechase Friday on the first day of track and field competition.
Weightlifter Than Kyi Kyi of Myanmar tested positive to a banned diuretic and was the first athlete disqualified for doping at the 15th Asian Games.
A top Chinese sports official said on Thursday that the country's gold harvest at the ongoing Asian Games was not a surprise.
The death of South Korean equestrian eventer Kim Hyun-chil was a tragic accident and neither the weather nor conditions underfoot caused his horse to fall, the 15th Asian Games' eventing technical delegate said on Friday.
South Korea on Friday mourned the death of eventer Kim Hyung-chil, a pioneer working to popularise equestrianism in the country, after he was crushed by his horse in a heavy fall at the Asian Games on Thursday.
The Philippine delegation is now assured of three bronze medals in the 15th Asian Games in Doha, ending the long drought as the competition enters its eighth day on Friday.
History was made on the first day of taekwondo competitions when Wu Jingyu clinched China's first Asian Games gold medal in the sport and Jordan won its first Asiad gold medal in any event after Mohammad Al Bakhit claimed the men's 54kg gold here on Thursday.
South Korean teenager Park Tae-hwan became the first Asian to break the 15-minute barrier in the 1500m freestyle on the way to winning his third gold medal of the Asian Games on Thursday.
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