JAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- China won three athletics golds at Jakarta Asian Games here on Sunday, and the Man of Day is its star sprinter Su Bingtian, who clocked 9.92 seconds to win his first Asiad gold in the men's 100-meter race.
Su had clocked 9.91 seconds in the men's 100-meter race at the Paris leg of the 2018 IAAF Diamond League in June, which tied the Asian record created by the Nigerian-born Qatari Femi Ogunode in 2015.
Tosin Ogunode, the younger brother of Femi Ogunode, edged Japan's Ryota Yamagata to win the Asiad silver for Qatar, while the Japanese settled for the bronze.
The younger Ogunode and Yamagata both finished in 10.00s, but the Qatari proved a cut above the Japanese, who topped semifinals, by photo finish difference.
"It's my first Asiad gold medal, so I'm really happy. I had a lot of pressures before the final because I was burning by the desire to win," said Su.
The final, however, did not start well on Su's side. As in heat one day before, Su missed out quick start with a 0.143 reaction time, the fourth fastest among eight runners. Yamagata led in the first 60 meters, but Su outraced Yamagata with his extraordinary acceleration.
A determined Su dashed to the finish first with one step ahead of Ogunode and Yamagata in the final.
In the women's shot put final, China's Gong Lijiao, 29, multiple world championship winner, showed absolute dominance at the field to win gold in her six attempt of 19.66 meters.
Gong's younger compatriot Gao Yang, 25, edged Noora Jasim from Bahrain to claim silver with 17.64m. Jasim brought home bronze in her first shot of 17.11m.
The veteran, who won gold at the athletics World Championships last year in London, took the Asian Games as a warm-up for future.
"I'm satisfied with my performance tonight, but my goal is Tokyo (Olympic Games)," Gong said.
In the men's long jump final, Wang Jianan and Zhang Yaoguang brought a third gold and second silver to China respectively. Wang set a new Asian Games record of 8.24 meters. Host Indonesian Sapwaturrahman Sapwaturrahman took bronze with 8.09 meters.
However, Bahrain stole China's thunder by winning four golds from the finals of women's 100 meters, 400 meters and marathon, as well as men's 10,000 meters.
Qatar won two golds from the finals of men's hammer throw and men's 400 meters. Japan's Keisuke Ushiro claimed the title of men's decathlon, while South Korean Jung Hye-lim took the gold from the women's 100m hurdles final.
