By Nick Butler and Paul Osborne in Incheon
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BREAKING NEWS: Malaysia's wushu gold medal winner Tai Cheau Xuen becomes third athlete expelled from Games after failing doping test, but Malaysian team appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport (see 13:10-13:45, 18:45 and 20:54)
22:00 With all the sports now wrapping up across the venues it's about time for us to leave you again this evening.
Before we do, organisers have sent a notice asking the media to vote on their Samsung MVP media note. We (the media) get to vote on who we think is the MVP for the Asian Games, obviously...
Chinese gymnast Yao Jinnan who sealed four gold medals in the artistic gymnastics at the Games.
Japanese swimmer Hagino Kosuke who won four gold, two silver and one bronze in the pool, not to mention breaking the Asian record in the 200m individual medley.
Thailand's sepak takraw star Peachan Suriyan who's team gold was a fifth in a row for the athlete.
Chinese shooter Cao Yifei who won three gold medals and a silver in 50m Rifle 3 Positions, 10m Air Rifle Team, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team and the 10m Air Rifle.
Malaysian squash superstar David Nicol who won two gold medals here, including a third consecutive singles title.
North Korean weightlifter Kim Unguk who broke two world records en route to gold in the men's 62kg event.
South Korean judoka Kim Jaebum who sealed a second consecutive gold medal in the under 81kg individual event, as well as gold in the team judo event.
They're all the contestants. We've been told by the International Weightlifting Federation Attila Adamfi that Kim Unguk is the David Katoatau ( the Kiribati weightlifter who won a historic gold at the Commonwealth Games) so I think I know who he would vote for.
I'm undecided as of yet and my colleague Nick seems to be the same, (although his nod of recognition may have just been a ploy and he isn't really listening to a word I'm saying).
Anyhow, who do you think should take what is most definitely the biggest prize on offer at the Asian Games? Comment on here, email us, Tweet us, Facebook us, phone us, fax us, write to us...; whatever you want to do, just do it.
We're going to leave you to assess and analyse your favourite, so until then, it is good night from us here and we'll see you again tomorrow at the usual time of 09:00.
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The time is 0.07 ahead of South Korea's 2013 East Asian silver medallist Byoungjun Kim who sets a personal best of 13.43 for silver.
Bronze goes to Thailand's 2013 East Asian Games champion Jamras Rittidet who also sets a personal best time of 13.61.
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He finishes ahead of South Korea's defending champion Deokhyeon Kim who jumps a season's best 7.90m for silver, while fellow Chinese jumper, Gao Xinglong, is just centimetres behind on 7.86m.
21:30 It's all over in the football where South Korea have wrapped up a 2-0 victory over Thailand.
They will now face North Korea in a repeat of the women's final from yesterday.
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The Asian Championships bronze medallists storms past Xiao Di 8-0 to seal the win.
Kazakhstan enjoys a second medal of the night as Yerulan Iskakov wins the first bronze medal match while Norikatsu Saikawa ensures a gold, silver and bronze for Japan by winning the second.
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The 2012 Asian Championships gold medallist recorded a 5-1 scoreline against the Japanese athlete to ensure he took home the gold.
The result leaves Tsukasa collecting silver for the second Games running after falling in the final of the 2010 Games in Guangzhou.
Bronze medals are won by Uzbekistan's Besiki Saldadze and Kyrgyzstan's Janarbek Kenjeev.
Malaysian Minister of Sport looks to appeal doping decision against wushu gold medallist
20:54 Some more very interesting news to the big story of the day. Malaysia's Minister of Sport Khairy Jamaluddin has questioned the "chain of custody" of wushu gold medallist Tai Cheau Xuen's urine sample following the announcement of her failed drugs test earlier.
Writing on Facebook, Jamaluddin queried why it had taken an alleged 16 hours for Tai's sample to reach the Doping Control Command Centre and raised concerns over the apparent "lameness of the chain of custody".
He indicates that Malaysia will appeal the decision to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Incheon
"We do not have any reason to question the validity of the sampling or analysis regarding the KIST (Institute of Science and Korea Technology), but the question was about the lameness [of the] CoC (Chain of Custody) process that should not be answered by that panel," said Jamaulddin. "With such things, we need a decision challenging the Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) against Cheau Xuen perceived that there were doubts over integrity [of the] CoC process.
"During our aggressive fight against drug use among athletes, we also need to ensure that the process is conducted with integrity CoC because every athlete is entitled to fair and equitable treatment. This is also to ensure that there is no dispute or doubt on the anti-doping process."
To read his full statement, click here.
20:45 There's controversy in the men's football semi-final as South Korea are awarded a penalty.
The hosts were already ahead courtesy of Jongho Lee after 41 minutes when Thailand's Narubadin Weerawatnodom allegedly brought down a Korean striker inside the box. Referee Mohamed Abdelkarim Mohame Alzarooni gave the penalty to the utter astonishment of the Thai team who felt that the Korean was fouled outside of the box.
It was controversial stuff but Korean captain Hyunsoo Jang slotted home the penalty regardless. 2-0 to the hosts and the look well on their way to a final match up against North Korea.
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The South Korea is the 2014 Asian Championships silver medallists and also picked up silver at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
Bronze medals are won by Iran's Saeid Abdvali and Turkmenistan's Shermet Permanov.
20:27 Japan and Kazakhstan will go head to head in the men's water polo final after each team recorded wins in their respective semi-finals today.
Kazakhstan were first to book their place in the final after they edged China in a penalty shoot out. The two teams were tied at 6-6 come the end of the fourth period with the Kazakh's netting five penalty shots to China's three.
Japan's route was certainly a lot smoother as they beat South Korea 13-5. Japan had just a 6-5 leading going into the fourth period but netted seven times to make certain of the result.
First Greco Roman gold goes to Japan
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Yun was 4-0 to the good in the first period before Hasegawa went all guns blazing in the second to record eight points and pick up the gold medal.
China's Tian Qiye and Kazakhstan's Almat Kebispayev secured the bronze medals in this division.
North versus South in the football, again??
20:11 We could be on course for another North Korea versus South Korea final in the football.
A thrilling women's final saw North Korea score a 93rd minute winner last night to seal the gold.
The North Korean men were at it again today as they edged Iraq 1-0 in extra-time. Ingwan Jong was the goalscorer as he netted in the 96th minute before being sent off in the 104th. His team hung on to secure their place in the final, though, where they will face the winner of the South Korea/Thailand semi-final that has just begun.
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The London 2012 silver medallists and three-time Asian champion was more than 2.5 metres clear of second place Vikas Gowda Shive Gowda of India while Qatar's Ahmed Mohammed Dheeb secures bronze with a season's best 61.25m.
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Three competitors were already eliminated by the time she cleared 4.15m on her second attempt, with a fourth failing a the next height of 4.25m. That left just Li and Japan's Tomomi Abiko tussling for gold, if it could be called that.
Li cleared 4.35m on her first attempt while Abiko was knocked the bar off on each of her three attempts to fall into the silver medal position.
With gold in the bag Li pushed the bar to 4.50m but was unsuccessful on each attempt. No 4.50m, but a gold medal all the same for the Asian record holder.
A season's best equalling 4.15m was enough for Lim Eunji of South Korea to claim the bronze.
Double gold for South Korea in the bowling
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After dominating in the team of five event, South Korea's Park Jongwoo takes gold here with a total score of 5047 across the singles, doubles, trios and team contest.
Yannaphone held on to take the silver despite a disappointing score in the final event while another South Korea, Kang Heewon, secures the bronze.
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Hong Kong managed to scramble the bronze medal as they beat China by just four points in a tense battle for the final podium place.
The result means back to back wins for South Korea at the Asian Games after picking up gold in Guangzhou in 2010.
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Uzbekistan takes final taekwondo gold
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The second round was the decider in this encounter with Baykuziev recording three pointswith no reply. Chen was more aggressive in the final period but could not match the accuracy and power of his Uzbek opponent with the score ending 6-3 in favour of Baykuziev.
South Korea picked up a third bronze medal in this contest with Yeongrae Shin grabbing the honours. The second was earned by Thailand's Nattapat Tantramart.
That results means South Korea leave day one of the taekwondo with no gold medal to name. Being the national sport of the hosts, home fans may be slightly disappointed with that one...
Controversial judging in the boxing
19:11 Today's women's boxing semi-finals have kicked up a lot of smoke across Indian media following the controversial decision made by judges in the women's lightweight contest between India's Laishram Sarita Devi and South Korea's Jina Park.
The three judges votes unanimously for the local favourite to progress through to the final despite what is reported as a "dominant" performance by the Indian boxer.
The 32-year-old Indian was left in tears after losing a bout in which she, allegedly, matched Park blow for blow in the opening round and was markedly more aggressive and precise thereafter.
The Indian boxing contingent lodged a protest after paying a $500 fee, which would not be refunded if the review upholds the original decision. "A protest has been lodged against the decision," a member of the contingent told PTI.
India's long serving Cuban coach BI Fernandes was firmly under the impression that the judges' decisions had been wrong in the bout...
"It was pre-decided, the 3-0 verdict is a clear-cut indication.," he said. "The Korean deserved to have been given many standing counts, going by what happened in the ring, and the bout should have been stopped,"
"Sarita was a clear-cut winner but money has talked here and the judges deserve to be thrown out. It happened in Seoul during the 1988 Olympic Games; it's happening now again. Nothing seems to have changed. The new rules have made no difference."
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The score was all even at 2-2 going into the final round before Hajizavareh connected with a kick to move 3-2 ahead and seal the gold medal.
The bronze medals are won by Samuel Thomas Harper Morrison of the Philippines and Younggeon Song of South Korea.
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Her score of 22 is enough to top China's Yu Huijia and Thailand's Kamonchanok Klahan who finish in second and third respectively.
Athletics action starting at the Main Stadium
18:59 The big name in the women's pole vault is Asian record holder Li Ling. The 24-year-old was the silver medallist here four years ago, losing out to team mate Li Caixia. She came runner up in the Asian Championships the following year before taking the title in 2013.
She is yet to jump here as four of the six competitors clear 4.05m - Thailand's Chayanisa Chomchuendee is the first name to fall at this height.
18:54 Action is now underway at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium where we have finals in the women's pole vault and men's discus up and running. Most of the gold medal action in the athletics will come from the field today, with just the men's 110m hurlde title up for grabs on the track. That's not to say there won't be many a race on the athletics track with heats in the men's 200m, 800m and heptathlon 400m, as well as the women's 100m hurdles, 200m and 800m.
So a evening over at the Main Stadium, as usual.
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The first match was sensational - and lasted longer than the first two put together plus another 19 minutes - with the next two rather more one-sided and less exciting. But yet further evidence that the Chinese, in both male and female table tennis, are utterly ruthless and utterly brilliant.
Taiwan and Japan, incidentally secured the two bronze medals.
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The world number 12 takes first in the final race to cement her position atop the women's laser radial class.
Japan tie up second through Manami Doi while Kamolwan Chanyim secures bronze for Thailand.
Update on Malaysian doping story
Malaysia's Chef de Mission Danyal Balagopal has reportedly revealed the South East Asian team will appeal the test result that saw wushu player Tai Cheau Xuen disqaulified from the Games and stripped of her gold medal earlier. But he did not say on what basis.
"Obviously when we say we will appeal we have strong reasons," he told AFP.
Golds begin to tumble in taekwondo
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In a repeat of that Asian Championships final, Huang beat South Korea's Jeongyeon Yoon 4-2 in the gold medal final.
Bronze medals here go to Iran's Sousan Hajipourgoli and China's Jingyu Wu.
18:30 Zhang Jike is 2-0 up now over South Korea's Jeong Sangeun. and on the cusp of securing table tennis gold for China.
Whoever says these players are not phenomenal athletes are completely wrong. Their reactions and speed over a short distance must be among the quickest in sport.
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Even with 22, the maximum possible for a second place finisher throughout, China's Jiali Sun stood now chance of catching the defending silver medallist, who was completely unstoppable throughout.
Bronze was tied up by Thailand's Sarocha Prumprai.
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Nishioka got out to the early lead with a break of Lu's serve in the first game. The Japanese player showed great defensive skills getting many balls back until Lu made an error. The errors kept piling up for the increasingly frustrated Taiwanese player as he couldn't hold serve and quickly found himself down 0-5. Lu was finally able to break Nishioka's serve to get on the board at 1-5, but serving at 5-2 Nishioka closed out the set 6-2.
The second set started the same as the first with Nishioka breaking Lu's serve, but this time the Chinese Taipei player was able to break right back to even the score 1-1. The left-handed Nishioka mixed defensive shot making with offense when needed to move ahead 5-2. Lu tried to fight back but the speedier Japanese player served out the set to win the match and the gold medal 6-2, 6-2.
A great year for Japanese tennis continues following Kai Nishikori reaching the final of the US Open earlier this month.
Yuki Bhambri of India and Yuichi Sugita of Japan take the two bronze medals
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The Thai fighter secured three points in the opening round and seven in the third to dominant Li, who had levelled the tie in the second.
With no bronze medal playoffs in the taekwondo here - there are usually two in Olympics with the losing semi-finalist playing the winner of the repechage - the bronze medals are awarded to the losing semi-finalists, Levita Ronna Ilao of the Philippines and Taiwan's Nuei Ning Sun.
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The Chinese world number 13 nets a score of 20 across the 12 races to lead Hong Kong's Sin Lam Sonia Lo and Thailand's Siripon Kaewduang Ngam , who take silver and bronze respectively.
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18:02 In the table tennis, it took Xin Xu just 22 minutes to dispatch Lee Jungwoo 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 in a match that never really got going. Xin just too good, to put it simply.
So China are now one win away from a team victory over South Korea. The third match sees reigning world and Olympic champion, Zhang Jike face Jeong Sangeun.
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Zhou Mo and Kim Donghoon took the two bronze medals.
China now on top in table tennis
17:49 Back in the table tennis, and it is a match between two left-handed players now. Xin Xu of China, the world number one, up against Lee Jungwoo of South Korea, who is ranked 35th. And unsurprisingly, it's the Chinese player who races through the first game, winning it 11-3 in five minutes.
It's a much more orthodox match this one, between two attacking players, meaning the rallies are shorter and it's slightly less thrilling as a spectacle. Plenty of brilliant rallies still though, but Xu always seems to be a bit sharper, quicker around the table, and more powerful.
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The duo of Noppakao Poonpat and Nichapa Waiwai sail home first in the final race to ensure a two point lead over Rui Xi Priscilla Low and Rui Qi Cecilia Low.
India's Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan are four points further back in third.
17:45 A picture of the showjumping earlier, where Abdullah Waleed A Sharbatli won Saudi Arabia's second gold medal of the Games.
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Table tennis team final headlines sporting afternoon on day 11
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China remain on course for diving clean sweep
17:35 China have now won all four synchronised events over the last two days. They remain on course for a clean sweep in the sport.
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17:28 Ma Long gets a match-point, and then it's point of the match. Stunning! Forehand to forehand quicker then you can look. Suddenly Joo switches to a chop. The rally continues, and then a devastating counter-forehand winner from the South Korea. The roof nearly came off with all the cheering afterwards!
17:26 It's 10-10 in the fourth game of the table tennis. Joo did have the lead but his Chinese opponent has come back.
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17:17 Wins to report on the first day of rugby sevens action for Malaysia, who beat Saudi Arabia 55-0, and for Hong Kong, who ease home 40-0 over the Philippines. China, Japan, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong all enjoyed victories in the women's competition earlier.
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17:13 Ma Long and Joo Sa-hyuk are at 10-10 in the third in the table tennis, and Ma misjudges the spin and the ball trickles wide. Joo pumps his fist, the crowd roars...can he get back into this? Yes he can! He was almost on the floor with a counter top spin loop but, somehow, that generated some extra zip, and Ma misses the return. He takes the third game 12-10 and it's 2-1 to China in the opening match. Game on.
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The pairing of Min Kimberly Lim and Kiah Hui Savannah Siew are the girls to do it as they complete a brilliant week with victory in the final race. The result sees them five points clear of silver medallists Nuraisyah Binti Jamil and Umi Norwahida Binti Sallahuddin who ride in second on the last.
In fact the top three finishers from the last race are the three medal winners with South Korea's Nakyung Lee and Seoeun Choi claiming the final medal.
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China leading South Korea in table tennis
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Ma is often considered the best player in the world in terms of pure ability. But he has a less perfect record against his Chinese team mates, having never reached a world or Olympic singles final. He was not even selected for the singles at the London 2012 Olympic Games despite being world number one! He's producing it today...however, as we move into the third game.
16:55 A great picture from the cross-country mountain-biking earlier, as we draw for breath in the table tennis It's worth mentioning, that as soon as you leave the city centre, woodland and countryside can be seen from every angle in Incheon, so it is very different here from the completely urban setting we saw in Nanjing for the Summer Youth Olympic Games last month.
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Attack versus defence masterclass in table tennis
16:48 Wow! Simply wow! There is only one way to describe the table tennis now. Ma Long takes game one for China, but only by 11-9 after Joo had saved game point after game point. As so often, he got to within a point when the error came.
The atmosphere is absolutely rocking. Seemingly every single supporter is carrying those inflatable clappers you see at every sporting event these days, and the sound they are generating is akin to a drummer at a rock concert. There is a devastating roar every time Joo, the 34-year-old who won a singles silver at the 2003 World Championships, wins a point which he does with these unbelievable defensive floating chops from several metres back from the table, punctuated by the occasional forehand counter-attack.
And this is against Ma Long, the player seen to have the most powerful forehand in the sport!
16:41 A masterclass from world number three Ma Long so far in the table tennis as he is showing exactly how to play a defensive players against South Korea veteran Joo Sae-hyuk. Keep the ball into the body of the opponent, be patient, and wait for your opportunity to kill the ball. He is executing those tactics brutally a move to six game points in the first.
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A second place finish in the final race marks the fifth time the Korean has finished runner up, one less than that of his first place finishes.
Raynn Kwok of Singapore just hangs on to silver with a disappointing fifth in the final race. He ends just a single point clear of Thailand's Suthon Yampinid.
Soft tennis gold for South Korea
16:38 That marks the end of the singles in the soft tennis programme but there are still plenty of medals to be won in doubles events.
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Zhong Yi of China and another South Korean, Kim Aek-yung, share the bronze.
China win women's table tennis gold
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China have now won the last three, and nine of the last 11 titles in this event, with the only blemishes coming the other times the Games have been staged in South Korea in recent times, at Seaul 1986 and Busan 2002, when South and North Korea won the respective titles.
Singapore and North Korea picked up the two bronze medals this time around, after both lost their semi-finals yesterday.
Opening Ceremony faces criticisms by local journalists
16:14 It may seem a while ago now, but some bitter criticism of the Opening Ceremony of Incheon 2014 has been launched by local journalists this morning during a press event to preview the closing one.
Jang Jin, the Artistic Director for both ceremonies, explained that the Opening Ceremony was framed differently from the original intent on the television cameras, due to insufficient communication between the directors and the broadcasting team.
He openly voiced regret for that there was not enough light on the citizens of Incheon and the artists who participated in the opening ceremony.
He added: "We are not afraid of criticism, but we hope you will look at what kind of message we hoped to deliver and help us convey it".
China on the verge of table tennis success
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Shi Qinglan dominates women's mountain bike cross-country
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Hong Kong's Ho Tsun Andy Leung wins the close battle for silver as he edges Thailand's Ek Boonsawad by just a single point.
16:06 In a similar situation to diving, that result in the women's mountain biking continues China's dominance in the event where they have won gold on every occasion the women's race has featured in the Asian Games.
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China's Shi Qinglan, who finished second in this event in 2010, storms to victory in 1:17:06, almost six minutes ahead of compatriot Yang Ling.
Ling's time of 1:23:02 may have been +5:56 behind that of the winners, but she still finished around seven minutes clear of 2002 silver medallists Yukari Nakagome of Japan who claims the bronze.
A brilliant ride by Qinglan who won the Asian Championships in 2011 and 2013, while finishing 12th at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Quite brilliantly, organisers here have provided a photo finish of the moment the Chinese rider crossed the finish line. You know, just to be sure...
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15:54 Back in the table tennis and not for nothing are the Chinese among the most formidable competitors in sport, and not for nothing is Liu Shiwen ranked number one in the world. She fights back to beat Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa 3-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8 in 34 minutes.
The Chinese are one win away from gold...
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15:48 China have progressed to the final of the women's volleyball following a 3-1 win over Thailand. The strong Thai team took a shock 1-0 lead in the encounter beofre the four-time defending champions surged to three wins on the trot to book their place in the final.
There they will face the winner of the match between South Korea and Japan.
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Gold goes to Saudi Arabia's Abdullah Waleed A Sharbatli after he beat Japan's Satoshi Hirao in a jump off for gold. The Saudi acheived yet another perfect round to finish in a time of 33.64 while Hirao took one penalty to finish in 39.36.
Another Japanese rider, Taizo Sugitani, claimed bronze after winning an eight horse jump off for the final podium position. He went round in 30.95 with no penalties to fend off the challenge of closest rival Latifah Ahmed M J Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates.
15:32 We're into a jump off in the equestrian jumping individual final following two clear rounds by Saudi Arabia's Abdullah Waleed A Sharbatli and Japan's Satoshi Hirao.
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The Kuwaiti had been battling hard with a trio of Chinese shooters in qualification but showed his class in the semi-finals where he qualified for the gold medal match alongside Xu Ying of China.
The three-time world and Asian champion was deadly in the final, hitting all 16 targets to beat Xu 16-12.
Bronze goes to world number four Jin Di after he beat compatriot Zhang Fan in the bronze medal playoff.
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Thailand's Natthaphong Phonoppharat had no chance of catching in second as he totals 27 points.
Bronze is collected by China's Chuankun Shi with 36.
15:16 There's a lot of tennis going on this afternoon as we head back over to the table tennis...
Next up for China is the world number one Liu Shiwen and she's up against Japan's world number eight Kasumi Ishikawa. It's pretty handy to roll out a number one when your back is against the wall.
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She backed up her 6-3 opening set win with a 7-6(7-5) tiebreak victory in the second.
A better effort by Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum in the second set but she still fell short as she is left to settle for silver.
14:56 News of some finalists in the soft tennis now following the conclusion of the singles semi-finals this afternoon.
In the men's competition, an All-South Korean affair swung the way of Kim Hyeongjun as he beat team mate Kim Donghoon 4-2 in the opening semi-final.
He will face Indonesia's Edi Kusdaryanto in the final following the latter's 4-1 win against Zhou Mo of China in their semi.
The women's side saw another all-South Korean semi-final as Kim Bomi got the better of compatriot Kim Aekyung with a 4-2 scoreline in their encounter.
This was following by an all-Chinese affair in the second semi-final where Chen Hui beat team mate Zhong Yi 4-0.
Diving gold for China
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Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia secure the win in the women's synchronised 10m platform with a total score of 346.50 to top the North Korean pairing of Kim Unhyang and Song Namhyang.
Malaysia's Mun Yee Leong and Pandelella Rinong Anak Pamg gather the bronze, 32.58 behind the leaders.
That victory continues China's record of winning every diving gold medal on offer since their debut at the Asian Games in 1974...
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She did exactly what you have to do against the Chinese. Close to the table aggression, and hope a bit of luck goes your way... What a match we have in store now." - Nick finally allowed to fully enjoy the table tennis, and by the looks of things, he's doing just that. Great match!
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It's another victory for South Korea, but boy was it tense. Changju Kim and Jihoon Kim finish third in the final 470 race to take gold by just a single point over Japan's Kazuto Doi and Kimihiko Imamura.
The Japanese lost this one in the penultimate race with a fourth place finish dropping them a two points behind the Koreans. A second place finish in the final race was not quite enough to pull level with their rivals as they are left to settle.
China's duo of Hao Lan and Wang Chao were a further 10 points afield in third.
14:40 Wang Qiang has taken the opening set in her women's tennis singles final with Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum.
Qiang sat 10 places below Kumkhum coming into this competition and was seeded second to her Thai opponent. A 6-3 scoreline went her way in the first set, however, so can she upset the odds here?
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14:35 Over at the Songdo LNG Baseball Stadium Japan have seen off China 4-1 in the opening match of the day, while Taiwan smashed South Korea 6-0 in the second.
The Philippines scored a whopping seven runs in the second innings in final match ofthe day, against Thailand, and look well on course for victory there.
14:30 Back to the table tennis where Fukuhara takes the second game 11-9 to move 2-0 ahead of Ding Ning.
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Malaysia's Khairulnizam Bin Mohd Afendy is safely in second with consistency apparent across all 12 races. It's not enough for gold, however, but keeps him well clear of Xinru Colin Cheng in third.
14:22 The first of the day's diving finals is underway at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Cente with athletes in the women's synchronised 10m platform taking to the board.
China's duo of four-time Olympic champion and two-time defending Asian Games champion Chen Ruolin and 2013 wold champion Liu Huixia are the strong favourites to lift the title as they lead coming into the final dive.
Behind them are North Korean Kim Unhyang and Song Namhyang.
Team table tennis finals underway
14:15 First up for China it is Ding Ning, the 2011 world champions who was singles runner-up at London 2012, facing Ai Fukuhara, Japanese Flagbearer at the Beijing 2008 Olympics whose best singles result was Asian Games bronze at Guangzhou 2010.
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Bowling golds for Singapore and South Korea
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South Korea's Lee Nayoung earns gold in this category after picking up a total score of 5132. The South Korean is the 2013 world champion in both the trios and team of five, as well as the East Asian Games champion in these two events.
She beats Malaysia's Sin Li Jane and Singapore's Jazreel Tan who take silver and bronze respetively.
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Yes, you heard that right, players are allowed one substitute in the competition, meaning that even though Yeo played no part in the final, she still earns a medal as an additional player.
Singapore's total score of 6119 was 71 clear of second placed South Korea, who settle for silver.
Bronze is won by Indonesia on 5840.
OCA confirms stripping of gold medal for Tai Cheau Xuen
13:45 No comment from the Malaysian team or the athlete yet, though we will bring you information as soon as they do. The day after the rumours circulated that a, then unnamed, wushu player from the country had failed a test, Malaysian Chef de Mission Datuk Daniyal Balagopal Abdullah said a report into the athlete is currently being "scrutinised" as there appeared to be something amiss.
"They have given the report to us," he said, according the Rakyat Post. "We are making observations. So far, nothing has been done. This often happens when a country wins its first gold. They take an athlete for doping but the report takes a long time. We feel that something is not right."
But it is a major blow for the South East Asian country. Tai, the 2013 world nanquan champion who won a bronze medal in the all around event four years ago in Guangzhou, had won one of just three Malaysian golds so far here in Incheon. The other two, and now the only two, were won in squash, by the women's team and by Nicol David in the singles.
Her victory, coming so early in the Games, was greeted ecstatically back home, with Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Razak among those to tweet his congratulations.
It is, as far as I can see, the first time a wushu athlete has tested positive at the Asian Games.
"The Olympic Council of Asia wishes to announce that we have encountered the third anti-doping rule violation in this the 17th Asian Games, Incheon 2014, Korea.
"This involves an athlete, Ms. Tai, Cheau Xuen of Malaysia, a WUSHU athlete. Her urine specimen collected on 20 September 2014 (under Post-competition testing) was found to contain Sibutramine, a prohibited substance in the WADA Prohibited List 2014. This substance is a specified stimulant under category S6b of the list.
"After due process according to the rules and procedures of the OCA, it has been determined that the above finding constitutes an anti-doping rules violation and as such the following sanctions has been taken:
"The Competitor has been disqualified from the competition as well as these Games and as such her accreditation cancelled and her medal withdrawn.
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