China teen blows away the field for record-setting Asian Games gold as Thailand's Puripol Boonson clinches sprint double

NAGOYA: China's 18-year-old Yan Ziyi showcased her rare talent by shattering the Asian Games record to win the javelin, as a medallist failed a doping test and a decorated badminton player branded the event in Japan "sad".

Golds were up for grabs on day eight in sports including athletics, diving, skateboarding, squash and weightlifting.

On another wet day in Aichi-Nagoya, the teenager Yan demolished the opposition in the women's javelin with her first and only throw of the night of 70.46m.

It was a new Games record, smashing the 66.09m by compatriot Liu Shiying in 2018, and left Japan's reigning Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi in a distant second for silver (62.70m).

Yan's incredible throw was the sixth best of all time. The world record is 72.28m by Barbora Spotakova in 2008.

But Yan is closing in - she hurled 71.74m in May, the second-best of all time.

On the track, Thailand's Puripol Boonson made it a sprint double, winning the men's 200m to go with his 100m crown.

His scintillating 19.88 seconds equalled the Asian record.

Asked how much faster he can run, the 20-year-old said: "I can't say how fast it's going to be, but it's going to be more records and faster."

Towards the end of day eight, China topped the medals table with 119 golds, with Japan second on 37 and South Korea on 20.

North Korea enjoyed more record-setting success in weightlifting, taking their overall haul in the sport to six golds out of an available 10 so far.

China maintained their unbeaten start in diving, while a pair of teenagers took gold in the street skateboarding finals.

China's Zhu Yuanling, 15, won the women's event and the 17-year-old Juni Kang of South Korea took the men's title.

Kang now has his eyes on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

"I want to