Games-Drama on the track as hosts China take golds, records in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, China :China celebrated over a dozen golds across different sports as well a world record in shooting at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday, but there were also disappointments and drama for the hosts as large flag-wielding crowds watched on their national day.

The drama came in the packed Olympic stadium again, a day after an athletics official suffered a broken leg and serious bleeding after being hit by a misthrown hammer.

This time it followed a false start in the women's 100m hurdles final.

Both China's Wu Yanni and India's Jyothi Yarraji were contacted by officials. But Yarraji was outraged and adamant she had not set off early. Wu complained that her opponent had moved first.

Heated discussions went on for several minutes on the inside of the track. Meanwhile the other athletes tried to stay calm. One, Lin Yuwei of China, even sat down and removed her spikes.

Eventually, amidst an almost farcical delay, the athletes were invited to watch the replay where it could clearly be seen that Wu made the false start. But Wu kept protesting. Eventually an official presented a compromise.

"You can run if you want to but it will be under review," the official said.

They rushed to their blocks, Lin quickly put her spikes back on and then won just ahead of Wu with Yarraji in third. But in the official results Wu was marked as disqualified, so fourth placed Yumi Tanaka of Japan was bumped up to bronze.

The men's shot put final also had a thrilling finish when Asian record-holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor overtook his Saudi rival with his last round throw of 20.36m to take victory.

"I feel really good," said Toor. "My wife asked me to bring her gold, only gold."

Elsewhere China's 2022 world long jump champion Wang Jianan retained