Chinese sprinter Lao Yi jumped to fame with a surprise 100m gold medal while the hosts' last flicker of hope in soccer was dampened with their women's team losing the bronze to South Korea.

Leading the medal tally all the way, China have piled up their gold medals to 154, more than half of of 304 gold medals on offer at the Nov.12-27 Games.

South Korea trail with 61 golds with Japan in third place with 32.

Twenty-seven titles were decided in archery, athletics, diving, bowling, chess, road cycling, equestrian, fencing, trampoline, tennis and wrestling, with all eyes on the track.

Chinese sprinter Lao Yi celebrates after he surprisingly won the 100m gold medal in the Asia Games in Guangzhou on Monday evening.

Lao, a 25-year-old nobody, clocked 10.24 seconds to become the first "Sprint King" from China in the Asian Games and stole the spotlight from former Olympic champion Liu Xiang.

Lao claimed the historical victory with Qatar's Samuel Francis in absentia. Francis, who set an Asian mark of 9.99 seconds in 2007, was disqualified in the semifinals on a false start.

"I had expected to break the national record, but I didn't make it," said Lao.

About an hour earlier, Liu, a former world record holder and 2004 Olympic champion, launched his campaign for a third straight Asiad gold, breezing into the men's 110m hurdles final by timing 13.48 seconds.

The 27-year-old, who limped off the track at the Beijing Olympic Games after getting into the starting blocks, has been slow to recover from surgery on his Achilles tendon after the Beijing Games.

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