Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm saw her hopes of a second Asiad singles gold, 16 years after her first, shattered by China's Peng Shuai in the semifinals, but the 40-year-old promised to stay on court for at least another year.

She stunned former world No. 1 Dinara Safina at the French Open to become the oldest player in history to defeat a top 10 woman, and the former world No. 9 plans to continue on the grueling tour in 2011.

Another veteran's show made Tuesday shooting competition a little nostalgic as 1992 Olympic champion Zhang Shan led her younger teammates to the skeet team title.

"When I was in the Asian Games 20 years ago, I won both the individual and team titles. Now I am still competing, with a much younger generation," said the 42-year-old, winner of the one and only Olympic open skeet event which was canceled after the 1992 Games.

Fortunately for world sports, the moving moments of these Games is not just about the past.

Lao Yi, a 25-year-old local athlete, turned out to be the brightest freshman on international stage.

The sprinter led the team to the 4x100m gold after becoming the first Chinese to lift the men's 100 meters at the Asiad.

In the women's 10,000 meters, India's Preeja Sreedharan, who was fifth in the 2006 Asian Games, broke away to take the surprising win.

"I knew that in the last two kilometers I had to push myself," Sreedharan said. "I didn't expect a title here but the gold medal will sure do a lot help to my family."

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