Another task for the veteran is to lead the younger peers, including Xu, to polish their skills at the Asian Games so as to prepare the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020, he added.

In women's 100-meter race, China's Wei Yongli and Liang Xiaojing both qualified as heat winners.

In men's shot put final, Indian Tajinderpal Singh Toor grabbed gold by breaking the Asian Games record with a 20.75 mark on his fifth attempt. The 23-year-old athlete won the nation's seventh gold at Jakarta.

China's Liu Yang proved a cut above Ivan Ivanov from Kazakhstan to nail silver with 19.52 meters, while Ivanov brought home bronze with 19.40 meters.

Duobujie won China a bronze medal in men's marathon final beginning as early as 6. a.m. in the day, while the 25-year-old Japanese Hiroto Inoue edged veteran Elhassan Elabbassi from Bahrain, 34, to win the gold by some three hundredths of a second.

Daria Maslova won kyrgyzstan the second gold at Jakarta from women's 10,000 meters final with 32:07.23. Eunice Chumba from Bahrain outraced Chinese Zhang Deshu to claim silver with 32:11.12, while Zhang pocketed the country's second athletics bronze at Jakarta with 32:12.78.

The finals of men's and women's 100 meters races are scheduled on Monday.

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