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oseph Isaac Schooling of Singapore stole the show at the Asian Games' pool where leader China continued to dominate. Schooling clocked the best time of 51.76 seconds to win the men's 100 meter butterfly final. He also shattered the 51.83 second record of Zhou Jiawai achieved in Guangzhou four years ago.

Li Zhuhao of China finished in second at 51.91 seconds and Hirokumi Ikebata was in third at 52.08 seconds. Indonesia's Glenn Victor Sutanto touched the finish board second to last, 28.96 seconds behind the champion.

New records were also made in two other finals. Dmitry Balandin clocked in at 59.92 seconds, an improvement from his previous mark of 1.00.38, in his gold achievement in the men's 100m breaststroke.

In the men's 4x100m freestyle relay final, Olympic champion Sun Yang helped the Chinese team improve its mark, finishing first with a time of 3:13.47.

Indonesia's team, which consisted of Triady Fauzi Sidiq, Alexis Wijaya Ohmar, I Gede Siman Sudartawa and Rikcy Anggawidjaja, finished last among eight teams.

At the end of the day, Chinese swimmers bagged four out of seven gold medals with the other victorious team being Japan.

A commanding performance at the pool and an onslaught at the wushu gymnasium, where they missed out on only two out of seven at stake, boosted China's gold collection to 57 at 9:30 p.m. local time. South Korea inched ahead with 26 gold medals. Japan followed with 20 gold medals.

Korea was triumphant at the shooting range where its marksmen earned three of four gold medals in the competition while Malaysia won one silver and bronze. The hosts also took the two gold medals in fencing.

Indonesia's gold drought continued after its rowers failed to produce a winning run at Chungju Tangeum Lake.

The bowling team has yet to roll gold for the Indonesian delegation with Armein Putri Insavilla, Novie Phang, Tannya Roumimper and Cheva Chantika way below their stronger rivals.

Dian Putra Santosa and Fahriansyah joined teammates Ade Candra Rachmawan and Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro in the second stage of beach volleyball after winning their match over Pardes Safi and Mohammad Zaker Ali of Afghanistan 21-12, 21-18.

At Yeorumul tennis court, David Agung Susanto advanced to the second round with an easy 6-1, 6-3 win over Mousa Zayed of Qatar. Men's doubles pair David Agung Susanto and Aditya Harry Sasongko also forged ahead with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ajhatti Abdulhaweed and Ghareeb Mohammad.

At Gyeyang Gymnasium, Greysia Polii and Nitya Krishinda Maheswary salvaged a match point to sneak to the next stage but Suci Rizki Andini and Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah exited the competition.

Greysia and Nitya achieved a comeback in the women's doubles match against Wen Hsing Cheng and Pei Chen Hsieh. The Indonesians were at the brink of a loss trailing 17-20 in the third game. However, they were able to force a deuce. Both pairs tied the score sheet 22-22 before the Indonesians tightened their grip to seal a 21-17, 16-21, 24-22 win.

Suci and Tiara won their early match in the morning over Nangsal Tamang and Sara Devi Tamang, but they failed to continue medal contention after losing to Japanese Ayaka Takahshi and Misaki Matsumoto 22-20, 16-21, 6-21.

It was also mixed results for Indonesia in women's singles. Bellaetrix Manuputy easily beat Nepalese Nangsal Tamang 21-5, 21-17 but Linda Wenifanetri struggled against Chinese Wang Yihan as the Indonesian shuttler lost 16-21, 16-21.

The archery competition is still in its preliminary stage. The Indonesian women's recurve team stayed in sixth place behind frontrunners South Korea, China, Japan, Chinese Taipei and India.
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