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Unus Alladin

Hong Kong athletes had a day to remember as thrills and spills abounded at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground.
Hong Kong finished on a high with three more bronze medals - all in women's events -  and two national records, including the longest-standing mark  set in 1982 in finishing fourth in the women's 4x400 metres.
High jumper Yip Hiu-laam took bronze with a leap of 1.60 metres before Leong Yuen-fan  finished third in the 5,000m.
But it was the relay events that had  the hosts celebrating, winning bronze in the  4x100 in a new national time of 45.71 seconds, breaking the old mark of 45.83 set last May at the Asian Grand Prix at Wan Chai Sports Ground.
Veteran sprinter Wan Kin-yee (pictured), competing in probably her last Games, ran the third leg and Chan Ho-yee sprinted the anchor leg to beat Taiwan for third. China easily won gold in 44.69 seconds ahead of Japan (44.89).
'We had feared Taiwan the most and we were really hoping we would beat them, knowing  China and Japan  were too strong for us. I am so proud of our team,' Wan, 33, said.
Chan added: 'This is the first time in four or five years we have beaten the Taiwanese team in the relay. It's a big moment. We had the crowd behind us this time and it made all the difference.'
That record-breaking performance made up for Hong Kong's blunder in the men's 4x100m final, where they were disqualified after Tang Yik-chun sprinted out of the changeover zone in handing the baton to anchor runner Tsui Chi-ho. Taiwan won the race in 39.31 seconds, ahead of Japan and China.
Hong Kong were beaten into fourth place behind Taiwan in the women's 4x400m relay, but  Leung Hau-sze, Kwong Shu-ting, Hui Man-ling and Fong Yee-pui finished in three minutes and 54.17 seconds - eclipsing the old mark of 3:55.20 set at the Asian Games in New Delhi 27 years ago.
In the same race, Tungalap Battsengel and Shinetsetseg Chuluunkhulu had to be pulled apart by their stunned Mongolian teammates after an altercation  between the two. The incident happened after Chuluunkhulu blamed her teammate for stepping on one of her shoes during the final changeover and leaving her racing with the shoe flapping.
There was more drama with Japan's Yuriko Kobayashi pipping mainland runner Jia Chaofeng right on the line to win the women's 5,000m in 16 minutes and 46.86 seconds. Jia collapsed after crossing the finish line and was carried away on  a stretcher. She recovered enough to attend the victory ceremony an hour later. Hong Kong's Leong was a distant third in 19:38.83.
China finished the competition with 26 gold medals, ahead of Japan (16) and South Korea (two).



Thrills and spills as HK competitors enjoy a day to remember