Good night!

22:30 A total of 32 gold medals to come tomorrow, including a mammoth 12 in canoe sprint. It is also the first day of diving action and the last day in badminton and road cycling, while there is much more to come in athletics and wrestling.

Catch you as ever, at 09:00 tomorrow morning! And what timing, I am leaving you at literally the moment South Korea are awarded gold, in of the longest medals ceremonies I've ever seen. So on that note, it is good night!

22:28 Another great day for China, daylight for South Korea in second place, and a brilliant evening on the track for Qatar, A first couple of medals also, including a gold, for Saudi Arabia, while Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia were other nations to excel today.



22:27 Right, as the gold medals are awarded we are going to shut things down after another great day today. Records in athletics, history in wrestling, drama on the greens, brilliance in the badminton, and plenty more in cycling, archery, bowling, beach volleyball and sepak takraw. It's definitely been one of the best days of the Games. 

22:24 Her success slightly makes up for the envious feelings the Japanese baseball team must be experiencing when they look to their right, and see South Korea on the top step of the podium. 

22:18 We promised we reflect more on her earlier. Saori Yoshida of Japan was one of the stars of day nine. And she is quite simply the most dominant athlete in Olympic sport. There, I've said it. Asian Games titles in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, no one has done four before. She won Olympic golds in Athens, Beijing and London and has won 12 World Championships titles, in every single year since 2003, except for 2004, when no Championships were held! Since her debut in 2002, she has won practically every world- and international-level tournament she has entered. In September 2006, she surpassed a 100-match winning streak.

Given this context, it's not surprising she won again today. 



21:14 Right once this medal ceremony concludes I am going to have to get off sharpish, so I am going to start wrapping things up on the blog after another compelling day. 

Gold for South Korea in baseball!

21:07 Most of the fans and press corps have left their seat. But not to leave the stadium, only to get as far forward as possible to watch, and photograph, the medals ceremony which is imminent here. A couple of good moments I didn't get around to mentioning earlier. Firstly, a massive mishit into the top tier of the stand was wonderfully caught, in a baseball club, by a boy who couldn't have been older than nine or 10. It was as if he had been waiting for that moment all match. 

And secondly, and arguably more importantly, they suddenly started handing out free pizza to the media! That is a good enough reason to put the sport back in the Olympics for me!

On a serious note, I am very impressed with the organisation tonight as well. I was told three times when collecting my ticket earlier that I would not have a table seat, "and you have been told now so don't ask when you get there", they added. I get there, and lo and behold, they've only gone and given me a tabled seat, with an internet cable as well. It doesn't get any better than that for us journos - internet and free pizza. It's a good thing too, because the WiFi was unusable on my phone...

21:02 Well...I'm exhausted, other journalists are exhausted, the players must be exhausted and the home fans must be close to losing their voices and exhausted. But South Korea held their nerve to win an absorbing baseball final. It wasn't all big hits and home runs. In fact, there weren''t any at all, but this was sport in its most absorbing and gripping form. 



21:55 There it is. A frantic scramble and this final is all over. The Taiwanese innings is over. No runs have been scored and the South Korean squad charge onto the pitch. The host nation have won the gold medal everybody wanted. 

21:53 A mishit shot, a frantic run to first base. This is going to be out! Oh, a fumble by the first baseman. But it's still incomplete and the Taiwanese hitter is ruled not to have reached it in time. The crowd go wild and South Korea are on the brink here!

21:48 Straight back to the baseball for the closing stages. Taiwan have to get runs in this ninth innings...And a big shot, a big shot, the closest we've come to a home run tonight. That's exactly what they need right now. But, alas, it falls short and is caught. That's one out. 

China and Japan win in wrestling and bowling

21:46 Zhou Feng of China wins the final wrestling gold of the evening, in the women's under 75kg division. A 4-0 win in the final over Guzel Manyurova of Kazakhstan. Hwang Eunju of South Korea takes silver and bronze goes to Burmaa Ochirbat of Mongolia. 

21:42 One result to tidy up from earlier. The trios in men's bowling seemed to go on for hours and hours before finishing a little while ago. Tomoyuki Sasaki, Shogo Wada, and Shusaku Asato from Japan eventually seized gold with a total of 3881 pinfalls over at the Anyang HoGye Gymnasium.

Ridhwan Syafiq, Zulmazran Zulkifli and Tan Chye Chern of Malaysia pick up silver, while Choi Bokeum, Park Jongwoo and Kim Kyungmin of South Korea take bronze. 

21:36 Back in the baseball. There's a triumphant air to proceedings now, as the South Korean crowd feel the gold is coming. Taiwan dry a desperate "bunk" shot there. Dropping the ball at his feet and sprinting with all he had towards first base. I used to try that tactic in softball in school PE lessons... It didn't work then and it doesn't work here, he's out before reaching first base and its a scoreless innings from the Taiwanese. South Korea still lead 6-3 heading into the ninth.  

Three gold for China, two for Qatar and one for Saudi Arabia on day two of athletics

21:32 It was raining as well in the athletics. What a few days Qatar have had in shooting and now track and field. Five gold medals in four days...




21:26 Final result of the night in the athletics. China's Xue Changrui has won gold in the men's pole vault, clearing 5.55m. Japan's Daichi Sawano won silver, and Jin Min-sub of South Korea picked up bronze. Sawano also cleared 5.55 but had more failures earlier in the competition so missed out on count-back. 

South Korea take the lead in baseball!

21:19 They're still hitting as well, and here we go, a firm bat straight down ground - gosh, sorry, I nearly called it a cover drive then - and the stadium explodes once again as two more runs are scored! South Korea have been patient, so patient, but they have made the breakthrough here in the seventh and are now firmly on course for gold!

Magnificent sporting drama, and I suddenly realised I shouted "c'mon" and punched the air in delight when that happened. I'm as hooked as everyone...!

21:16 Back in the baseball, and no one in South Korea cares about a 9.93 100m. Because they've just got a run. Two runs in fact! jubilation in the Munhak Stadium after an unbelievably tense few minutes. The breakthrough comes on after four balls, so an automatic walk through... 

Ogunode clocks 9.93 to win 100 metres!

21:12 What a sensational run by the Qatari! He goes joint fifth on the 2014 world lists behind Justin Gatlin, Richard Thompson, Mike Rodgers and Asafa Powell. And equal with Tyson Gay. 



21:06 Qatar's Femi Seun Ogunode has won the men's 100m...in 9.93 seconds. That is rapid! It is an Asian and Asian Games record, breaking the one held by fellow Nigerian-born compatriot Samuel Francis. China's Su Bingtian took silver in 10.10 and Kei Takase of Japan the bronze in 10.15. 

Francis was a distant eighth and last. 

21:02 Straight on to the men's final, but a key moment in the baseball at the same time. Taiwan fail to score after two player are caught out. South Korea come out to bat, and you just feel this is the moment. And they promptly reach first base! Min Byung Hun with the successful hit. 

Wei wins 100m gold for China!

20:58 A brilliant race, won by Wei Yongli of China with a time of 11.48s. Japan's Chisato Fukushima won silver, just one hundredth of a second behind, and Olga Safronova of Kazakhstan the bronze.

20:55 We will return to Yoshida in a moment, but here is the women's 100m final...

Yoshida becomes first wrestler to win four consecutive Asian Games titles

20:52 Saori Yoshida of Japan has made history by winning the under 55kg freestyle event. She becomes the first wrestler ever to win gold in four consecutive Asian Games, defeating Byambatseren Sundev of Mongolia 12-1 with a technical pinfall in the final. Aisuluu Tynybekova  of Kyrgyzstan and Zhong Xuechun of China take the two bronze medals. 

20:47 A big wrestling result to bring you in a moment. But the athletes are out for the women's 100m final... Meanwhile, here in the baseball, the crowd are cheering wildly everytime Taiwan miss the ball. But they need than that, South Korea need runs now. The tension is growing, with Taiwan still 3-2 ahead in the seventh innings. 
 
20;40 In the athletics we are counting down towards the two 100m finals. They both start in not very long at all. The women's 200m component of the heptathlon has just finished, the fourth discipline of the day following the 100m hurdles, high jump and shot put. And we have a Chinese leader at the halfway point - and please don't say we're over halfway, you know what I mean - Wang Qingling is on 3,579 points.

It's a Uzbek 2-3 behind her. Ekaterina Avoronina and Yuliya Tarasova are 184 and 241 points behind respectively. The long jump, javelin and 800m to come tomorrow.

20:33 Second gold medal of the night in wrestling and Reza Yazdani of Iran has won a third consecutive Asian Games title. He wins the men's 97kg competition by defeating Fozil Musaev of Kyrgyzstan 14-4 in the final. Mameb Ibragimov of Kazakhstan and Khuderbulga Dorjkhand of Mongolia earlier each win their bronze medal clashes. 



Taiwan edge ahead in baseball

20:24 Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. The atmosphere has quietened because Taiwan have just taken two runs in the seventh innings of the baseball. This is my naivety of the sport coming out, but I am a little surprised there have been no home runs tonight, it's a much more tactical affair than a Hollywood film or a YouTube "best hits" video would suggest...

Pharrell Williams "Happy" has come on again in the break. They won't be happy in the streets of Incheon tonight if the score stays the same. Maybe Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" would be more appropriate? As so often in sport, contests can change in the blink of an eye. South Korea hammered these opponents a couple of days ago, but cannot do it tonight.

What an effort by Taiwan, as well. Missing some of their key players, but after beating Japan in the semi-final, are they going to go one step better?

Indonesia take second badminton gold of the Games

20:17 Heartbreak for the South Koreans in the badminton as Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia win the doubles after overcoming Yoo Yeonseong and Lee Yongdae, the local favourites, 21-16, 16-21, 21-17. A 63 minute encounter, that one. 

Pairs from South Korea and Malaysia took bronze. 

First Saudi Arabian gold

20:12 An interesting fact about Masrahi before we move on. In 2008 he switched from the 800m to the 400m on the advice of the head of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal. "Prince Nawaf told me that he saw me as a champion in the 400m and that I was to only concentrate on that event. His strong advice has brought many good things to me." 

Well...I wonder if Prince Nawak has any more advice, because that one worked. He's also the sixth fastest man in the world this year...



20:08 A sensational performance by the Saudi, who was always the star man in this field. He was a gold medal winner four years ago in Guangzhou, but has gone from strength to strength since then, placing sixth in the 2013 World Championship Final in Moscow before clocking a time of 44.43 on the Diamond League circuit in Lausanne earlier this season. And before you ask, he was born in Saudi Arabia, in Najran close to the south-western border with Yemen. 

20:05 Saudi Arabia's Yousef Masrahi has won gold in the men's 400m, and, what a time! He stops the clock at 44.46. That is world class, and an Asian Games record to boot. Abbas Abubakar Abbas of Bahrain won the silver, and Arokia Rajiv of India bronze.

"The match was difficult. In the beginning, it was very difficult but we can't decide that from the beginning, so we tried to break the freezing of the match. We attacked Saudi Arabia, and in addition to the first and second goals, we wanted to put the difference between us. We tried not to let them defend themselves or attack us. But Saudi Arabia also tried to defend themselves a lot and defended our goals too much. It was very difficult but our eyes and our ambition are toward the goal. It is difficult for us now because the next match is not going to be easy either. One of the strongest obstacles is the South Korean team. We are now considering it now, we are counting on South Korean team. We are having the next round with the North Korean team, and North Korean team is also a very good team. But we have ambitions, we have the spirit to reach for more and more."
- Iraq's coach Hakeem Al Azzawi after defeating Saudi Arabia 3-0 in the quarterfinals. South Korea, as you can see from his comments, also made it through after holding on to beat Japan. Thailand are their opponents in the last four. 

20:01 The 21-year-old Bahraini was born in Nigeria - are you surprise? - but switched allegiance and is actually best known as a 400m hurdles specialist. Her time won't set the world on fire in the global but a great victory tonight as she controlled the race throughout.

Next up is the men's race. 

19:59 - First track final of the night in athletics now, the women's 400m. And, fresh from their belated steeplechase victory, there is more good news for Bahrain. Oluwakemi Adekoya has taken gold with a time of 51.59 seconds. Vietnam's Thi lan Quach took silver by recording 52.06 seconds while India's Poovamma Machettira, who clocked 52.36, won bronze.

19:55 A big moment in the baseball as Min Byung Hun and Hwang Jae Gyun both scamper round to set up two runs for South Korea. They've taken a 2-1 lead. It's great to see a final that is so close here, particularly after the Koreans demolished these opponents earlier in the competition. 

Second night of athletics action

19:45 Sticking with athletics and there's been a one, two for China in the women's hammer throw.

Wenxiu Zhang is the one to take gold as she throws a Games record distance of 77.33m. Behind here is team mate Zheng Wang who measures a distance of 74.16m. The Chinese duo are the only two to clear 70 metres with India's Bala Manju the next best athletes with 60.47m.

19:40 Here's something we weren't sure we would see last night. Ruth Jebet collecting her gold medal from the 3,000m women's steeplechase. The 17-year-old would have been cautious as she stepped on the medal podium after having it taken away from here moments before on the last time of trying...



19:32 We've got a first gold of the night  in wrestling as Yogeshwar Dutt of India defeats Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan in the men's 65kg contest.

Just a single point separated the two wrestlers in this one as Dutt sealed a single point in the first period with no reply.

Bronze medals were won by China's Katai Yeerlanbieke and Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan.

19:25 It's turned rather noisy at the badminton now as South Korea begin their men's doubles encounter with Indonesia on centre court.

Top seeds Yoo Yeonseong and Lee Yongdae are the local favourites as they take on Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. It's not just the home fans making all the noise here, though, with plenty of Indonesians making their voices heard inside the venue.

These Indonesian cheers appear to be doing the trick as the duo take an early one game lead following a brilliant opening game here.

North Koreans missing home, and their leader...

19:16 Here's an extract from an interesting article on a North Korean "Longing the Leader" gathering that took place last night as athletes from "Up North" began feeling homesick...

"North Korea's athletes at the Asian Games, reportedly feeling homesick while competing in South Korea, have held a special "longing for the leader" gathering to express how much they miss their homeland.

"The gathering Saturday featured songs and poems praising leader Kim Jong Un, according to the North's Korean Central News Agency.

"The report said that at the gathering, called an 'Evening longing for respected Marshal Kim Jong Un Kim,' Sports Minister Kim Yong Hun said that while they have only been away from the leader for about a week, 'the minds of all members of the delegation and players are running to him, whom they long to see, awake or asleep.'

"Among the musical selections they sang were 'We Cannot Live Without You' and 'Warm Feelings,' which KCNA said reflects 'the single-minded unity' of all North Koreans who share "the unbreakable blood ties" to Kim.

"It added that a poem offered to Kim by one of the athletes left everyone 'mesmerized.'"

19:08 Good news on what has already been a golden day for Qatar as athletics action begin. Femi Seun Ogunode runs a PB of 10:02 to lead the qualifiers for the final later. His fellow Nigerian-born Qatar, Asian record holder Samuel Francis will join him there, albeit less impressively, after coming third in the first semi-final. That one was won by Ryota Yamagata of Japan in 10.17.

Badminton and baseball live action

"And there it is. A backhand smash down the line gives Chen Long a 2-0 victory in just 35 short minutes here. Wei was more aggressive in this second set but could not find a way past the sturdy defence of Chen. 21-6, 21-10 was the final score resulting in an all-China affair come the final." - Reporter Paul Osborne at the badminton, as Chen Long moves through to face Lin Dan in the final. World v Olympic champion.

18:58 Not being a Korean speaker, I obviously don't understand many of the chants going around the Munhak Baseball Stadium, although I feel the players names are featuring heavily...

But I do recognise some of the tunes! First there is something that sounds exactly like the American Gospel Hymn turned football anthem, "When the Saints Go Marching In" and then there is one to the tune of Slade's 1973 number one "Come on Feel the Noise". Amazing to come to the other side of the world and here crowd songs that are just like those you would here at Slough versus Bideford on a wet Tuesday night in an English football match...

Meanwhile, Taiwan score a run in their first innings to take a 1-0 lead. 



18:52 South Korea are scoreless in the first innings in the baseball, meanwhile, against Taiwan. A couple of solid hits but, when the bases were loaded, they were unable to force the ball away and had their third "out". Nine innings each remember... Each team trying to complete a "run" before three people are out, which means an innings ends. 

18:47 A couple of good team results to report from elsewhere. Iran have defeated China 75-67 in their quarter-final round match in basketball. Iraq, meanwhile, have taken a great 3-0 win over Saudi Arabia in the men's football quarterfinals.