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China's Yan Ziyi celebrates after winning the women's javelin throw final at the Asian Games on Sep 27, 2026. (Photo: Reuters/Andrew Boyers)

NAGOYA: China's 18-year-old Yan Ziyi showcased her rare talent by shattering the Asian Games record to win the javelin, as a medallist failed a doping test and a decorated badminton player branded the event in Japan "sad".

Golds were up for grabs on day eight in sports including athletics , diving, skateboarding, squash and weightlifting.

On another wet day in Aichi-Nagoya, the teenager Yan demolished the opposition in the women's javelin with her first and only throw of the night of 70.46m.

It was a new Games record, smashing the 66.09m by compatriot Liu Shiying in 2018, and left Japan's reigning Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi in a distant second for silver (62.70m).