China's Ning Ze'tao, who already has two gold medals at these games, was taking part in the men's 100 meter freestyle and looking to top the podium for an impressive third time, but he would have to get past local favourite Park Tae-Hwan to earn the victory.

The 21-year-old Chinese swimmer Ning Ze'tao touched the wall first in 47.7 seconds, setting a new Asian record.

The 21-year-old Chinese swimmer captured gold in the 50 meter freestyle, and was part of the 4x100 meter winning relay team, and was in prime position to grab another victory as he was about one body length ahead of South Korean star Park Tae-Hwan. And the Chinese youngster would touch the wall first in 47.7 seconds, setting a new Asian record. Park had to settle for a silver, one second behind Ning, while Japan's Shinri Shioura finished with a bronze.

Next we make our way to the men's 50-meter butterfly -- China's Shi Yang and Joseph Schooling of Singapore would be battling for the gold. Here is a look from underneath, which gives you an idea of how hard they are working. In the end it was Shi in lane four who proved to be the best, finishing with a new Asian Games record of 23.46 seconds, with Schooling in second. South Korea's Yang Jungdoo claimed bronze.

Japan's Ryosuke Irie overcame a strong challenge from China's Xu Jiayu to win the men's 200 meter backstroke. Third place went to his teammate Hagino Kosuke, who has won medals in all seven races he's entered, including four golds.

Japan's Olympic silver medalist Satomi Suzuki outpaced the favourites to win the women's 50 meter breaststroke in 31.34, ahead of China's Suo Ran and He Yuzhe.

Japan was also victorious in the women's 4x100 medley relay in a time of 4:00.94, with South Korea taking silver and Hong Kong bronze. China had been disqualified in the heats after Lu Ying swam underwater past the 15-metre limit.

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