DOHA  - Drug use and an on-pitch battle stained the 10th day of the Asian Games on Sunday as two athletes were disqualified for doping and two fighting hockey teams had to be separated by security guards.

Uzbekistan weightlifters Alexander Urinov and Elmira Ramileva failed dope tests, Urinov for a cannabis metabolite and Ramileva for a banned steroid, and were disqualified.

They follow Myanmar lifter Than Kyi Kyi in a shameful exit from the Games -- the only three positive results from 750 tests so far.

The hockey teams from Oman and Bangladesh also had little to be proud of after brawling at the end of their pool game at the Al-Rayyan Sports Club.

Bangladesh scored twice in the final four minutes to win 5-3 and the game spiralled out of control in the final stages with players squaring up to each other. At the final whistle, violence broke out as Oman brawled with the opposition. Security guards charged on to the pitch from all corners to pull players apart and a Bangladeshi player had to be carried off on a stretcher.

Oman's Husam Al Husni's was later suspended for violent conduct, ending his involvement in the games, while captain Amjad Sidiq Bait Obaidoon was ordered to control his team and set a good example.

"It's all because of the pressure. The players were nervous and the referees didn't do their job well. They were supporting the Bangladesh team," raged Oman coach Mohy Zaghloul.

Bangladesh captain Musa Mia hit out at the Omani tactics. "The Omanis were not playing a very fair game," he said. "If the ball goes by they were only tackling the players, hitting them with their sticks."

Goalscorer Rasel Mahmud Jimmy aimed a swipe at the losers. "The game was good, the Omanis played rubbish," he said.

At the track and field, Hamdan Awdah Al Bishi held off Bahrain's reggae boy Brandon Simpson in the 400m to claim a third Asian Games athletics gold for Saudi Arabia.

Al Bishi came into the home straight trailing former Jamaican Simpson but drew level and then surged ahead of the Olympic and world championship finalist to win the title in 45.64.

"It was tough competition from Bahrain but I took silver in the last Asian Games so this was the time to get gold," said the 25-year-old. "(Simpson) is a good competitor but it was my day."

Simpson took silver with defending champion Fawzi Al Shammari of Kuwait winning bronze. "I was really expecting the gold medal but I tied up, it was my fault," Simpson said.

Favourite Olga Tereshkova of Kazakhstan held off a strong Indian challenge to take gold in the women's 400m in 51.86. Manjeet Kaur finished strongly for silver in 52.17, while her compatriot Pinki Paramanik slowed and was pipped to bronze by Japan's Asami Tanno of Japan.

China dominated the women's hurdles with Liu Jing giving her country their first track gold of the Games when she won the women's 100m.
The 29-year-old got away well and by 60m had surged into the lead over compatriot and defending champion Feng Yun, finishing in a personal best time of 12.93 seconds. Feng, 30, finished second with South Korea's Lee Yeon-kyung clinching bronze.

"I am very, very excited to get the gold medal. I have been waiting for this for eight years," said 29-year-old Liu, who won Asian Games silver in Bangkok in 1998.

Qatar's Mubarak Hassan Shami won the first athletics gold of the day, taking the men's marathon in 2:12.44. Bahrain's Khalid Kamal Taseen and Japan's Satoshi Osaki had a titanic tussle for silver, Taseen winning it on a photo-finish after both were timed at 2:15.36.


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