With the Asian Games swimming competition over, Japan's quest for medals became a little more difficult on Saturday, but performances in the marathon, BMX and karate kept the gold tally ticking over.Hiroto Inoue opened with Japan's first gold of the weekend, but he needed a sprint finish to break the tape just ahead of Bahrain's Elhassan Elabbassi, the runners sharing the 2-hour, 18 minute, 22 second finishing time. The men's marathon gold was Japan's first since 1986.In addition to the final sprint, Inoue had to survive a protest from the Middle Eastern runner, but a minor final-straight j…READ FULL ARTICLE
