INCHEON Derrick Rose USA Jersey , South Korea, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita was expelled from the Asian Games after he admitted stealing a journalist's camera, while world number one Lee Chong-wei survived an early shock on Saturday to set up a showdown against arch-rival Lin Dan.
According to the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), Tomita stole a camera left at poolside by a South Korean reporter at the Munhak Park Tae Hwan Aquatics Center on Thursday. Local police questioned Tomita after studying the video at the pool. The 25-year-old Japanese then confessed to the crime.
At a press conference on Saturday, Japan's chef de mission Tsuyoshi Aoki apologized for Tomita's behavior on behalf of the entire delegation.
"He has been expelled from the team effective immediately. He will have to find his own way back to Japan. Further consequences of the act will be decided upon in Japan Deron Williams USA Jersey ," said Aoki.
"I want to offer my sincerest apologies that such a regrettable incident has happened amid the excitement of the Asian Game."
Tomita won the gold medal in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Game but failed to win a medal in Incheon.
China continued its dominant performance in shooting by winning four out of the six titles contested on the day.
The Chinese team of Cao Yifei, Zhu Qinan and Kang Hongwei shot a combined 3,502 points to win the men's 50m rifle three positions team event. Cao later added the individual title to his bag after pipping teammate Zhu Qinan by 0.3 points.
China also won the team events in the men's 10m running target mixed and the women's skeet, but missed out on the individual titles in both.
On the first day of the athletics action, Gong Lijiao of China claimed the women's shot put gold with a throw of 19.06 meters. Leyla Rajabi of Iran took the silver with 17.80m and Gong's teammate Guo Tianqian had bronze with 17.52m.
Bahrain's Ruth Jebet DeMarcus Cousins USA Jersey , who switched nationality from her native Kenya last year, finished first place in the women's 3,000m steeplechase in a meet record time of nine minutes 31.36 seconds, but she was later disqualified for stepping out of bounds. Second-placed Li Zhenzhu was thus promoted to the gold medal.
Meanwhile, Chinese star Zhang Peimeng stayed on course in his bid to become the first Asian athlete to run 100 meters in less than 10 seconds as he reached the semifinals with 10.27 seconds. Qatar's Femi Seun Ogunode ranked first with 10.14 seconds in the heats.