Justin Brownlee, the naturalized player behind Gilas Pilipinas' historic gold medal in men's basketball at the 19th Asian Games, has failed an anti-doping test conducted by the International Testing Agency (ITA). About the doping test: The ITA reported in a press release on Thursday that the test revealed the presence of carboxy-THC, a specified prohibited substance according to the World Anti-Doping Agency's list. The sample was collected from Brownlee by the ITA on Oct. 7, a day after Gilas beat Jordan in the final.
Key players in this triumph, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, and Avesh Khan, marked the victory with a heartfelt rendition of the 'Lehra do' song from the movie '83,'
After winning Singapore's first SEA Games xiangqi gold medal in May, Ngo Lan Huong has clinched the city-state's first Asian Games xiangqi medal with a bronze.
India picked up the gold medal in men's cricket on Saturday at the Asian Games after the final against Afghanistan was halted by rain. India was the higher seeded team going into the final, and officials awarded the medal using that logic with the games closing on Sunday. It was Afghanistan’s first silver medal at these Games after winning four bronze.