Japan's Hiroto Inoue was blamed for pushing Bahraini sprinter Elhassan Elabbassi and denying him gold as debate dominated the finish of the Asian Games marathon on Saturday.

The two competitors had grievances dismissed by race authorities after they reached amid an exciting dash complete, which Inoue won by a small amount of a second.

Toward the finish of the 42-kilometer (26 miles) race through Jakarta's avenues, two sprinters entered the stadium in Jakarta neck and neck, before Inoue opened up a little lead.

Elabbassi pushed at the corner

In the last 100 meters, Elabbassi endeavored to surpass within yet fell back after obvious contact.

"The main (leader) pushed me," said Elabbassi. "I would have won."

Addressing journalists after the race, Inoue said he didn't comprehend what had happened, yet had been "astounded" by the contact.

The Japanese group later announced Elabbassi for endeavoring to overwhelm within when there was no hole.

Ref Vadim Nigmatov rejected the two groups' grievances to leave Inoue with the gold decoration. Each side has the privilege to advance.

Elabbassi's mentor Gregory Kilonzo said his competitor had been purposely pushed by the Japanese competitor and "nearly went down".

"The Japan fellow, when he saw he was nearly surpassed, he chose to push," said Kilonzo

Japan's Hiroto Inoue

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The two competitors were credited with a period of 2 hours, 17 minutes and 22 seconds, with pre-race most loved Inoue going too far possibly ahead.

Pair Bujie, a Chinese competitor from Tibet who took to marathon pursuing a youth spent grouping yaks, completed 26 seconds additionally back to take bronze.

The triumphant time was the slowest at an Asian Games since 1982 in New Delhi, as the sprinters battled with Jakarta's preparing warmth and smothering dampness regardless of a 6.00am begin time.

Tony Payne of Thailand, who placed eighth, said there was some perplexity before the beginning of the race, as the primary athletics event of the Games encountered some teething issues.

"They influenced us to keep running for the start line since we were running somewhat late," said the New Zealand-born competitor.

"We were all strolling down and they resembled 'Run! Keep running for the start'... It was quite wild. They influenced us to run an additional warm-up!"

Inoue's win makes the Tokyo 2020 cheerful the principal Japanese men's marathon champion since Hiroshima 1986 when Takeyuki Nakayama set the current Games record of 2:08:21.

The silver won by Elabbassi is Bahrain's first medal of the present Games.