The UAE won its fifth medal at the Asian Games when athlete Omar Juma al Salfa finished third in the men's 200 metre final on Thursday.
Omar, 21, confirmed his promise as the country's most exciting track athlete by winning his heat in 20.63secs, shaving 0.09secs off his previous best time, set at the world championship in Berlin last year.
But he could not produce a repeat of that performance which would have been enough to win him the silver medal in the Aoti Main Stadium in Guangzhou.
He had to be settle for third place after finishing behind Femi Ogunode, the Qatar gold medallist, and Japan's Kenji Fujimitsu.
It was the UAE's fifth medal of the games.
Shooter Sheikh Juma Dalmouk Al Maktoum opened UAE's account by winning silver in the men's double trap event followed by two silver medals in the equestrian jumping event including team and individual honours to Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum. UAE had to settle for silver in the football after losing to Japan in the final on Thursday.
Ogunode, 19, who also clinched gold in the men's 400m here, clocked a personal-best 20.43secs to win the 200 from Fujimitsu. The teenager from Qatar was excited about achieving the 200-400 double, as the American Michael Johnson did at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
"I'm at the peak of happiness," Ogunode said. "During training I had run in 19 seconds flat, so I was very confident that I would win."
Another star sprinter, however, dropped out of the final. Ogunode's Qatari teammate, the Asian 100m record-holder Samuel Francis, skipped the race after hurting a hamstring in his heat. The withdrawal came after he was disqualified in the 100 semis for a false start.
Chisato Fukushima won the women's 200 in 23.62secs, adding to her earlier gold in the 100m. Vietnam's Vu Thi Huong, the bronze medallist in the 100, trailed by 0.12secs. The 22-year-old Japanese had such a margin off the bend she could afford to slow towards the end.