Chinese Gao Shuying excelled to bag the women's pole vault crown at the Asian Games athletics finals here on Tuesday.

The Asian record holder, 27, beat the first two heights of 3.80 and 4.00 meters and then cleared 4.30 meters on her first attempt of the height for the title, while the eventual silver medalist Samsu Roslinda of Malaysia followed to fail the 4.40 height.

Japan's Ikuko Nishikori and Chinese Zhao Yingying shared the bronze medal in 4.15 meters.