CHINESE SPRINT WINS PUNE (IND, Jul 4): India’s Vikas Gowda finally accomplished his goal of becoming an Asian champion on the eve of his 31st birthday, as the second day in 20th Asian Athletics Championships at Shiv Chhatrapathi Sports Complex with 64.90. Mohammad Samimi of Iran (61.93) took the silver while the bronze went to Ahmed Mohammed Dheeb of Qatar in 60.82m. Su Bingtain of China successfully defended his title in the marquee event of the day, men’s 100m, clocking 10.17 (-0.3, second fastest in the history of the event). Samuel Francis, the Asian record-holder, settled with a silver in 10.27s while the bronze medal went to Barakat Al-Harthi from Oman 10.30. In a similar passion, Yousef Ahmed Al-Masrahi of Saudi Arabia won his second consecutive gold in the 400m with a brilliant 45.08 clocking well ahead of fancied Bahraini quarter-miler Ali Khamis (45.65, also NJR) and Japan’s Yuzo Kanemaru (45.95). Wei Yongli made it a memorable day for China by taking the women’s sprint title in 11.29 PB (-0.3). Chisato Fukushima of Japan (11.53) and Tao Yujia of China (11.63) filled the minor places on the podium. Woman quarter-miler M.R. Poovamma, running on a big stage for the first time, settled with a silver medal in 400m by clocking 53.37 as Zho Yanmin increased China’s medal tally with another gold in that event (52.49). Gretta Taslakian from Lebanon piped Indian Anu Mariam Jose, 53.43 NR to 53.49, for the bronze. Bahraini duo Alemu Bekele (28:47.26) and Bilisuma Shugi (28:58.67) were 1-2 in the 10 000 m with Ratiram Saini (29:35.42) getting bronze for India. Uzbekistan’s Nadia Dusanova became the first athlete from her country to win the high jump with 190. Her teammate and pre-event favourite Svetlana Radzivil pockets the silver 188, the same height also for the bronze medallist Marina Aitova from Kazakhstan. As expected Dmitriy Karpov, the Kazakh decathlete who is a bronze medallist from the 2004 Athens Olympics as well as bagged two bronze medals in the World championships, went home with the gold medal 8037 points, new championship record. From Murali Krishnan.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 00:45:05 +0000
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