Inchon GOUD!
INCHON, South Korea: It was a medal feast for Qatari athletes, who won three gold medals, one silver and three bronze, on the second day of the 16th Asian Athletics Championships being held here in this port city.
The star athletes for Qatar yesterday included Abubaker Ali Kamal, who won the gold medal in the 1,500M event with a time of 3mins 44:24secs.
Another Qatari Moussa Omar clinched the gold in 3,000M steeplechase with a time 8mins 33:62secs.
Omar’s compatriot Moustafa Ahmed Shebto (8:40.86) bagged the silver medal in the same race.
The third gold medal for Qatar was won by Essa Ismail Rashed, who registered the best time of 29mins 03:60secs in the 10,000M race.
In the same race, Rashed’s compatriot Sedam Al Dawood grabbed the bronze medal with a time of 29mins 05:93secs.
Qatar’s Yousaf Al Obaidli ensured his country bagged a medal in the 100M also by winning the bronze medal.
Al Obaidli was timed 10:45secs as he finised behind gold medalist Yahya Al Ghes (Saudi Arabia) and silver medallist Shingo Suetsugu (Japan) in the feature event of the day.
Asian record registered
Meanwhile, Gao Shuying posted an Asian women’s Pole Vault record of 4.53m as China continued to assert its supremacy on the second day of the 16th Asian Athletics
China picked up seven gold medals in all, exactly half of the day’s tally, including the expected one by Olympic champion Liu Xiang in the 110M Hurdles.
Gao Shuying bettered her own record of 4.52M, set in Beijing in 2001, on way to the Asian record and the gold. She entered the contest at 4.10, cleared it on her first attempt and then went for 4.30m by which time she was the lone contestant left in the field. She scaled that height, too, and straightaway went for the record.
52,000 fans applaud feat
To a spontaneous round of applause from a sizeable gathering in the 52,000-capacity stadium, Gao went over the bar, came down and did a victory jig.
The 26-year-old Chinese had won the title in 2002 also as well as winning the Busan Asian Games gold.
She was fifth at the Helsinki World championships with her season best, till then, of 4.50M.
The Chinese took all but one of the six women’s gold medals on offer yesterday, one going India’s way through Heptathlete Soma Biswas.
There were never too many doubts about Song Aimin nailing the Discus Throw gold (65.15) or Su Yiping winning the 100M Hurdles title or He Dan taking the 20km Race Walk.
The star athletes for Qatar yesterday included Abubaker Ali Kamal, who won the gold medal in the 1,500M event with a time of 3mins 44:24secs.
Another Qatari Moussa Omar clinched the gold in 3,000M steeplechase with a time 8mins 33:62secs.
Omar’s compatriot Moustafa Ahmed Shebto (8:40.86) bagged the silver medal in the same race.
The third gold medal for Qatar was won by Essa Ismail Rashed, who registered the best time of 29mins 03:60secs in the 10,000M race.
In the same race, Rashed’s compatriot Sedam Al Dawood grabbed the bronze medal with a time of 29mins 05:93secs.
Qatar’s Yousaf Al Obaidli ensured his country bagged a medal in the 100M also by winning the bronze medal.
Al Obaidli was timed 10:45secs as he finised behind gold medalist Yahya Al Ghes (Saudi Arabia) and silver medallist Shingo Suetsugu (Japan) in the feature event of the day.
Asian record registered
Meanwhile, Gao Shuying posted an Asian women’s Pole Vault record of 4.53m as China continued to assert its supremacy on the second day of the 16th Asian Athletics
China picked up seven gold medals in all, exactly half of the day’s tally, including the expected one by Olympic champion Liu Xiang in the 110M Hurdles.
Gao Shuying bettered her own record of 4.52M, set in Beijing in 2001, on way to the Asian record and the gold. She entered the contest at 4.10, cleared it on her first attempt and then went for 4.30m by which time she was the lone contestant left in the field. She scaled that height, too, and straightaway went for the record.
52,000 fans applaud feat
To a spontaneous round of applause from a sizeable gathering in the 52,000-capacity stadium, Gao went over the bar, came down and did a victory jig.
The 26-year-old Chinese had won the title in 2002 also as well as winning the Busan Asian Games gold.
She was fifth at the Helsinki World championships with her season best, till then, of 4.50M.
The Chinese took all but one of the six women’s gold medals on offer yesterday, one going India’s way through Heptathlete Soma Biswas.
There were never too many doubts about Song Aimin nailing the Discus Throw gold (65.15) or Su Yiping winning the 100M Hurdles title or He Dan taking the 20km Race Walk.
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