2023-09-30 13:15:08
Hangzhou (China) (AFP) – Bahrain achieved a gold-silver double in the women’s 400 meters on Saturday at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, with Oluwakemi Adekoya winning the gold medal ahead of her compatriot Salwa Eid Nasser, while runner Birhanu Baliu snatched the 10,000 meters gold. .
Published on: 09/30/2023 – 15:15 Last updated: 09/30/2023 – 15:20
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Bahrain raised its tally to three gold medals in the current games, following Kilonzo Mutusio was crowned in the women’s 10,000m race on Friday.
The Nigerian woman, Adekoya, scored 50.66 seconds, compared to Eid Nasir’s 50.92, following they controlled the race from start to finish, while Malaysian Valaboy Shirin Samson came third (52.58).
Adekoya (30 years old) regained the gold she won in Incheon 2014 from Eid Nasir (25 years old), who won the last edition in Jakarta 2018.
Adekoya told AFP, “I faced and won once morest the best runners in the world. I was in a good position during the race, and this is what led to me winning gold.”
She continued, “My message to female athletes in Bahrain is not to give up and I ask them to always work and strive to achieve goals and results. At the Paris Olympics, I want to win a medal. I don’t know what it is, but I want a medal.”
Eid Nasser, the 2019 world champion in Doha, was suspended in 2021 for two years due to violating doping rules.
Shortly following, Birhanu Baliu won the 10,000m race, recording 28:13.62 minutes, ahead of Indians Kumar Kartik (28:15.38 minutes) and Gulveer Singh (28:17.21 minutes).
“I am exhausted. I expected to win, and now there will be a 5,000m race,” said Baliu (27 years old), the Ethiopian-born gold medalist in the 5,000m in Jakarta 2018 and the sixth Tokyo Olympics.
Bahrain is awaiting other medals in the Mother of the Games competitions, especially as it is participating with 38 male and female runners in various competitions, and hopes to surpass its previous achievement in the last edition, which was held in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta 2018, during which Bahrain won 23 medals, including 10 gold, 6 silver, and 7 bronze medals.
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