Home
News
Medal Tally
Photos
Video
Team China
Ticketing

Jamal shows world credentials

0 CommentsPrint E-mail China Daily, November 24, 2010
Adjust font size:

Jamal shows world credentials

 Maryam Jamal of Bahrain celebrates winning gold in the women's 1,500m final at the Asian Games on Tuesday. Edmond Tang / China Daily

 

Maryam Jamal lived up to her world champion billing by easily defending her 1,500m title at the Asian Games to lead her adopted country, Bahrain, to double gold on Tuesday.

On a night when five of the nine track medals went to African-born athletes, long jumper Jung Soon-ok won Korea's first gold medal and Li Yanfeng maintained China's dominance in women's field events by wrapping up the discus.

The Ethiopian-born Jamal, whose 800-1,500m double at the 2006 Asiad in Doha was followed by the 1,500m titles at the 2007 and 2009 world championships, dominated a slow-paced race she never looked like losing.

"I'm feeling good. I'm just happy winning," said Jamal, adding she "controlled the race from the start" and was more concerned about taking the gold than her pedestrian time of 4min 8.22sec.

Jamal said she and Bahraini teammate Mimi Gebregeiorges, another Ethiopian competing for the Gulf state, had helped each other out during the race, and stated she would now go for a golden double.

"I will compete in (Thursday's) 800m and I want to win another gold medal," said the 26-year-old, who unsuccessfully applied for citizenship in the United States, Switzerland and France before settling on Bahrain.

"I did it four years ago in Doha and I want to defend it for Bahrain and for me. I'm still the best in the world."

Kicking at the bell for the final lap, Jamal took Gebregeiorges with her, but as the duo entered the home stretch, Jamal eased away.

Gebregeiorges, however, was caught by Vietnam's Truong Thanh Hang, who hung on to win a surprise silver and prevent a Bahraini one-two.

There was no second gold over the distance for the Bahrain team as Belal Mansoor Ali, formerly known as Kenyan John Yego, could only manage third in the men's event.

With Ali's Kenyan-born teammate and world champion Youssef Saad Kamel having failed to qualify for the final, and now engaged in a public spat with Bahraini athletics officials over allegations they had made him run while injured, Saudi Arabia's Mohammed Shaween claimed gold.

Asian champion Shaween clocked a Games record of 3:36.49, with Iran's Sajad Moradi taking silver.

But there was another gold for Bahrain in the shape of Tareq Mubarak Taher, the former Kenyan once known as Dennis Kipkurui Keter, who successfully defended his 3,000m steeplechase crown.

Qatar's Thamer Kamal, previously named Thomas Kosgei of Kenya, had to finish with silver.

"I was nervous at the very beginning but I sped up in the last two laps and finally won," said Taher, admitting he had felt under pressure coming into the race.

"It did pressure me, but I always believe I'm the No 1 in Asia and I'm trying to be the No 1 in the world."

But Qatar at least had the pleasure of seeing a home-grown talent win the men's high jump, as Mutaz Barshim's best of 2.27m saw him finish clear of Japan's Hiromi Takahari, with another Qatari, Rashid al-Mannai, among three tied for bronze.

Uzbek Yuliya Tarasova, fresh from breaking off to win bronze in the long jump, wrapped up the heptathlon, notching 5,783 points after dominating the gruelling seven-discipline, two-day event.

Print E-mail Bookmark and Share

Go to Forum >>0 Comments

No comments.

Add your comments...

  • User Name Required
  • Your Comment
  • Racist, abusive and off-topic comments may be removed by the moderator.
Send your storiesGet more from China.org.cnMobileRSSNewsletter
Site Map | RSS | Newsletter | Work for Us
Copyright ? China.org.cn. All Rights Reserved 京ICP證 040089號
主站蜘蛛池模板: xx00动态图| 大西瓜pron| 国产毛片哪里有| 中文字幕丰满乱子伦无码专区 | 99精品小视频| 日韩精品中文字幕无码一区| 国产男女猛视频在线观看| 久久AV高潮AV无码AV| 欧美牲交a欧美牲交aⅴ图片| 国产AV无码专区亚洲精品| 91老师国产黑色丝袜在线| 日本3p视频在线看高清| 亚洲精品在线视频观看| 色片在线免费观看| 国产精品爽爽va在线观看无码| 中文字幕乱倫视频| 日本毛茸茸的丰满熟妇| 亚洲欧美日韩综合一区| 羞羞视频网站免费入口| 国产精品国色综合久久| 一卡二卡三卡在线观看| 最近2019免费中文字幕视频三| 免费无码又爽又刺激高潮| 麻豆亚洲av熟女国产一区二 | 在线精品91青草国产在线观看| 久久久久久久国产a∨| 欧美大片在线观看完整版| 动漫卡通精品3d一区二区| 黄色福利视频网站| 天天综合网天天综合色| 久久久精品中文字幕麻豆发布| 欧美性高清在线视频| 免费看黄色软件大全| 精品综合久久久久久8888| 国产成人久久777777| 99久久综合国产精品免费| 成全视频免费高清| 五月婷婷狠狠干| 毛片在线观看网站| 午夜国产精品久久影院| 青青青青啪视频在线观看|