The small island kingdom of Bahrain has won its 10th gold medal at the Asian Games as runner Eunice Chebichii Paul Chumba took first place in the women’s marathon. Chumba was only a few seconds ahead of silver medalist Zhang Deshun from China at the 35-kilometer mark. She broke away to finish 1 minute, 41 seconds ahead. Her winning time was 2:26:14. Host China continues to dominate the games in Hangzhou with more than 320 medals overall. More than half are gold.
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Bahrain, a wealthy archipelago nation in the Persian Gulf, is the third smallest country in Asia after the Maldives and Singapore, but it is among the top 10 in gold medals on Day 12 of the 15-day Asian Games.feature 12,500 participants from 45 nations and territories — more than the 10,500 from about 200 delegations expected at next year’s Paris Olympics.
He said his training this year had been centered on the Asian Games competition, knowing that they would be “held in China and 1.4 billion Chinese people are watching.”The regionally-popular sport features a team of 12 paddlers in long, narrow boats decorated with Chinese dragon heads, who row to the beat of a drummer in the bow, with a steerer in the stern to guide the boat.
North Korea leapt out to an early lead, taking the first of four sets by a score of 25-19. South Korea then came right back, winning the second set 25-21. North Korea started strong in the first quarter, but then fell behind and couldn’t make up the ground with South Korea winning 93-63.
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