Bahrain’s Tigist Gashaw Belay won the silver medal in women’s 1500m at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha yesterday.
UAE’s Bethlem Desalegn won the gold with a time of 4.21.65 while Sugandha Kumari of India claimed the bronze.
Meanwhile, Qatari high jumper Mutaz Barshim delighted the home crowd, taking gold with a leap of 2.35-metres.
It was the fourth time that the 24-year-old has won the indoor crown at these championships.
Barshim also went agonisingly close to setting a championship best of 2.40m, brushing the bar with his final attempt. In second place was Syria’s Majededdin Ghazal, jumping a height of 2.28m.
In the men’s 60m, Iran secured gold and silver, with Hassan Taftian in first place with a time of 6.56secs. Compatriot Reza Ali Ghasemi was second in 6.66secs.
In the women’s long jump, Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan, who took triple jump gold at the 2012 Olympics, was beaten into third place, with India’s Mayookha Johny taking top spot with a jump of 6.35m.
Also yesterday, China’s Li Ling regained the pole vault crown she previously won in 2012, setting a championship record of 4.70m in the process. She beat her countrywoman Ren Mengqian into second place, who vaulted 4.30m.
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