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Adekoya surges to women’s hurdles title Baku 54.68 seconds - just 8 hundredths off ahrain’s Oluwakemi Adekoya was her personal best - to hand Bahrain their crowned women’s 400-metre hurdles second athletics gold of the day. championB after blitzing the field yesterday. Adekoya’s performance was Adekoya was huge favourite too much for the rest with having already won gold at the Nigeria’s Glory Onome and Asian Nathaniel over a second Championships in the behind in discipline, and silver, while she scorched Aminat Jamal to a time of took bronze.

Oluwakemi Adekoyacompetes during the Women’s 400m Hurdles Family business for in shooting Baku uslan Lunev claimed his fifth gold medal on home soilR at the in Baku as the Azeri Uzbekistan, dominated the mixed 10-metre Azberbaijan air 50 pistol final alongside impress in first cousin Nigar Nasirova. Lunev bagged his other semis titles in individual events, Baku striking gold in the 25-metre osts Azerbaijan centre fire pistol, the 25-metre Hdominated the rapid fire pistol, the 25-metre semi-finals of the boxing Brilliant Khamis standard pistol and finally the competition as six of their 10-metre air pistol. athletes reached today’s In was a family matter also finals. wins Bahrain’s in the other shooting action It was also a good day for of the day as husband Emin Uzbekistan, who will have Jafarov and wife Nurlana a chance to contest gold- third athletics gold Jafarova took the silver in the medal bouts in three different Baku European Games mixed skeet final after being weight categories. li Khamis Khamis silver medallist Rahib edged out by Hasan Mohamed The semi-finals in all 10 capped off a Mammadov. and Maryam Hassani. weight divisions were held Ascintillating day for Almuwallad’s time Azerbaijan finished the at Baku’s Crystal Hall Bahrain at the fourth of 13.68s was just 8 shooting competition with yesterday, with the 20 Islamic Solidarity Games hundredths shy of his a total of ten medals, six of losers earning themselves as he landed his country’s personal best, while Iraqi them gold, while Turkey had a bronze medal. third athletics gold medal Mohammed Sad Al-Khfaji thirteen medals but just four with victory in the men’s finished strongly to earn golds. 400-metre final. bronze. also had a good The Asian Games It was another good competition, claiming champion from Incheon day for the host nation four golds, five silvers and three years ago was pushed Azerbaijan as they chalked three bronzes, including a all the way by Winston up three more athletics clean sweep in the women’s George, but he moved golds to make it seven in 50-metre rifle 3 positions past the Guyana athlete on total. Noora Jassim perfoms in the through Nalmeh Khedmati, the final straight to claim Nazim Babayev leapt women’s shot put event Elaheh Ahmadi and Mahlagha gold in 45.54 seconds in a 17.15 metres in the men’s Jambozorg. thrilling race. triple jump final to snatch George, who has gold ahead of compatriot another chance of gold Alexis Copello in Thursday’s 200-metre (16.90m). final, claimed silver Suriname’s in 45.69s ahead of the Miguel Van Iranian bronze medallist Assen did Ali Khadivar. enough for Saudi Arabia’s Ahmed bronze. Almuwallad earned a superb gold in the men’s 110- metre hurdles ahead of Ali Khamis Khamis poses Azerbaijan’s on the podium of the Men’s 400m race