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Qatar’s Femi Ogunode (right) in action during the men’s 200m semi-finals of the 200m race at the Asian Athletics Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in on Tuesday. (Photographs: Hanson K Joseph) Chinese runners celebrate with the gold medal after winning the women’s 4x100m Relay on Tuesday.

Ayeni Olusegun his season best 74.92m men’s 4x100m as China were Shitaye Habtegebrel set a new Doha while the Olympic cham- disqualified for lane infringe- record in the women’s 10,000m pion Nazarov also had a sea- ment after winning what would with a time of 31:15.62 ahead Another spectacular day at son best 71.46m. Ahmed El have been a consecutive Asian of Japan’s Hitomi Niiya. In- the Asian Athletics Champion- Sify raised hopes of another Championships gold medal. dia’s Baburao Sanjivani Jad- ships saw more championship medal for Qatar after the The disqualification means hav claimed another bronze to records set at the Khalifa Inter- hotly-contested qualifying Thailand were upgraded to gold add to her 2017 medal in the national Stadium on Tuesday. stage. Tajik who is president while Chinese and Oman 5000m. For the hosts Qatar, it was a of his country’s federation, bagged silver and bronze, re- China have won the most bittersweet day as 200m Asian has only lost once in the con- spectively. medals with six gold, nine silver record holder Femi Ogunode tinent when he was beaten at Former Asian champion and six bronze medals. despite qualifying for the fi- the last year by nals with the best time (20.63) El Seify. results seemed to pick up a hamstring China scorched the track injury in the process. Ogunode in the women’s 4x100m relay TUESDAY’S FINALS RESULTS 2. Rui Zeng (CHN) 13.65 who also holds the record in setting a new championship Women’s 3000m Steeplechase 3. V. Heenatimullage Dona (SRI) 13.53 1. Winfred Mutile Yavi (BRN) 9:46.18 (SB) 100m, dominated from the record and world lead in the 2. Shuangshuang Xu (CHN) 9:51.76 (SB) Women’s High Jump heats and semis but clutched process. The Chinese team 3. Tigest Mekonen (BRN) 9:53.96 (SB) 1. Nadezhda Dusanova (UZB) 1.90m his left hamstring immediately clocked 42.87secs to surpass 2. Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ) 1.88 after the race. their previous record set at the Women’s Heptathlon 3. Svetlana Radzivil (UZB) 1.88 1. Ekaterina Vornina (UZB) 6198 pts (WL) “It didn’t go well,” moaned meet in 2015. Kazakh- 2. Swapna Barman (IND) 5993 (SB) 4x400m Mixed Relay the former Asian Athlete of the stan claimed silver led by 100m 3. Qingling Wang (CHN) 5829 (SB) 1. Bahrain 3:15.75 Year. “My left hamstring hurts. record holder Olga Safronova 2. India 3:16.47 I am not sure I will be able to while Bahrain completed the Japanese gold medallist Keisuke Ushiro is flanked by silver medallist Majed Alzaid (left) and compatriot Men’s 3. Japan 3:20.29 1. Keisuke Ushiro (JPN) 7872 pts compete in the final,” he said podium. Ahiko Nakamura after the prize distribution ceremony of the decathlon on Tuesday. 2. Majed al-Zaid (KUW) 7838 (NR) Women’s 10000m as his participation in the final “We wanted to win badly 3. Akhiko Nakamura (JPN) 7837 1. Shitaye Habtegebrel (BRN) 3:15.62 (CR) remains in doubt. today,” said Liang Xiaojing. pressive showing particularly in event,” she added. Ushiro scooped up the gold 2. Hitomi Niiya (JPN) 31:22.63 Philippines’ Eric Cray was “We lost to Bahrain in the last the javelin. India’s Barman, who fin- med