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Asian Games: Bahrain's Odiong completes women's sprint double in Jakarta

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Sudipto Ganguly, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/08/30/runner.jpg"/><figcaption>Edidiong Odiong of Bahrain celebrates after winning gold medal. Cathal Mcnaughton, Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>JAKARTA - Nigerian-born Edidiong Odiong of Bahrain pipped India&#x27;s Dutee Chand for the 2nd time in 3 days to win the women&#x27;s 200 meters gold and claim the prestigious sprint double at the Asian Games on Wednesday.Wei Yongli of China again came 3 to claim bronze in an exact repeat of the top 3 places in Sunday&#x27;s 100m sprint final at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.In the shorter sprint, the 21-year-old Odiong won in a photo-finish over India&#x27;s Chand but was a clear winner on Wednesday, clocking 22.96 seconds.She became the 4th woman to win the sprint double in a single Asian Games.Chand, who was cleared to race in 2015 following a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on gender testing guidelines, finished with a creditable double silver after finishing in 23.20 seconds.&quot;I am very happy to win 2 silver medals in sprint,&quot; Chand told reporters. &quot;I achieved my personal best in the 200m semifinals on Tuesday and gave my all. The body didn&#x27;t recover sufficiently so I couldn&#x27;t give a good timing in the final.&quot;But I am satisfied that I will be the 1st Indian woman to take back 2 individual silver medals from track. That&#x27;s history for me.&quot;<div>CASH AWARD</div>The Lausanne-based CAS in 2016 suspended the governing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulations regarding hyperandrogenism, a condition which produces high testosterone levels.The 22-year-old from Odisha has long lived with the condition and for a year was unable to run in IAAF competition.&quot;God has given me lot of trouble from 2014 till 2017. I don&#x27;t think any athlete has gone through what I have experienced,&quot; she said, adding that the chief minister of her state had already offered a cash award for her 100m silver.&quot;I want to thank everyone who helped me during my dark times. This wouldn&#x27;t have been possible without their support.&quot;China&#x27;s Wei, who recently became the 1st Asian woman to break the 11 seconds barrier in the 100m, had to be satisfied with another bronze.In the men&#x27;s 200m final, Japan&#x27;s Yuki Koike clocked 20.23 seconds to beat Taiwan&#x27;s Yang Chunhan in a photo finish.Earlier on Wednesday, China grabbed gold in the men&#x27;s and women&#x27;s 20km walk.Yang Jiayu&#x27;s women&#x27;s gold means the country has won the event at each of the 5 Asian Games in which it has been held since 2002.Wang Kaihua won the men&#x27;s competition making it 8 of the last 9 Asian Games that China has bagged gold. - With additional reporting by Jessia Damiana, Reuters

JAKARTA - Nigerian-born Edidiong Odiong of Bahrain pipped India's Dutee Chand for the 2nd time in 3 days to win the women's 200 meters gold and claim the prestigious sprint double at the Asian Games on Wednesday.

JAKARTA - Nigerian-born Edidiong Odiong of Bahrain pipped India's Dutee Chand for the 2nd time in 3 days to win the women's 200 meters gold and claim the prestigious sprint double at the Asian Games on Wednesday.

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Asian Games: Bahrain's Odiong completes women's sprint double in Jakarta

Sudipto Ganguly,

Reuters

Published August 30, 2018 06:54 AM PHT

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