Women's 200 meters 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Bahraini and Japanese Win gold In the 

Women's 200 meters

In

Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Bahraini runner Odiong Edodiong won the gold medal in the women's 200 meters at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Wednesday night.

Odidiong, wearing the number 116, crossed the finish line at 22.96 seconds, while silver was taken by Indian runner Chand Dutee at 23.20 seconds.

Bronze was won by Chinese runner Wei Yongli at 23.27 seconds. The three were unable to break the Asian Games record in the name of Darsha Damayanthi from Sri Lanka at 22.48 seconds.

Bahraini runner Odidiong, who occupied the fifth track in the first 100 meters, kept pace with the group, but once entering the last 100 meters she broke away to finish.

Meanwhile, in the men's 200 meters, the gold medal was won by Japanese runner IIzuka Shota at 20.23 seconds.

The silver medal was won by Chinese Taipei runner Yang Chunhan at 20.23 seconds while bronze was won by Bahraini runner Yaqoob at 20.55 seconds.

From the start, the Japanese and Chinese Taipei runners left their opponents at a considerable distance. They were neck and neck up to the finish line.

In the two 200 meters running category, there were no representatives from Indonesia.