Women's 5000m 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Bahrain Wins two golds In mixed 4x400m 

relay, Women's 5000m

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Bahrain collected two more athletic golds after its athletes became the fastest in the mixed 4 x 400-meters relay and the women's 5,000 m events on Tuesday.

Bahrain's mixed-relay team, consisting of Ali Khamis, Oluwakemi Adekoya, Salwa Naser and Abbas, clocked in at three minutes 11 seconds in the 4 x 400 m relay at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta.

The silver medal went to India with a time of three minutes 15 seconds. The Indian team comprises of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Poovamma Raju Machettira, Hima Das and Arokiarajiv.

Kazakhstan quartet Svetlana Golendova, Dmitriy Koblov, Elina Mikhina and Mikhail Litvin took home the bronze with a time of 3 minutes 19 seconds.

Indonesia’s Heru Astriyanto, Gusti Ayu Mardili Ningsih, Arif Rahman and Maulidah came home empty-handed.  

Meanwhile, Bahrain runner Kalkidan Befkadu grabbed the gold medal in the women’s 5,000 m after reaching the finish line in 15 minutes 8 seconds.

Her time, however, is still above the Asian Games record of 14 minutes 40 seconds, set by China runner Sun YJ in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.

Kalkidan's compatriot, Bontu Rebitu, won the bronze medal with a time of 15:36.

Kyrgyztan runner Daria Maslova snatched the silver medal with a time of 15 minutes and 30 seconds.

Indonesian runner Odekta Elvina Naibaho compeleted the race in 17 minutes and 20 seconds and settled for 12th.