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Jilin snatches its first cycling gold at National Games
14/10/2005 18:17

Zhao Haijun claimed Jilin's first cycling gold at the 10th Chinese National Games when she won the women's individual 3-kilometer pursuit on Friday.

Zhao clocked three minutes and 45.644 seconds, beating Wang Li of Jiangsu province into the second place. Wang, who won Thursday's preliminary round in an Asian-record time of 3:43.502, failed to repeat the feat and was timed 3:47.695 seconds.

Yunnan cyclist Zheng Puxiang grabbed the bronze in 3 minutes 50.998 seconds.



 Xinhua