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Yurie Yano clinches women's 200m butterfly gold at Asiad
5/12/2006 10:21

Japanese Yurie Yano came from behind to clinch the women's 200m butterfly title here on Monday at the 15th Asian Games.

Yano, eighth-place finisher in last year's world championships, bagged the second gold of the night for her country in two minutes9.08 seconds.

South Korean Choi Hye Ra, 15, took silver with 0.56 seconds behind and third went to defending champion Yuko Nakanishi in 2:09.75, who holds the Asian record in 2:06.52.



Xinhua News