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Tereshkova claims Asiad gold at women's 400m
11/12/2006 10:45

Kazakhstan's Olga Tereshkova won the women's 400 meters at the Asian Games here on Sunday.

The 22-year-old, who finished seventh in last September's IAAF World Cup in Athens, led the race all the way to clock 51.86 seconds for the title.

Manjeet Kaur of India and Japan's Asami Tanno took the silver and bronze medals with 0.31 and 1.18 seconds behind respectively.

China's Tang Xiaoyin finished fifth with a time of 53.06.



Xinhua News