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Al Ghasara wins women's 200m gold for Bahrain
12/12/2006 10:29

Ruqaya Al Ghasara captured the title at the women's 200 meters at the Asian Games in Doha on Monday.

Al Ghasara, 24, clocked 23.19 seconds for the title in the windy Khalifa Stadium, beating Uzbekistan's Guzel Khubbieva to the second with a time of 23.30.

Sri Lanka's Susanthika Jayasinghe settled for the bronze medal on 23.42, while the qualified Chinese duo, Han Ling and Chen Jue, finished fourth and seventh after timing 23.66 and 24.17 respectively.



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