Jakarta Diary, first day of athletics: World Champion Rose Chelimo wins Asian Games Marathon

Rose Chelimo, Boston 2017, photo by PhotoRun.net

World Champion wins marathon

JAKARTA (INA, Aug 26): Second day of athletics started with women marathon won by reigning World champion Rose Chelimo of Bahrain in 2:34:51. It is second gold at the Games for Bahrain women in marathon. Silver for Japanese Keiko Nogami 2:36:27 and bronze medal for North Korean Kim Hye Song 2:37:20. In total 17 runners finished the race. Kemi Adekoya of Bahrain clocked Games record in women 400 m hurdles heats 54.87. Second fastest Quach Thi Lan of Vietnam improved the national record to 55.74 as second.

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Sunday is definitely not a stay-in-bed day for athletes participating in the Women’s Marathon. Nineteen athletes began their day at GBK Main Stadium to test their endurance and speed. If you saw a cluster of women running past you this morning, you are lucky to have been graced by the presence of superwomen zooming by. #AsianGames2018 #EnergyOfAsia ðŸ“· INASGOC/ANTARA
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RunBlogRun opines: Rose Chelimo won the London 2017 World Championships in a very close battle on the streets of London. The race was terrribly close, with seconds the difference between gold, silver and bronze. Rose Chelimo had seven seconds on Edna Kiplagat (silver) and bronze (Amy Cragg). In Jakartar, Rose Chelimo won in 2:34.51, putting 96 on the silver medal winner, Keiko Nogami (2:36.37) of Japan, and the Kim Hye Song, of North Korea, who ran 2:37.20 for the bronze medal. Watch Rose Chelimo, as she has got this Championship medal thing down.

World champion Rose Chelimo of Bahrain ðŸ‡§ðŸ‡ won Gold medal in the women’s marathon final of 18th Asian Games 2018 with a performance of 2:34:51. Japan’s Keiko Nogami took silver medal and Kim Hye Song of DPR won bronze medal. @asiangames2018 @baa_bh @jaaf_official pic.twitter.com/ofHFMXtvwB
— Asian Athletics (@asianathletics) August 26, 2018

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