Asian Games 2014: Indians end up 4th and 8th in women’s 5000 final

Incheon: Oct 2, 2014

Indian runners O.P. Jaisha and Preeja Sreedharan finished fourth and eighth respectively in the women’s 5,000 metres final at the Asian Games on Thursday. Though Jaisa clocked a personal best time of 15 minutes and 18.3 seconds, she was way behind the podium finishers at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium.

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The gold and silver went to Bahraini athletes. While Maryam Yusuf Isa Jamal took the yellow metal in 14:59.69, Mimi Belete Gebregeiorges went home with the silver. China’s Ding Changqin clinched the bronze, clocking 15:12.51. Preeja, on the other hand, finished the race in eighth, out of 17 competitors, with a season’s best time of 15:39.52.

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