1-15 December 2006
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10 December - Day 10
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Never flagging: Mubarak Hassan Shami won marathon gold for Qatar
Shami leathers the opposition
It was another action-packed day at Doha 2006 with 28 sports producing 34 finals.
The day couldn’t have started better for hosts Qatar as Mubarak Hassan Shami thrilled fans who lined Doha’s signature Corniche to see him speed away from the opposition to win the men’s marathon in a time of 2:12.44.
Qatari joy shifted to the Khalifa Stadium later in the day where Daham Najm Bashair won the men’s 1500m in a photo finish.
Other winners included Daichi Sawano of Japan in the men’s pole vault, IR Iran’s Ehran Hadadi in the men’s discus, Hamdan Awrah Al Bishi of Saudi Arabia in the men’s 400m, and Japan’s Kenji Narisako in the men’s 400m hurdles.
Among the women’s events there was a Chinese double as Liu Jing won the 100m hurdles and Huang Xaioxiao took the 400m hurdles title. Kazakhstan’s Olga Tereshkova won the 400m and Kumiko Ikeda of Japan, the long jump.
Day one of the men’s decathlon ended with Dimitry Karpov of Kazakhstan leading the field with a total of 4474 points. Defending champion, Qi Haifeng of China pulled out after injuring his leg during warm up.
Never flagging: Mubarak Hassan Shami won marathon gold for QatarIt was another action-packed day at Doha 2006 with 28 sports producing 34 finals.
The day couldn’t have started better for hosts Qatar as Mubarak Hassan Shami thrilled fans who lined Doha’s signature Corniche to see him speed away from the opposition to win the men’s marathon in a time of 2:12.44.
Qatari joy shifted to the Khalifa Stadium later in the day where Daham Najm Bashair won the men’s 1500m in a photo finish.
Other winners included Daichi Sawano of Japan in the men’s pole vault, IR Iran’s Ehran Hadadi in the men’s discus, Hamdan Awrah Al Bishi of Saudi Arabia in the men’s 400m, and Japan’s Kenji Narisako in the men’s 400m hurdles.
Among the women’s events there was a Chinese double as Liu Jing won the 100m hurdles and Huang Xaioxiao took the 400m hurdles title. Kazakhstan’s Olga Tereshkova won the 400m and Kumiko Ikeda of Japan, the long jump.
Day one of the men’s decathlon ended with Dimitry Karpov of Kazakhstan leading the field with a total of 4474 points. Defending champion, Qi Haifeng of China pulled out after injuring his leg during warm up.
Over at ASPIRE Indoor Hall, rhythmic gymnastics golden girl Ayali Yussupova grabbed her second crown of the Games by winning the women’s all around title.
Korea’s three wrestling Kim’s, Kim Gwang Seok, Kim Min Chul and Kim Jung Sub secured a trio of titles on a day when Korea also took four taekwondo golds and two in bowling.
Defending champions DPR Korea beat China to set up a women’s football final against Japan, who triumphed over Korea.
China’s divers dominated the pool, Jia Tong and Chen Ruolin winning the women’s synchro 10m platform final, and world champions Wang Feng and He Chong taking the men’s synchro 3m springboard gold.
There was double triumph for Thailand in the sepaktakraw regu finals – their men’s team beat arch rivals Malaysia and the women’s side defeated Vietnam.
It was a day of despair too. A 1-1 draw with Korea wasn’t enough for India’s men’s hockey team to secure a semifinal berth, which means they miss out on a hockey medal for the first time in Asian Games history.
Korea’s three wrestling Kim’s, Kim Gwang Seok, Kim Min Chul and Kim Jung Sub secured a trio of titles on a day when Korea also took four taekwondo golds and two in bowling.
Defending champions DPR Korea beat China to set up a women’s football final against Japan, who triumphed over Korea.
China’s divers dominated the pool, Jia Tong and Chen Ruolin winning the women’s synchro 10m platform final, and world champions Wang Feng and He Chong taking the men’s synchro 3m springboard gold.
There was double triumph for Thailand in the sepaktakraw regu finals – their men’s team beat arch rivals Malaysia and the women’s side defeated Vietnam.
It was a day of despair too. A 1-1 draw with Korea wasn’t enough for India’s men’s hockey team to secure a semifinal berth, which means they miss out on a hockey medal for the first time in Asian Games history.
The streets of Doha’s Corniche were paved with gold for Qatar’s Mubarak Hassan Shami as he won the ....
The Qatari flags were waving madly at Khalifa Stadium after Daham Najm Bashair won the men’s 1500m ....
Kim Gwang Seok made it three wrestling champions out of four events for Korea on Sunday 10 December ....
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Two fast and furious fencing finals saw China and Korea swap honours, each clinching one gold and ....
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