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Jamal flops as Pakistan win Asiad hockey title
AFP - Friday, November 26
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Jamal flops as Pakistan win Asiad hockey title
GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) - – World champion Maryam Jamal failed dismally in her bid for a middle distance double on Thursday as a fired-up Pakistan won its first men's Asian Games hockey gold in 20 years.
The Pakistani breakthrough, their first major title since the World Cup in Sydney in 1994, went some way to compensate for their cricket team being stunned by Afghanistan in the semi-finals.
On Day 13, China has its sights firmly set on shattering its best-ever gold medal haul, which stands at 183 from the Beijing Asiad in 1990.
They now have 181 with two days left, having already made the Guangzhou Games its most successful ever in terms of total medals with 376 safely in Chinese hands.
Policewoman Ren Cancan contributed by becoming the first woman to win an Asian Games boxing title by defeating Annie Albania of the Philippines in the 48-51kg bout.
Malaysia also tasted success with world number one Nicol David leading her country past Hong Kong to win the women's team squash gold.
But their quest for a clean-sweep was denied when Pakistan won the men's team final.
There was disappointment for Bahrain's Ethiopian-born Jamal who missed out on adding the 800m gold to the 1500m one she won on Tuesday, failing in her bid to match her exploits from four years ago in Doha.
The 1500m world champion slumped to sixth as tiredness took over, allowing Kazakhstan's Margarita Matsko to take the glory.
"I'm very tired. It's not easy. I know myself and before I ran I knew my body was tired," the 26-year-old said, adding that she would focus on the 1500m in future.
"I don't want to run a double like this because it's not good for my body. I'm going to prepare for gold at the Olympics. I'm confident I can win gold."
While Jamal flopped, Japan's Chisato Fukushima completed her own double by adding the 200m title to the 100m already to her name.
Fukushima clocked 23.62 seconds, with Vietnam's Vu Thi Huong taking silver and Guzel Khubbieva of Kazakhstan claiming bronze.
"I feel very, very, very happy," she said. "And I will try to get another gold medal in the 4x100m relay with my teammates."
In other events, Qatar's Femi Ogunode added the men's 200m to his 400m title, South Korea's Lee Yeon-Kyung took the women's 100m hurdles and India's Ashwini Akkunji stood atop the 400m hurdles podium.
Veteran Sohail Abbas helped Pakistan beat Malaysia 2-0 in the hockey final and in doing so booking their place at the London Olympics.
It was their eighth Asiad hockey gold, but their first since Beijing in 1990.
"Taking the gold after 20 years was important, but I am happier that we have also booked a place in the Olympics," said captain Zeeshan Ashraf.
Former champions India defeated favourites South Korea 1-0 in the bronze medal play-off.
War-ravaged Afghanistan have only won two medals so far, a silver and bronze in the taekwondo, but they guaranteed themselves another by upsetting Pakistan by 22 runs in the cricket.
In the first meeting between them, Afghanistan scored 125-8 in their 20 overs before limiting Pakistan's flamboyant batsmen to just 103-7 as their fairytale rise in the sport continued.
"It's a big win for Afghanistan. Every person there is watching the match and everybody is happy about this win," said captain Mohammad Nabi.
Their reward is a gold medal clash on Friday against Bangladesh, who beat Sri Lanka by five wickets.
Meanwhile, China's Wang Shipeng hit a three point shot with 13 seconds left as the reigning basketball champions beat Iran 68-65 to make the final against South Korea, who dispatched Japan 55-51.
China clinched women's basketball gold with a 70-64 win over South Korea.
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