The 2010

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships were held for the first time in 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, 2004. Run by the Asian Athletics Association, the championships take place biennially in different cities all over Asia.

, also known as the IV Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, was an international indoor

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event took place in

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, between 24 and 26 February. This was the second edition to be hosted in the country as the first championships was also held at the Aftab Enghelab Complex in Tehran. A total of 23 nations sent athletes to compete at the championships, which featured 26

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events. The championships featured somewhat moderate performances –

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, who topped the table at the previous edition, decided against sending a number of their top athletes. However, for many athletes it acted as a testing ground in the build up to the

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in March.Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-02-27
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. Retrieved on 2010-02-27. The hosts Iran topped the medal table with five golds.

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was second with four golds while

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had the second greatest medal haul with a total of 14. Six Asian Indoor Championships records were broken or equalled at the championships. The female events were held separately from the men's events, taking place during the morning sessions. Due to the Islamic country's customs, men were forbidden from watching the female events. All four of

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's medals were won by only two women: twenty-year-old

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won both the

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and

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events while her compatriot Tatyana Borisova managed an

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silver and 1500 m bronze. Kazakhstan's Oksana Verner was another athlete to win two individual medals as she took silver behind Poliudina on both occasions. Satyender Singh's personal best and championship record throw in the

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was one of highlights of the programme, although the women's

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was a less-contested affair as only two athletes took part. It was later revealed that Oksana Verner and 400 metres gold medallist Munira Saleh failed a drugs test at the event and was banned from the sport for two years and life respectively.مثبت شدن دوپينگ دو دونده آسيايي
. ISNA (2010-04-16). Retrieved on 2010-08-08.

Results

Men

Women

Medal table

Participating nations

A total of 23 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2010 championships.Medal Tally
. Amateur Athletic Federation of Islamic Republic of Iran. Retrieved on 2010-02-27. This was a smaller amount than the total number of nations that attended the 2008 edition (29). * (2) * (14) * (6) * (18) * (1) * (57) * (9) * (6) * (23) * (5) * (4) * (3) * (5) * (5) * (2) * (5) * (2) * (10) * (4) * (3) * (5) * (1) * (3)

References

External links

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Official website
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