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at the

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was held in

Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium or Mỹ Đình Indoor Athletics Arena ( vi, Cung Điền kinh Hà Nội or Cung Thi đấu Điền kinh trong nhà Mỹ Đình) is an indoor arena in Hanoi, Vietnam. It has a capacity of 3,094 using permanent seating a ...

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from 31 October to 2 November 2009. On the first day of competition youth beat out experience in the

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races: representing the host nation,

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set a personal best to edge veteran

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to the women's gold, and 20-year-old

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also ran a personal best to win the men's race. Chinese athlete

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won the women's pole vault by almost half a metre (her mark of 4.45 m just one centimetre off the Asian record). Liu Qing won China's third gold of the day in the

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, just beating

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, while

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

took their first athletics gold of the Games when Leila Rajabi scored an indoor best in the

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. China,

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and

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each picked up two golds on the second day.

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's 7.69 seconds in the

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was a Games record and compatriot

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took gold in the

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. For Kazakhstan, Asian record holder

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was unmatched in the

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but

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only just took the gold in the

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, beating

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's Majededdin Ghazal on count-back. Saudis Ahmed Faiz and Ismail Al-Sabiani won close contests in the

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and 400 m competitions, while another Games record came in the

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, with

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from Qatar taking the victory. A total of 13 events were brought to a close on the third and final day of the athletics competition, with new Games records coming in all but the women’s 3000 m and relay race. Golds for

, Margarita Matsko, Roman Valiyev and the relay team assured first place in the medals for Kazakhstan. The high jump was again won on countback, as Noengrothai Chaipetch was edged out by

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. Her compatriot

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set an indoor best of 5.60 m to win the pole vault. China took just one medal on the last day, but Iran raised their gold count to three through shot putter Amin Nikfar and 800 m runner

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. Mohammed Al-Qaree upset Olympic medallist

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in the

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, Wallapa Punsoongneun beat reigning champion Natalya Ivoninskaya in the hurdles, and

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made it two golds for Qatar in the

.Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2009-11-02)
Andreyev's 5.60m vault the highlight as Asian Indoor Games conclude in Hanoi

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. Retrieved on 2009-11-02.

Medalists

Men

Women

Medal table

Results

Men

60 m

31 October

=Round 1

=Semifinals

=Final

400 m

=Round 1

= 31 October

=Semifinals

= 1 November

=Final

= 1 November

800 m

=Round 1

= 1 November

=Final

= 2 November

1500 m

=Round 1

= 1 November

=Final

= 2 November

3000 m

1 November

60 m hurdles

1 November

=Round 1

=Final

4 × 400 m relay

2 November

High jump

1 November

Pole vault

2 November

Long jump

1 November

Triple jump

2 November

Shot put

2 November

Heptathlon

1–2 November

Women

60 m

31 October

=Round 1

=Final

400 m

=Round 1

= 31 October

=Final

= 1 November

800 m

2 November

1500 m

31 October

3000 m

2 November

60 m hurdles

2 November

4 × 400 m relay

2 November

High jump

2 November

Pole vault

31 October

Long jump

2 November

Triple jump

1 November

Shot put

31 October

Pentathlon

31 October

References

External links

Official site
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