Seoul, Oct. 2. (BNA) –First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport (SCYS), President of the West Asian Athletics Association and Chairman of Bahrain Athletics Association (BAA) and Head of Bahrain’s delegation to the 2014 Asian Games (Asiad) Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa attended Asian Games women’s marathon, in which Bahraini athletes Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa and Lishan Dula Gemechu won the gold and bronze medals respectively.
Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa completed the race in 2:25:37, and Lishan Dula Gemechu clocked 2:33:13.

Shaikh Khalid expressed his delight following the kingdom’s winning of the sixth gold medal and second bronze medal in the current Asian Games.

He lauded the handball team which achieved the third place, to become the first medal for Bahrain in collective games in Asiad, highlighting the players’ outstanding performance as well as the administrative and technical bodies.

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BNA 1558 GMT 2014/10/02