Kazakhstan’s Olga Safronova won gold in the women’s 100m at the Asian Athletics Championships, currently being held in Doha and continuing until April 24, making her the fastest woman on the Asian continent.
Japan’s Yoshihide Kiryu won the men’s 100m after a fierce and thrilling contest, giving his country their first gold of the championships.
Olga took first place in 11.17 seconds, snatching gold from China’s Liang and Wei, who finished second and third, with Liang taking silver in 11.28 seconds and Wei Yongli claiming bronze in 11.37 seconds.
Kiryu won gold in 10.10 seconds, just three-hundredths of a second ahead of Indonesia’s Lalu Muhammad Zohri, who finished second for silver in 10.13 seconds, a new national record for his country in this event, while bronze went to China’s Wei Zhiqiang, who came third in 10.18 seconds.
