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Jaisha wins bronze in 5000m
India`s O P V Jaisha won the bronze medal in the women`s 5,000 metre race at the Asian games today.
Doha, Dec 11: India`s O P V Jaisha won the bronze
medal in the women`s 5,000 metre race at the Asian games
today.
The 23-year-old Kerala-born distance runner completed the
gruelling race in 15 minutes and 41.91 seconds to take the
third place behind China`s gold medallist Xue Fei (15:40.12)
and silver medallist Kayo Sugihara of Japan (15:40.87).
Another Indian athlete, Preeja Sreedharan, came in fifth in 15:51.89.
Bureau Report