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Bahrain's Kenya-born runner Ruth Jebet regains gold after being disqualified

Bahrain's Ruth Jebet (C) gestures as India's Lalita Shivaji Babar (L) and China's Li Zhenzhu (R) look on at the podium at the medal ceremony on the final of the women's 3,000m steeplechase athletics event during the 17th Asian Games at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon on September 27, 2014.

Teenage steeplechaser Ruth Jebet had her Asian Games gold medal restored on appeal Sunday as dominant China passed 100 wins with a week's competition still to go.

Kenya-born Jebet, 17, was left in tears when she was stripped of her big victory late on Saturday as she waited at the podium to receive her gold medal.

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