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Bahrain's Jebet stripped of athletics gold in Asian Games

 

Teenaged Bahrain steeplechaser Ruth Jebet was dramatically stripped of gold just before she mounted the podium on Saturday as the Asian Games athletics started in a storm of controversy.

The Kenya-born runner comfortably won but as she stood behind the podium, with China's Li Zhenzhu and India's Lalita Babar already wearing their medals, her disqualification was announced to the stunned stadium.

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