Athletics - 2018 Asian Games - Women's 200m Final - GBK Main Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia - August 29, 2018. Edidiong Odiong of Bahrain wins. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Bahrain's Nigerian-born Edidiong Odiong picked up her third gold medal of the Asian Games on Thursday when she led her country to the women's 4x100 metres relay title, ending China's hold on the event.
The Chinese women had won the last seven of eight gold medals at the Asian Games in the 4x100m but had to be satisfied with silver after the Bahrain team won in a Games record 42.73 seconds. Kazakhstan picked up the bronze.
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