Mubarak Hassan Shami of Qatar claimed the men's marathon gold
medal in 2 hours 12 minutes 44 seconds at the 15th Asian Games on
Sunday.
Japanese Satoshi Osaki and Khalid Kamal Yaseen of Bahrain had to
share the silver medals after both finished the 42.195-kilometer
race in 2:15:36.
Shami's victory ruined South Korea's dream of winning a fifth
successive marathon gold in as many Asiad. Despite faring badly in
athletics in previous years, South Korean marathoners have topped
the podium at every games since the 1990 edition in Beijing.
(Xinhua News Agency December 10, 2006)