Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Isa Jamal bagged the women's 1500 meters crown here on Tuesday at the Asian Games' athletics tournament with nearly half a second lead.

The 26-year-old clocked four minutes and 8.22 seconds to Vietnam runner Truong Thanh Hang's 4:09.58, beating another Bahrain racer Mimi Belete Gebregeiorges to the third place with a time of 4:10.42.

Su Qian finished the fourth after timing 4:11.76, which is a personal best result for the Chinese.

Jamal's winning time is a far down result from the reigning world and Asian record of 3:50.46, set by China's Qu Yunxia 17 years ago.

(Xinhua News Agency November 23, 2010)