JAKARTA---Failing to handle the heat when the run came, Kim Mangrobang faded in the final 2.5 kilometers on Friday and settled for a seventh place finish in the women's triathlon event of the 18th Asian Games won by Japan's Yuko Takahashi in Palembang province. Used to training in colder settings in Rio Maior, Portugal before coming over, Mangrobang had a difficult time dealing with 30-degree Celsius weather during the run, finishing with a time of two-hours, five-minutes and 20 seconds for the swim-bike-run race that wound up in front of the massive Jakabaring Sports Complex. Still, it was an improvement from the ninth place finish she had in Incheon, South Korea in 2014, even...
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