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1189:(KSA)
1180:(IND)
1171:(QAT)
1162:(CHN)
1153:(QAT)
1144:(JPN)
1135:(CHN)
1126:(IND)
1117:(JPN)
1108:(JPN)
1099:(JPN)
1038:(BRN)
1029:(BRN)
1020:(BRN)
1011:(BRN)
1002:(BRN)
993:(KSA)
984:(JPN)
975:(JPN)
966:(JPN)
957:(JPN)
948:(CHN)
939:(IND)
930:(JPN)
921:(CEY)
912:(JPN)
903:(IND)
894:(JPN)
885:(KOR)
876:(JPN)
815:(BRN)
806:(QAT)
797:(BRN)
788:(QAT)
779:(KSA)
770:(QAT)
761:(JPN)
752:(QAT)
743:(KOR)
734:(JPN)
725:(IND)
716:(IND)
707:(CEY)
698:(JPN)
689:(PAK)
680:(JPN)
671:(IRI)
76:Event
67:Sport
62:Sport
325:Rome
227:2018
171:2017
110:best
46:Born
604:at
584:at
442:in
410:in
347:in
335:in
311:in
303:in
291:in
267:in
247:in
235:in
183:in
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487:^
465:^
223:.
139:.
1072:e
1065:t
1058:v
849:e
842:t
835:v
644:e
637:t
630:v
553:.
539:.
525:.
500:.
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