At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England, runner Maryam Yusuf Jamal became Bahrain's first Olympic medalist when she won a bronze in the women's 1,500m race. Jamal is the first female athlete from a Persian Gulf nation to win an Olympic medal Bahrain will host a 19 Asian Games 2009 there are 8 stadiums are: Northern City Athletics, Durrat Al Bahrain Aquactics, Tree of Life Fencing, Marasi Al Bahrain Beach Volleyball, Bahrain Bay Cycling, Bahrain International Circuit Badmintion and King Fahd Causeway football Stadium and host cities are: Manama, Muharraq, Isa Town, Riffa, Sitra, King Fahd Causeway (Bahraini Side), Durrat Al Bahrain and Diyar Al Muharraq .[35]