The Qatari athletics team raised its tally to 13 colored medals in the competitions of the second day of the West Asian Championship for men and women – Qatar 2023, which is held on the track and field of Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar Club and continues until tomorrow under the auspices of the Seashore Group, the official sponsor of the Athletics Association, with the participation of 12 teams. It is the host country team and the teams of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Sultanate of Oman, Palestine, Yemen and Syria. The five new medals for the Qatari forces came with two golds, one silver and two bronzes, while the outcome of the first day was 8 medals, with 4 golds, two silvers and two bronzes. seconds, while the Lebanese Maria Nohra came in second place with a time of 59.79 seconds, and her compatriot Lynn Ghazzawi came in third place with a time of 1.00.57 minutes. The men’s 400-meter race witnessed a great brilliance for our runners, after they imposed their control on the podium by achieving the first and second places, as our runners Ammar Ismail Yahya succeeded in finishing the race with a time of 46.23 seconds, and his colleague Ashraf Hussein Othman came in second place with a time of 47.33 seconds, and the Iraqi Yasser Ali Saadawi finished. In third place with a time of 47.35 seconds.
Our runner Mubarak Mahmoud also won the bronze medal in the men’s 800-meter race, behind Yemeni Abdullah Al-Yari, who finished in the lead, winning the gold medal with a time of 1:49.64 minutes, and Omani Hussain Mahmoud Al-Farisi, who won the silver medal after finishing the race with a time of 1.50.14 minutes.
The Bahraini Abdulrahman Mahmoud achieved a new record in the championship in the men’s shot put competition with a distance of 20.65 meters, while the Iraqi Muhammad Baqir Al-Hamidawi finished second with a distance of 17.55 meters, and our hero Dajbrin Ahmed won the bronze medal with a distance of 17.55 meters as well. The West Asian Athletics Championships will continue for the third day in a row on the track and field of Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, with 7 finals in men’s pole vault, women’s javelin throw, women’s 5,000-meter high jump, men’s discus throw, women’s 400-meter hurdles and men’s 400-meter hurdles.
Mohamed Essa Al-Fadala: An important rehearsal for the Diamond League Mohamed Essa Al-Fadala, President of the Qatar Athletics Association and Vice President of the West Asian Federation, expressed his happiness at the great success of the West Asian Championship, which is currently being held in Doha. The season and we have three tournaments within ten days, where the Prince’s Cup tournament is played after the West Asian Championship, and after that we have the Diamond League round. He added: We have 12 tournaments this season, so we must be on time in order to achieve the best results in all tournaments, especially since there are very important dues Foremost among them is the Asian Games Championship, the World Championships and other important tournaments. Therefore, all events must be dealt with with caution in order to achieve our goals that we aspire to. The President of the Qatar Athletics Association said: The West Asian Championship is an important rehearsal for us in the federation from an organizational point of view before the Doha round. For the Diamond League, as well as an important rehearsal for the participating players in order to correct mistakes to provide better levels in the Diamond League, and the President of the Athletics Association expressed his optimism about the preparations that are currently taking place to host Doha for the Diamond League round on Friday, May 5th, and said that this season will witness a large participation of world champions, Pointing out that the Organizing Committee of the Diamond League continues its preparations today and is doing a great job in order to host a distinguished, and in turn our heroes continue strong preparations in order to appear honorably in the global event and we wish success to all our participating champions in order to raise the name of Qatar high.
Saja Issa Saadoun: I am proud of crowning my efforts with gold. Our champion, Saja Issa Saadoun, who won the gold medal in the women’s 400-meter race, expressed her great happiness for winning the gold medal and said" I feel very proud to participate in the championship among a distinguished constellation of male and female champions. Thank God, my efforts culminated in winning the women’s 400-meter race gold, after a very strong competition. "
And she added: Praise be to God for this wonderful achievement, and this gold was the first on the second day of the Al-Adam mission, and we hope that Al-Annabiyya’s achievements will continue in this championship."
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