PARIS: Qatari athlete Abdulrahman Samba qualified for the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles in the athletics competitions held at the Stade de France Olympic in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on Monday.
Samba finished the qualifying round in the second group with a time of 48:35 seconds, behind Norwegian Karsten Warholm, the gold medallist of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, who snatched first place with a time of 47:57 seconds, and Frenchman Clement Dugos, who came in second with a time of 47:69 seconds.
Qatar's Bassem Hemeida who finished in 49.82s, achieved his season’s best.
Samba will compete in the semi-finals on Tuesday evening, and if he qualifies, he will compete in the final on Wednesday.
Samba, who won the gold medal at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, hopes to break through the barriers of the experienced trio, Warholm, the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist, Brazilian Alisson dos Santos, the runner-up, and American Ray Benjamin, the bronze medallist.
