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Doha
In another interesting twist to another high jump event tale, Qatar’s Olympic and world champion Mutaz Barshim ended up sharing the gold.
On Wednesday at the GCC Games in Kuwait, Barshim and his compatriot Hamdi Ali were tied at 2.15m and the Qatari high jump star Barshim was only more than happy to accept being declared a joint winner along with his junior teammate.
Barshim and Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi had both famously shared the Olympic gold in Tokyo last year.
Barshim and Hamdi were followed by Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Ahmed and Kuwait’s Khaled Al Mesaad on the podium, who both cleared 2.10.
The high jump triumph saw Qatar collect four more gold medals at the Games having won three gold medals each on the first two days.
With 10 gold medals, as many silver and eight bronze medals, Qatar retained the third place in the medals tally which is now led by Bahrain with 17 gold, 14 silver and seven bronze medals. Hosts Kuwait are second with 13 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze medals.
Earlier, Ashraf Amjad El Seify lived up to expectations as the Qatari eased to victory in men’s hammer throw with a mark of 69.40. Kuwait’s Ali Zankawi (66.97) claimed silver while Bahrain’s Mahmoud Elgohary (64.68) secured bronze medal in the event.
After his triumph in men’s 800m race on Tuesday, Qatar’s middle-distance runner Abdul Rahman Hassan clinched his second gold medal at the Games after storming to win in men’s 1500m with a time of 4:02.93. Ali Musab secured a one-two for Qatar by winning silver medal after cocking 4:04.32. Kuwait’s Khaled Alharbi (4:06.36) walked away with a bronze medal.
Meanwhile, Rania Alnaji added a silver medal for Team Qatar after finishing runner-up in the women’s hammer throw by clearing a distance of 47. Oman’s Hana Al Touqi won gold in the event with a mark of 49.36, with UAE’s Wedad Robari (40.63) taking a bronze medal.
Meanwhile in the pool, Qatar swimmers continued their fine show, notching up one silver and three bronze medals.
Qatar took silver in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay with a time of 3:35.07. The event was won by Kuwait (3:31.02) while Oman claimed bronze medal after clocking 3:36.15.
Mohamed Mohamed (men’s 100m butterfly), Kareem Salah (men’s 800m freestyle) and Yousef Abouelela (men’s 100m backstroke) secured bronze medals.
In the men’s basketball, Qatar suffered a reversal being beaten by Bahrain 90-77 in their Group A match.
Doha
In another interesting twist to another high jump event tale, Qatar’s Olympic and world champion Mutaz Barshim ended up sharing the gold.
On Wednesday at the GCC Games in Kuwait, Barshim and his compatriot Hamdi Ali were tied at 2.15m and the Qatari high jump star Barshim was only more than happy to accept being declared a joint winner along with his junior teammate.
Barshim and Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi had both famously shared the Olympic gold in Tokyo last year.
Barshim and Hamdi were followed by Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Ahmed and Kuwait’s Khaled Al Mesaad on the podium, who both cleared 2.10.
The high jump triumph saw Qatar collect four more gold medals at the Games having won three gold medals each on the first two days.
With 10 gold medals, as many silver and eight bronze medals, Qatar retained the third place in the medals tally which is now led by Bahrain with 17 gold, 14 silver and seven bronze medals. Hosts Kuwait are second with 13 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze medals.
Earlier, Ashraf Amjad El Seify lived up to expectations as the Qatari eased to victory in men’s hammer throw with a mark of 69.40. Kuwait’s Ali Zankawi (66.97) claimed silver while Bahrain’s Mahmoud Elgohary (64.68) secured bronze medal in the event.
After his triumph in men’s 800m race on Tuesday, Qatar’s middle-distance runner Abdul Rahman Hassan clinched his second gold medal at the Games after storming to win in men’s 1500m with a time of 4:02.93. Ali Musab secured a one-two for Qatar by winning silver medal after cocking 4:04.32. Kuwait’s Khaled Alharbi (4:06.36) walked away with a bronze medal.
Meanwhile, Rania Alnaji added a silver medal for Team Qatar after finishing runner-up in the women’s hammer throw by clearing a distance of 47. Oman’s Hana Al Touqi won gold in the event with a mark of 49.36, with UAE’s Wedad Robari (40.63) taking a bronze medal.
Meanwhile in the pool, Qatar swimmers continued their fine show, notching up one silver and three bronze medals.
Qatar took silver in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay with a time of 3:35.07. The event was won by Kuwait (3:31.02) while Oman claimed bronze medal after clocking 3:36.15.
Mohamed Mohamed (men’s 100m butterfly), Kareem Salah (men’s 800m freestyle) and Yousef Abouelela (men’s 100m backstroke) secured bronze medals.
In the men’s basketball, Qatar suffered a reversal being beaten by Bahrain 90-77 in their Group A match.
