Asia’s champions, boys and girls, continued to post outstanding results in a championship carrying the future of Asian athletics, and while everyone was chasing the podium, athletes of the Arab teams also sought to excel, with the golden moment of the second day belonging to Kuwait’s champion Mohammed Al Fares, and here are the full results for the second day
Decathlon
In the decathlon, Kuwait won its first gold through its champion Mohammed Al Fares, who took first place in the total of the ten events, namely the 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m, 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500m, with a total of 6,671 points, while India’s Rajesh took second place and the silver medal with a total of 5,867 points, and Saudi Arabia’s Ahmed Yassin Al Yassin came third and took the bronze with a total of 5,703 points.
Three Qatari athletes took part in this event, with our champion Abdullah Hassan finishing fourth, while Saad Al Manai took eighth place and Abdulaziz Al Shammari finished ninth.
Long jump
In the long jump, South Korea’s Kim Yong-bin won the gold medal after jumping a distance of 7.49 metres, while Japan’s Sakai Yugo finished second with a distance of 7.31 metres, and the Philippines’ Jose Gerry took the bronze medal with a distance of 7.26 metres.
A single Qatari athlete took part in this event, Yaqoub Salem Al Ahmad, who finished in 12th place with a distance of 5.98 metres.
3000m
In the men’s 3000m event as well, India’s Kishan Narshi won the gold medal, the first for his country at the championships, in a time of 8:26.24 minutes, ahead of Japan’s Ono Shihiro, who finished second in a time of 8:37.29 minutes, while Yemen’s Yasser Salem Bagharab finished third and gave his country its first bronze medal at the championships in a time of 8:37.65 minutes.
Shot put
As for the women’s events, 4 competitions were held yesterday, starting with the shot put, which saw clear Chinese dominance with Liu Zhaoyi winning the gold medal with a distance of 16.08 metres, and her compatriot Liu Ziyu taking the bronze with 15.36, while the silver went to South Korea’s Lee Yuri with a distance of 16.00 metres.
Our Qatari champion Sara Al Manai took part in this event and finished sixth with a distance of 12.12 metres.
5000m race walk
In the second of the women’s events, the 5000m race walk, China dominated the first two places, with Ma Zhenxia taking the gold medal in a time of 23:45.19 minutes, while her compatriot Kai Jiziyu took the silver medal in a time of 24:05.84 minutes, while Japan’s Kana Kimura took the bronze medal in a time of 24:59.04 minutes.
Hammer throw
In the third of the women’s events, the hammer throw, China continued its dominance, also taking the gold and silver through Zhang Ningyu with a distance of 66.59 metres, while Yao Kailiang took the silver with a distance of 60.16 metres, and Iran’s Amina Kashiri won the bronze with a distance of 48.25m.
100m hurdles
In the last of the events, the 100m hurdles, China’s Ding Xiuling won the gold medal in a time of 13.62 seconds, Hong Kong’s champion Lam Yan-tung finished second and took the silver with 14.22 seconds, and Chinese Taipei’s champion Hsiu Lin finished third and took the bronze medal in a time of 14.24 seconds, while Qatar’s Mubaraka Ahmed Al Manai finished eighth in this event with 15.68 seconds
