Qatari runner Abubaker Ali Kamal won the gold medal in the 5,000m today at the athletics competition of the Arab Games after covering the race distance in 13:45.60.
Kamal finished ahead of Morocco’s Soufiane Bouqantar, who clocked 13:45.81, and Bahrain’s Mahboub Mahboub, who clocked 13:46.32.
This was Kamal’s second gold, after his first in the 3,000m steeplechase. Saudi runner Ahmed Khader Al Mawled also won gold in the 110m hurdles, covering the distance in 13.16 seconds, finishing ahead of Algeria’s Othman Haj Ledhib (16.74 seconds) and Kuwait’s Abdulaziz Al Mindil (13.78 seconds).
Algeria’s Essam Nima won gold in the triple jump after leaping 16.59m, stripping Morocco’s Tarek Boukhitib – who finished third with 16.33m – of his title, while silver went to the UAE’s Mohammed Darwish (16.41m).
Hamza Deryouch won the silver medal in the 1500m, with Mohammed Al Qarni behind him to claim the bronze.
Our women’s team also won bronze in the 4x100m relay.
