Ahmed Deeb wins discus bronze with his final attempt
Our champion Ahmed Deeb produced a good result at the Asian Games, adding a bronze medal for our national athletics team after finishing third. Our champions are competing in an athletics programme comprising 11 finals, distributing 11 gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze medals to the top three finishers in each track and field event for men and women, as follows: men’s 50km race walk final, women’s 100m hurdles, women’s triple jump, women’s 800m, men’s 800m, men’s 200m, women’s 200m, women’s javelin throw, women’s 400m hurdles, men’s 400m, and the men’s decathlon final. As mentioned, our champion Ahmed Deeb boosted the national team’s colourful haul by winning bronze in the discus throw with a mark of 61.25 m, a new personal best, while Iran’s Ehsan Hadadi took gold with 65.11 m and India’s Vikas Gowda finished second with a throw of 62.58 m. Our own Rashed Al Dosari Al Shafi finished seventh with 56.79 m, Saudi Arabia’s Sultan Al Dawoodi placed sixth with 58.31 m, Kuwait’s Essa Al Zankawi was ninth with 56.57 m, Iraq’s Mustafa Kadhim was tenth with 55.21 m, and the UAE’s Saber Al Muhairi finished 13th, second-to-last, with 50.05 m.
On the fourth day of the finals we are represented by Mohammed Al Manai in the decathlon’s closing events, Rashed Al Manai in the triple jump qualifiers, sprinter Musaab Abdulrahman in the 800m semi-final, and sprinter Femi Ogunode in the 200m semi-final, with the 800m and 200m finals due to be held in the evening South Korea time, while the qualifiers will be held in the morning.
Our champion Mohammed Al Manai also ends his participation today with the decathlon challenge for the strongmen, comprising 10 track and field events held over two days: four events on the first day (100m, long jump, shot put, high jump), and six on the second (400m, 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, 1500m)
Femi tops the 200m heats.
Our golden sprinter Femi Ogunode topped heat five of the 200m in a time of 20.85 s, thereby qualifying for the semi-finals, while his young teammate Eid Al Kuwari finished fourth in his heat in 21.68 s.
Musaab and Hijran through to the 800m semi-final.
Qatar’s Musaab Abdulrahman and Jamal Hijran comfortably reached the 800m semi-final, producing the strongest performances against the rest of the Asian runners. Musaab topped his second heat in a time of 1:49.50, while Jamal Hijran finished second in his first heat.
