Our national team’s golden champion Abdalelah Haroun stole the show in the Asian 400m, setting a new Qatari record of 44.85 seconds. Bahrain’s Abubaker Abbas finished second in 46.09 seconds, Kuwait’s Kareem Taher Yousef took third in 46.27 seconds, Iran’s Mehdi Zamani was fourth in 46.48 seconds, Japan’s Yasu Kamiro finished fifth in 47.34 seconds, and Qatar’s Mohammed Al Noor finished sixth in 47.77 seconds. Abdalelah dedicated the golden feat to the wise leadership, the Olympic Committee president and the Athletics Federation president, saying it was a blessing from God and that he had sought excellence and achieved what he set out to do.
