Our national military athletics team’s stars began their campaign at the Military World Games with a clear edge in the qualifying rounds held at the stadium in the city of Daegu, with four of them qualifying for three finals. Sprinter Jamal Abdel Nasser earned the chance to win a medal in the 400m hurdles after qualifying third for today’s final, having taken third place in his heat in a time of 51.73 seconds
In the 800m, our two champions Abubaker Abdullah and Jamal Hairan qualified for the final, with Abubaker Abdullah shining to take first place in the first heat in a time of 1:48.81, finishing ahead of champions from Kenya, Russia and England, in the second of two 400m laps in which he ran with excellent tactics to finish comfortably in the closing metres, confirming his great readiness to contest the final in pursuit of a coloured medal at the Military Games, in which he is taking part for the first time in his career.
Our champion Jamal Hairan was no less impressive than his teammate Abubaker Abdullah, securing his place in the final in style after taking first place in his heat, the “second”, in a time of 1:54.34. In the 100m sprint, our champion and holder of past achievements at the Military World Games, Samuel Francis, managed to take first place in the second qualifying heat, ahead of champions from America and Canada, to secure his place in the semi-final, and Francis, who already holds previous records at the Military Championships, clocked 10.42 seconds, finding himself a place in the semi-final to be held in the coming hours, which the Qatari champion enters with the aim of returning to the podium once more after a period out through injury, while our champions Mohammed Qaida and Muammer Barshim take on their own challenges today, with Qaida starting in the afternoon in the javelin final, while the improving champion Muammer Barshim follows in the high jump final, with the two Qatari champions hoping to achieve a new feat for military athletics
