Saudi Athletics opened the medal bar at the third Gulf Games, which kicked off today in the Kuwait capital, after Al Akhdar players won 7 different medals (one gold, three silver and three bronze).
The first Saudi gold at the tournament went to shooter Ali Abdul-Ghani, who took first place in the javelin throw after throwing 71.15 meters.
In the same competition, shooter Ahmed Al-Yassin took third place and a bronze medal in 58.67 meters, while shooter Mohamed Tolo added a third medal to the kingdom by winning silver in the shot put event after throwing. distance 20.49 meters.
In the 100 m race, runner Abdullah Abkar won silver by finishing second with a time of 10.21 seconds, while his colleague Muhammad Daoud came fourth in the same previous heat with a time of 10.32 seconds, and in the 400 m Mazen Al- Yassin finished second and the silver medal with a time of 45:83 seconds, while Hammoud Alwan won the bronze medal in the long jump event with a jump of 7.15m. Saudi runner Muzna Al-Nassar recorded her name as the first Saudi woman to win women’s medal at the Gulf Games after she won the bronze medal in the 10,000 meters with a time of 45:32:05.
In today’s event, Yasmine Al-Dabbah finished fifth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.90 seconds, while her colleague Loujain Al-Hamid finished seventh with a time of 13:72 seconds, and in the 100m hurdles final Roa Al- Soleimani finished fifth with a time of 18:83 seconds, Youssef Asiri placed fourth in the men’s 10,000 m with a time of 30.57.63 minutes. 84 m and fifth place in the long jump after jumping a distance of 3.98 m.
At the level of team games, the Saudi Arabia men’s futsal team opened their way by beating their Bahraini counterpart 3-1, signed by Mohsen Faqihi, Fahd Al-Rudaini and Moaz Asiri Green’s Gol Saba Tawfiq.
In tomorrow’s competition, the Saudi Arabian 5×5 basketball team will open their participation in the tournament at 5 pm in the hall of the Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah Complex in front of their counterpart from the UAE, and the swimming competition will start. at five o’clock in the afternoon in the pools of the Kuwaiti club “Al-Nasr”, and the mother of the games will continue to participate in the tournament tomorrow. .
At the official shooting practice, Muhammad Al-Sharida, Fahd Al-Mutairi and Faisal Al-Dajani will take part in the shooting competition at nine in the morning, while the shooters Aqil Al-Badrani, Muhammad Al-Omari, Safar Al-Dosari and Muhammad Al- Hilali will compete in the 10m Air Pistol Shooting Competition at 10 am, provided that the final of the competition takes place at 12 pm on the same day. participation in a three-position 50m rifle event, provided that the final takes place at 1:30 p.m. on the same day.
