His Excellency President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, will open the fifth Islamic Solidarity Sports Games at the Municipal Stadium in Konya, Republic of Turkey tomorrow evening in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, President of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation, and His Excellency Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Turkey, Dr. Muhammed Muharrem Kasaboglu, as well as a number of their Excellencies, heads of Islamic countries, as well as Their Highnesses and Excellencies, heads of Olympic committees in the Islamic world.
His Highness Prince Fahd bin Jalawi, Vice President of the Saudi Arabian Paralympic Committee and Head of the Kingdom’s Delegation, today witnessed the competition on the second day of the tournament, during which Saudi Athletics team player Muhammad Tulu won second place and a silver medal in the shot put competition after throwing at a distance of 20.12 m in competitions or games that were held at the track and field athletics of the Municipal Stadium in Konya.
Ali Al-Hadrawi of the Saudi Arabian table tennis team finished third and took the bronze medal in singles after losing 4-1 to Iran’s Amir Hussein in the semi-finals.
With these two medals, the Kingdom’s medals rose on the second day of the competition to three medals (one silver and two bronze).
The Saudi Arabian U-23 football team won their first match in the second group match against Azerbaijan with a no-penalty goal scored by Ahmed Al-Ghamdi from the penalty spot 95 minutes into the second half.
In the athletics competition held at the Municipal Stadium Athletics, runners Mazen Al-Yassin and Youssef Masrahi were eliminated for the 400m final after Al-Yassin placed first in the second qualifying heat with a time of 45.94 seconds and second runner in the first qualifying with a time of 45.95 seconds.
Runner Muhammad Al-Maawi reached the final in the 400m hurdles, placing third in the heat in 50.84 seconds, while Abdullah Abkar advanced to the semi-finals in the 100m hurdles, placing second in the second qualifying heat over time 10.06 seconds. .
In the 5000 m final, runner Tariq Al-Omari finished sixth with a time of 13.95.05 minutes.
In the women’s 100m qualifying, runner Yasmine Al-Dabbagh placed sixth with a time of 12.81 seconds compared to her previous record in the same race at the third Gulf Games (Kuwait, 2022) held last May, which was 12.90 seconds.
In the Paralympic swimming competition, swimmer Ibrahim Al-Marzouki placed fourth in the 200m freestyle final with a time of 4.39.21 minutes, the same place that his colleague Turki Al-Harbi placed in the 200m individual medley with a time of 4.39.21 minutes. 2.54.73 minutes. .
The taekwondo competition will start tomorrow at 9 am with Doniya Abu Taleb in the 53kg division, Fahd Al Samih in the 54kg division and Riyad Al-Dhafri in the 58kg division, with table tennis competitions for teams starting at 10 a.m., the same time as Paralympic swimmers Turki Al-Harbi and Ibrahim Al-Marzouki in the 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke qualifying heats.
Runner Muhammad Al-Maawi aims to win one of the medals in the 400m hurdles final at 6 pm, vaulter Hussain Al-Hazam is looking forward to winning a medal in the pole vault final at 5 pm. , and Hassan Doshi will compete in the triple jump final and Abdullah Abkar in the 100m final at 7pm.
