“Asian Games”: Saudi Al-Otaibi reaches the boxing final
The Saudi boxing national team player, Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, qualified for the round of 16 in the 51-kilogram (kg) competition at the Asian Games in China, after defeating Turkmenistan’s Dayanesh Anasydov with a score of 4-1 in the meeting that took place between them on Monday at the Olympic Center.
This comes at a time when his colleague Raghad Al Nuaimi left the tournament, losing to Kazakhstani Natalia Bogdanova in the 66 kg weight category by the judges’ decision.
For its part, the Saudi handball team won its second match in the tournament, at the expense of the Mongolian team, with a score of 45-15, in the fourth group matches.
Yara Al-Haqbani and her brother bid farewell to tennis competitions (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The first half of the match ended with the Greens leading 19-9.
Al-Akhdar is looking to snatch the qualification ticket for Group 4 in its last match against the Iranian team on Wednesday, which lost its opening match on Sunday to Japan with a score of 29-37.
For her part, player Haya Al-Mami finished participating in the Saudi rowing team, when she came in twelfth place in the general ranking table of the “W1x” competition, finishing sixth in the second group race.
The Saudi Taekwondo national team player, Donia Abu Talib, also left the tournament, after losing in the quarter-finals to her Chinese counterpart, Guo Qing, the 2022 World Championship silver medalist, in two rounds to none in the women’s under-49 kg match.
Donia had qualified for this round, after defeating South Korean Miro Kang in two rounds to nothing.
Her colleague, Riyad Al Dhafri, was eliminated from the round of 16 in the under-58 kg category, losing to Chinese Taipei player Yu Qing Huang, 2-0, and he qualified for this round by defeating Nepalese Rahul Komal in the round of 32, with the same score.
From the Green Hand match against Mongolia (Middle East)
The two players of the Saudi fencing team, Adel Al-Mutairi and Muhammad Al-Omar, ended their participation in the men’s cyberweapon “individuals” competition.
Al-Mutairi defeated Jordanian Osama Al-Masry in the round of 32 with a score of 15-12, but lost to the gold medalist at the “Tokyo 2020 Olympics,” South Korea’s Oh Sanguk, in the round of 16 with a score of 6-15.
While his colleague Al-Omar left the round of 32 competitions, at the hands of Japanese Yoshida Kento, with a score of 8-15.
The two brothers, Ammar and Yara Al-Haqbani, also ended their Saudi tennis participation by losing in the mixed doubles competition to the Chinese Taipei players in two sets to none.
Ammar left the men’s singles competitions after losing to the first seed in Asia and the 60th seed in the world, Zhizhen Zhang, in two sets to none.
The Saudi basketball team will launch its first confrontation in the tournament, by meeting its Kazakh counterpart, at the hall of Zhejiang University in the Chinese city of Huangzhou, at one in the morning on Tuesday, for the first group, which includes alongside them; UAE and Iran.
The green basket includes the players: Muhammad Al-Marwani, Muhammad Al-Suwailem, Muthana Al-Marwani, Musab Qadi, Abdul Rahman Fallata, Muhammad Hamza, Thamer Muhammad, Ali Al-Shubaili, Khaled Abdul-Jabbar, Fahd Bilal, and Marzouq Al-Mawlid.
The quartet of the Saudi fencing team: Al-Hasna Al-Hammad, Ruba Al-Masry, Ahmed Al-Hussein, and Khalifa Al-Amiri, completed their preparations for the fencing competitions hosted by the gymnasium at Hangzhou Dianzi University on Tuesday.
Al-Hammad and Al-Masry are in the “Cyber Singles” competitions, while their colleagues Al-Amiri and Al-Hussein are in the “Al-Abiyah” competitions.
The duo, Talal Rajkhan and Abdul Rahman Al-Rifal, are preparing to represent the Saudi e-sports team, when they compete in the individual competitions of the game “Street Fighter” at the e-sports headquarters.
The trio, Prince Saud bin Al-Hassan, Saeed Al-Mutairi and Hatem Al-Shammari, from the Saudi shooting team, are preparing to participate in the qualifying “skeet shooting” competitions.
The Saudi Taekwondo national team player, Zakaria Ghali, will face the Bhutan national team player in the under-63 kg fighting competition in the round of 32.
The Saudi boxing team player, Ziad Majrashi, will also face his Japanese counterpart, Shodai Harada, in the 57 kg weight competition in the round of 32.
China continued its dominance in swimming and its rise in the medal standings in the Hangzhou Asian Games, and India broke the first world record, while Kuwait secured the first medal in its history in fencing through Yousef Al-Shamlan’s bronze in Al-Hassam.
China continued to win medals (39 gold), far ahead of its closest pursuers, South Korea (10) and Japan (5), after excelling in swimming, rowing, archery, taekwondo, wushu and mountain bikes.
After winning all seven golds in swimming during the opening day, China won 4 golds out of 7, led by world breaststroke champion Chen Haiyang.
Chen won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke, recording the second fastest time this year (57.76 seconds), which is the best number in the history of the Games.
Hayang caused a surprise at the World Championships in Fukuoka in July when he won the 100-meter gold medal against distinguished stars in the absence of Briton Adam Peaty. The twenty-four-year-old established himself as the new king of breaststroke by winning three gold medals in this discipline, setting a record in the 200 metres.
Chinese World Championship bronze medalist Xu Jiayu defended his title in the 50-meter backstroke, winning gold. In the same race for women, Wang Xue’er, seventh in the world championship in July, won gold ahead of her compatriot Wan Litian.
In the 200 meters medley, the young Chinese woman, Yu Yiting (18 years old), shined, holding a bronze medal in the World Championships, achieving first place, ahead of her veteran compatriot, Yi Shiwen.
South Korean Yuchan Ji was the first to break the Chinese monopoly, when he won the 50-meter freestyle race, beating Yan Yintu Ho from Hong Kong.
The South Korean men outperformed China in the 4-time 200-meter freestyle relay, setting a new record for the session, while the bronze went to Japan.
Indian shooters: Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankesh Patel, and Aishwari Tomar succeeded in scoring 1893.7 points, on their way to winning gold in the 10-meter air rifle. The Indian team surpassed the record set by China last month in Baku (1893.3).
This is the first gold medal for India, which later increased its tally after crowning women’s cricket.
Kuwait won the first medal in its history in fencing at the Games, after Yousef Al-Shamlan won a bronze medal in the Al-Hussam (individual) competition.
This is the first medal for Kuwait at the fencing level in the “Continental Championship”, since the start of its participation in 1974. This is the third medal for the Arabs, after a silver and a bronze for the Emirates in judo.
Al-Shamlan (24 years old) succeeded in overcoming several players before entering the semi-finals, where he made a good start, but his distinguished Korean opponent, Bongil Gu, decided the confrontation 15-10.
On the other hand, Prince Abdulaziz Al-Faisal, Chairman of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Head of the Saudi delegation participating in the Asian Games, held a meeting with the Minister of Sports, Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Asian Games, Gao Zhidan, in the office of the Chinese Minister of Sports.
The meeting discussed the developments of the current Asian Games and ways to enhance cooperation in the sports field between the two countries, in a way that serves their athletes and youth.
Al-Faisal also discussed, during his meeting with the Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee, Sir Myang, at his residence, developments in international sports, and the calendar of the upcoming Olympic Games, most notably the “Paris 2024” and “Los Angeles 2028” Olympics.
Al-Faisal was crowned winners of the 200-meter freestyle relay race, which took place as part of the swimming competitions at the Asian Games.
2023-09-25 22:23:32
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