“Asian Games”: Saudi-Indian race to reach the quarter-finals
The Saudi presence in the Asian Games is still waiting to win various medals in the Asian Games, whose competitions have been ongoing in the Chinese city of Hangzhou since the 23rd of this month and will continue until the 8th of next October.
The e-sports team, consisting of: Mishal Al-Barrak, Nawaf Al-Salem, Nawaf Al-Khowaiter, Abdulaziz Al-Mubarak, Ajwad Wazzan, and Nawaf Al-Jaeed, was eliminated from the quarter-finals of the “League of Legends” game, where it met the South Korean team, which won the match. With a score of two goals to nothing.
In the handball game, the Saudi team lost the opportunity to qualify for the second round of the competition, by tying with Iran with a score of 23-23, as the leader, the Japanese team, and the runner-up, the Iranian team, qualified from this group on goal difference from Al-Akhdar.
Kuwaiti Abdullah Al-Rashidi won the skeet gold medal in the shooting competition by hitting 60 out of 60 shots (AP)
In table sports, Saudi national team players Ali Al-Khadrawi and Turki Al-Mutairi qualified for the round of 32 of the individual competitions, following their victory in the round of 64 of the competition that took place on Wednesday.
Al-Khadrawi defeated his Pakistani counterpart, Khan Shah, by four games to one, while his colleague Al-Mutairi defeated his Mongolian counterpart, Jankhoyag Oud, with a score of 4-3.
In the equestrian competition, the Saudi equestrian, Samantha Al-Saifi, achieved 57.706 points in the second qualifying round for the dressage final in the equestrian competitions at the tournament, which was held on Wednesday at the Equestrian Arena in Hangzhou.
Al-Saifi achieved 57,617 points in the competitions that took place on Tuesday, ranking 29th in the overall rankings table.
In shooting, the trio of the Saudi shooting team, Prince Saud bin Al-Hassan, Hatem Al-Shammari, and Saeed Al-Mutairi, completed their participation in the individual shotgun skeet competitions, which were held over two days at the shooting range in Hangzhou.
At the end of the fourth and fifth rounds, which concluded yesterday, Wednesday, Al-Shammari was in 21st place in the general ranking table with 116 out of 125 courses, Al-Mutairi was in 25th place with 113 courses, and Prince Saud bin Al-Hassan was in 25th place with 113 courses.
Saudi equestrian Samantha Al-Saifi during the second round of dressage (Saudi Olympic)
While the players of the Saudi Taekwondo team, Hisham Al-Dokhi and Muhammad Al-Suwaiq, left the Asian “Asian Championships”, following their loss yesterday in the quarter-finals to China and the Philippines.
Al-Dokhi had won in the round of 32 over his Iraqi competitor, Hussein Al-Lami, 2-1, before losing to China’s Zhamming Qiao in the round of 16, 2-0, in the under-68 kg match.
While his colleague Al-Suwaiq was eliminated from the quarter-finals in the under-80 kg category, at the hands of Filipino Dave Cha.
In football, the Saudi Olympic team completed its last training session yesterday, Wednesday, in preparation for its confrontation with its Indian counterpart in the round of 16 matches of the football competition this Thursday evening at the Huanglong Sports Center Stadium in Huzhou.
Al-Akhdar had qualified for the round of 16 by finishing second in Group Two, with seven points, after drawing with Iran, beating Mongolia 3-0, and defeating Vietnam 3-1 in their last match in the group.
In basketball, the Saudi national team is looking to snatch a ticket to qualify for the second round of the basketball competition, when it meets its Iranian counterpart in the first group matches today, Thursday, in the Olympic Games Hall in the Sports Village in Hangzhou.
While the Saudi golf team launches its participation in the tournament on Thursday morning, with the presence of Othman Al-Mulla, Faisal Al-Salhab, Saud Al-Sharif and Ali Al-Sakhi, in the individual and team competitions.
In the boxing competitions, Saudi national team player Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi has completed his preparations to compete in the round of 16 in the 51-kg competition, where he will meet his Bangladeshi counterpart, Taha Laha, this Thursday afternoon at the Olympic Sports Center.
The Saudi Olympic team will meet India today (Saudi Olympic)
His compatriot Hadeel Ashour will face her Indian counterpart, Jasmine, in the 60 kg competition.
Also in shooting, the players of the Saudi shooting team, Atallah Al-Anazi, Safar Al-Dosari and Muhammad Al-Maliki, will launch their participation in the tournament, when they are in the 10m air pistol competition for teams, which will be held this Thursday morning at the shooting range in Hangzhou.
In competitions, Kuwaiti Abdullah Al-Rashidi topped the Arab crowns on the fifth day of the Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, not only because he won the gold in individual skeet shooting, but because he achieved this with a record achievement after hitting 60 plates out of 60.
The 60-year-old, who won bronze at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics, was able to win gold after beating Indian Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (58 bowls) and Al-Attiyah (46 bowls), who won his second medal yesterday, Wednesday, after also leading his country to the team scape silver.
Al-Rashidi gave a phenomenal performance on his way to the gold medal after hitting 60 out of 60 bowls, breaking the Asian Games record, which was shared by his nephew Mansour Al-Rashidi, champion of the “Jakarta Asians” 2018, and the Chinese Di Jin (52 bowls).
Most importantly, Al-Rashidi also equaled the world record set by Indian Angad Vir Singh Bajwa on November 6, 2018, giving his country the second medal in these games after the first on Monday, when Yousef Al-Shamlan won bronze in the Al-Hassam (individual) competition.
Al-Rashidi raised his tally to four gold medals in the Asian Games after winning the team title in 1998 in Bangkok and the individual title in 2010 in Guangzhou and 2014 in Incheon.
Regarding his being the oldest Arab to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, he stressed, saying: “Just as I was the oldest when I achieved a bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and God willing, at the age of 70, I will achieve the gold medal again.”
This is the second gold medal for the Arabs in the current games, after the first gold medal given to the Emirates by judoka Magomedomar Magomedomarov in the weight of more than 100 kg.
Wednesday was also special for the multi-talented Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah, as he placed his country on the “Hangzhou Asiad” medal table by first winning silver in the team skeet shooting competition, accompanied by Rashid and Masoud Al-Athba.
The Qatari team came in second place after collecting 359 points, while host China won gold (362 points) and India bronze (355).
Al-Attiyah (52 years old) previously won team gold in Busan 2002 and Guangzhou 2010, and individual skeet bronze in Guangzhou 2010, while he won bronze in the London Olympic Games in 2012.
Al-Attiyah returned to winning the individual bronze after finishing behind the champion Al-Rashidi.
Regarding his participation in the “Asiad” despite the accident he suffered in the Lebanon International Rally within the Middle East Rally Championship, he said: “We celebrate this victory and these championships, and we must perform our duty and raise the flag of our country in international forums.”
Saudi Hisham Al-Dokhi during the Taekwondo competition (Saudi Olympic)
In addition to his successes in archery and horse riding, the “Superman” of Qatari and international sports has an amazing and diverse career in mechanical sports. He won the Dakar Desert Rally title five times between 2011 and 2023, and is the record holder for the number of times he has won the Middle East Rally Championship (18). He won three world titles in the production car categories (BWRC) in 2006 with Subaru, and “WRC2” in 2014 and 2015 with Ford and then Škoda.
The Arabs were also on track to be crowned champions in taekwondo on Wednesday, as Jordan won two silver medals after Saleh Al-Sharbati qualified for the under-80 kg final and Zaid Abdel Karim qualified for the under-68 kg final.
Al-Sharbati, the silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, reached the final after resolving the Arab confrontation by defeating Iraqi Saif Taher in the round of four 2-0 (8-1, 5-3), who secured his country’s first medal in these games by winning bronze.
In turn, Abdul Karim reached the final of the under-68 kg weight category after the 22-year-old defeated Iranian Matin Rezaei in the semi-finals 2-1 (14-10, 6-7, 8-5).
Jordan raised its tally to three medals in the current edition of the Games after it won the first on Tuesday in taekwondo also through Zaid Al-Halwani, who won a bronze medal in the under-63 kg weight category.
But the joy was not complete, as Al-Sharbati (25 years old) lost in the final to the South Korean, Weihyuk Park, 0-2 (5-8, 5-6), and Abdul Karim to the Uzbek Ulugbek Rashitov, also 0-2 (6-14, 9-13).
Jordan thus raised its number of medals in taekwondo to 27 in the history of its participation in the Asian Games, but it failed to achieve its fourth gold.
But there was disappointment on Wednesday when Juliana Sadiq, who won gold in the last edition in Jakarta and who won silver in this year’s world championship in Baku, was eliminated from the quarter-finals after losing in the sub-67 kg category to Iranian Malika Mirhossein Vakili.
2023-09-28 07:41:49
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