Asian Games: A successful start for the Saudi Basketball Towers
The Saudi basketball team recorded a successful start in the game competitions within the Asian Games held in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, by defeating Kazakhstan with a score of 86-62.
The Saudi team dominated all four rounds of the match thanks to the brilliance of a number of its stars, led by Mohammed Al-Suwailem, who scored the largest number of points, as well as Marzouq Al-Muwallad, who excelled in making three-pointers.
The green basket was able to expand the point difference, but the Kazakh team took advantage of its declining performance in some periods of the confrontation.
Saudi Basketball launched its launch with a victory over Kazakhstan (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The Saudi national team will play its second match on Thursday against the Iranian team, which is ranked in an advanced position in Asia, and which defeated the Emirati team in the same group.
Ali Al-Sanhani, coach of the Saudi national team, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the goal of this tournament is to advance in the Asian classification, as the Saudi national team is ranked tenth in what could be among the top eight and take a step forward by passing to the second round and passing to the quarter-finals.
Al-Sanhani stated that this group includes strong teams such as Iran and the Emirates, as there are difficulties that must be overcome to reach the quarter-finals, indicating that the Saudi team is now in first place in the Gulf, fifth in the Arab world, and 66th in the world.
Al-Hasna Al-Hammad came out in 19th place in the Cyber Weapon (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Al-Sanhani pointed out that the Kazakhstan match was more physical, indicating that there must be appropriate preparation for the next match after the players have a day’s rest from playing matches. He stressed that the goal does not stop at reaching the quarter-finals, but rather to strive to reach the semi-finals.
For its part, the handball team will play a decisive match against the Iranian team at 9 a.m. Saudi time in a match that must be won in order to advance to the second round and continue in the tournament.
The Saudi team won its last match against Mongolia with a goal difference of 30 goals after losing its first match against Japan, which officially qualified for the second round with two wins.
In the equestrian dressage competitions, Saudi rider Samantha Al-Saifi qualified for the second qualifying round for the final with a score of 57.617 points.
Ruba Al-Masry ended her participation in the cyber weapons competitions in the fencing game after coming in 20th place in Asia. While the beautiful player Al-Hammad preceded her by one place, she left the competition in 19th place.
The player, Zakaria Ghali, left in the round of 16 in the taekwondo competitions after losing to the Lebanese player, Ralph Henine, in two rounds to no return, after he won with the same score over the Bhutanese player, Dorje Khando, in the under-63 kg competition.
The player Ahmed Al Hussein was also eliminated from the round of 32 in the fencing game after losing to the Chinese Lifan Yu.
While the player Khalifa Al-Amiri was eliminated from the same competition in the round of 16 after losing to the same Chinese player.
In the electronic games competitions, player Abdul Rahman Al-Rifel left in the round of 16 after losing to Chinese Taipei player Yulin Hsiang.
Player Talal Rajkhan was eliminated from the same quarter-finals after losing to Chinese Taipei player Liu Lin.
Boxer Ziad Ali left boxing competitions after losing to Japanese Shodai Harada in the round of 32.
Ziad said in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat that he lost to the runner-up in the last continental championship after competing with him for 3 rounds, indicating that he considers his participation a success, considering that participating and facing distinguished players enhances his experience and gives him greater determination to prepare for better participation in the upcoming tournaments.
China won the first gold medal in the history of e-sports after it was included for the first time in the Asian Games, while the host country increased its gold medal to 53 at the top of the table after its brilliance in the swimming pool, and the UAE also won the first Arab gold medal.
China is far ahead of its closest competitors, South Korea (14 gold) and Japan (8).
China defeated Malaysia 2-0 in the “Arena of Valor” smartphone game, in front of 4,500 spectators, most of whom were teenagers.
Xiofan Houhe from Hong Kong set a new Asian record and added the 100m freestyle title to her Olympic and world silver medals with a time of 52.17 seconds.
Houhe achieved the third fastest time this year, ahead of China’s Yang Junxuan (53.11) and Cheng Yujie (53.91).
China, led by the new king of breaststroke Chen Haiyang, won the gold in the men’s 4×100 meters medley relay in a new Asian record time, and the other Chinese, Liwei, also won the 1,500 meters.
Chinese Li Bingjie led from start to finish to set a new record and win the 400-meter freestyle title, after she had also previously won gold in the 1,500-meter freestyle.
Lee, who also won silver in the 200 meters, recorded a time of 4:01.96, while her colleague Ma Young-hui (4:05.68) took silver and Japan’s Waka Kobori (4:07.81) took bronze.
Japanese Tomorrow Honda outperformed his compatriot Daya Seto in the 400m medley race, winning the title for the first time in his career with a time of 4:11:40, while Seto came in second place.
The UAE awarded the first gold medal in the tournament, after judoka Magomedomar Magomedomarov won with a weight of more than 100 kg.
Russian-origin Magomedomarev (22 years old) defeated his Tajik challenger, Temur Rakhimov, to give the UAE the first gold medal in its history in the game.
The UAE raised its winnings to 5 medals, all of which came in judo, after winning two bronzes on Tuesday as well, with the victory of Russian-born Aram Grigoryan over South Korean Han Joo-yeop in the under-90 kg, and Zafar Kostoyev over Japanese Aron Philip Wolff in the under-100 kg.
Lebanon won its first medal in the Asian Games, with judoka Karamnob Sagaipov winning a bronze in the -90 kg weight.
Karamnob beat Altanbagana Gantulga from Mongolia, bringing Lebanon’s tally to 19 medals in the history of its participation in the Games (5 gold, 5 silver, and 9 bronze).
Jordan won its first medal through taekwondo player Zaid Al-Halwani in the under-63 kg weight, after losing to Iranian Ali Reza Husseinpour 0-2 in the semi-finals.
Al-Halwani (23 years old) was hoping to at least reach the final to consolidate his brilliance, after winning bronze at the World Championships in Guadalajara in 2022 and silver and bronze at the Asian Championships in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
The Qatari beach volleyball team secured at least a silver medal.
The Qatari team, consisting of Sherif Younis Samba and Ahmed Tejan Janko, continued its distinguished performances after reaching the match to compete for the gold medal, after defeating the Kazakhstan duo in the semi-final match (21-19 and 21-19).
The Qatari team, which won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, set a date with the Chinese team on Thursday.
2023-09-26 21:07:12
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