OMAN FENCERS CLAIM TWO GOLD AT GCC YOUTH GAMES
Oman fencing team added three medals, two gold and one silver, on Tuesday at Zayed Sports Complex in Fujairah, to conclude the competitions with 11 medals, which is part of first edition of GCC Youth Games, being held in UAE from April 16 to May 2.
Oman’s medal tally rose to 58 medals. Oman athletes were able to collect 18 gold, 13 silver and 27 bronze medals from 15 sports.
Oman national fencing team was able to snatch the gold medal in the men’s epee, a silver medal in men’s foil, and gold in women’s epee.
The men’s team included Ahmed bin Anwar Kaskas, Said bin Khaled al Shuaibi, Ali bin Hamad al Busaidy and Ammar bin Mohammed al Azizi.
The women’s team included Jana bint Mohammed al Sharjiyah, Salma bint Said al Dughaishiyah, Ghazal bint Yousef al Falitiyah and Israa bint Saif al Siyabiyah.
The Oman fencers claimed eight medals on Monday. Ahmed Kaskas snatched gold, while Said al Shuaibi claimed bronze in the men’s epee. Ahmed Kaskas won silver in the men’s foil while Said al Shuaibi and Ali al Busaidy bagged a bronze each. Jana al Sharji won the gold in the women’s epee and Salma al Dughaishi won the bronze. Israa al Siyabi grabbed silver in the women’s foil.
SWIMMERS CLAIM 2 BRONZE
Omani swimmer Moath Khamis snatched the bronze medal in the 50m freestyle race. Hussain Tariq won bronze in 200m breaststroke, Mohammed Abdulrahman finished sixth in 200m medley race, Mishal Salim finished fifth in 50m freestyle and the Oman men’s swimming team finished fourth in 4x100 freestyle.
Oman fencer Said al Shuaibi expressed his happiness after bagging two bronze medals. “I am happy to obtain two bronze medals on the first day, and two medals as a team on the second day. We sought to win the gold, but the competition was strong and we did well. We prepared for this participation by internal camps and we benefited, we hope to record more achievements in the coming participation.”
Ahmed bin Anwar Kaskas, who won gold and silver medals on the first day of the competitions, and two gold medals in team category, said: “The results were good on the first day, as we succeeded in winning a large number of medals. We expected to win more medals, but the game system, they held more than one game at the same time, was an obstacle for us to participate in more than two games. We thank the technical staff and the Oman Olympic Committee for their great work.”
Israa al Siyabi, who won silver medal in foil weapon on the first day, and a team gold on second day, said: “I am satisfied with what we have achieved. We aspired to win the gold but we were unlucky at the last moment. We benefited a lot, we hope to obtain other participations in the future in order to develop the technical level. We thank the OOC for all their efforts.”