Kuwaiti runners win gold, silver in Doha
Qatar top Asian Indoor Championships
DOHA, Feb 21, (Agencies): Kuwaiti runners Abdulaziz Al-Mendil and Yagoub Al-Yoha have won gold and silver medals in the 60 meters hurdles race in 7th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha.
The three -day sporting event kicked off on February 19 with a wide international participation of 450 men and women from 37 other countries.
Meanwhile, Qatari middle-distance runner Mohamad Algarni added a 3000m gold to his 1500m win on the final day of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships on Sunday, as the host nation topped the medal table.
Algarni powered home in a championship record time of 7min 39.23secs, holding off the challenge of Bahrain’s Albert Rop, who finished one second back.
Algarni also won the double over the same distances two years ago at the last indoor championships.
It was one of three gold medals for Qatar on the last day of competition, which meant the host nation finished with six golds, proof that its huge investment in sport over the last decade is starting to produce results.
Musaab Abdelrahman Bala won the 800m in another championship record time of 1:46.92 and the host country also triumphed in the 4x400 men’s relay.
China took two more gold on the final night to take five golds over the three days of competition.
Liu Yang won the Shot Put, throwing a distance of 19.30m with his last attempt.
And Zhang Yaoguang won the Long Jump with a leap of 7.99m to hold off India’s Prem Kumar Kumaravel who leapt 7.92m.