Samba wins gold with Asian Games record, Mubarak silver; handball team in finals
It was a good day for Qatari athletes at the 2018 Asian Games today as two of them won medals and the handball team entered the finals of the quadrennial tournament.
Qatar’s 400M hurdler Abderrahman Samba burned the tracks as he blazed to the gold medal with a new Asian Games record time.
الف مبروك لقطر ذهبية عبدالرحمن صامبا في ٤٠٠م حواجز بدورة الالعاب الاسيوية محققا رقم جديد بإسمه #جاكرتا٢٠١٨ #أنا_قطر
Abdulrahman Samba wins the 400m hurdles and sets a new Asian Games record #IamQatar
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Samba, who was the firm favourite, won the title in 47.66sec, erasing the old time of 48.42sec. India’s Dharun Ayyasamy ran a personal best time of 48.96sec to finish second while Japan’s Takatoshi Abe was third (49.12).
ياسر مبارك يواصل إنجازات ألعاب القوى بالأسياد ويفوز بفضية 3000م موانع #انا_قطر
Yasser Mubarak wins the 3000m steeplechase silver medal.. Congratulations @qatarathletics@asiangames2018#iamqatarpic.twitter.com/WOfwSYkFTc
Qatar’s second medal in track and field came in the 3,000M steeplechase, when Yasser Mubarak finished second in 8min 29.42sec. He finished behind Iran’s Hossein Keyhani, who set a new Games record of 8:22.79 and ahead of Japan’s Kazuya Shiojiri (8:29.42).
Handball team in finals, assures gold or silver
Defending champions Qatar entered the finals of the men’s handball after beating South Korea 27-20 in an engaging semifinal match. Qatar will face either Japan or Bahrain in the final on Friday.
ادعم كرة اليد يتاهل الى المباراة النهائية بعد تغلبه على #كوريا_الجنوبية 27-20 بدورة الالعاب الاسيويه الـ١٨ #جاكرتا2018 الف مبروك يا أبطال وفالكم الذهب
#أنا_قطر
Team Qatar to the final after winning Korea 27-20 Congratulations
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Qatar has so far won three gold, as many silver and one bronze.
