Ashraf AboArafe
The players of the Saudi national teams added 11 medals (two golds for weightlifting, one silver and four bronzes for boxing, two bronzes for fencing, a bronze for cycling, and a bronze for wrestling) on Tuesday, bringing the total that Saudi Arabia has achieved so far to 22 medals in the 15th Arab Games competitions held in Algeria.
His Highness Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, Vice President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, head of the Saudi delegation in the tournament, crowned the Saudi weightlifting team player, Siraj Al Salim, with two gold medals in the weight of 61 kg, after he achieved first place in the competitions. Weights (snatch) and (jerk).
The boxing team achieved five medals at the end of the boxing competitions that were held in Ben Aknoun Hall in the Algerian capital, Algeria, where boxing Raghad Al-Nuaimi settled for a silver (weight of 63 kg) after her withdrawal from the final of the competition in front of the Algerian Zubaida Haya, after she was injured, before the start of the competitions. While Hadeel Ashour won bronze (weight 60 kg), Kulthum Hantool bronze (weight 50 kg), Muhammad Sobhi won bronze (weight 80 kg) and Ziyad Majrashi won bronze (weight 54 kg).
The Saudi women’s fencing team won two bronze medals in the competitions of the sword and cyber weapons (teams), which were held in the hall of the Women’s Sports Center in Ben Aknoun.
Bronze for the weapon of the father came by Dhi Al-Amiri, Fawzia Al-Khaibri, Nada Al-Abed and Shawq Al-Jazzar, while the bronze for the cyber weapon was achieved by Al-Hasna Al-Hammad, Ruba Al-Masry, Ahed Al-Muammar and Taleen Al-Qadmani.
The Saudi cycling team player, Dania Sambawa, won the bronze in the individual race (against the clock) for a distance of 15.5 km, after she finished third in the race that took place in the state of Tipaza, with a time of 23:13 minutes, and the wrestler Ibrahim Fallatah concluded on the last day of the competition. Wrestling in the course, by achieving a bronze weight of 97 kg.
The Saudi under-19 team booked the first cards for the final football competition in the Arab Games after defeating its Algerian counterpart with two goals to one, in the meeting that brought them together at the May 19 stadium in the Algerian state of Annaba, and witnessed strength and excitement throughout the match, during which Al-Akhdar finished the first half with Abdullah’s goal. Al-Zaid Algeria equalized in the middle of the second half, before Suhaib Al-Zaid added the winning goal a quarter of an hour before the end.
The Saudi handball team qualified for the semi-finals of the competition after defeating its Algerian counterpart with a score of 15/22 at the end of the preliminary rounds, which was held in the Sports Palace Hamo Boutilis in the Algerian city of Oran, to come second and the third-place player will face his Algerian counterpart today, Wednesday, at 9:30 pm in the confrontation. The second of this round, preceded by the first confrontation, which brings together the first-place holder, Qatar, and the fourth-place holder, Iraq, at 7:30 pm.
The Saudi team for goalball qualified for the semi-finals of the game, despite losing to its Algerian counterpart with a score of 7/9, in the meeting that was held in the multi-sports hall in Hydra district in the Algerian capital, Algeria, which made it come second in the preliminary round, and it will meet its third-ranked Algerian counterpart once. Another in the semi-finals at 8:30 pm today to determine the first party in the final of the competition, while first-placed Jordan will meet fourth-placed Qatar in the other semi-final match.
The Saudi wheelchair basketball team lost its access to the final of the competition, after losing to its Emirati counterpart, 61/55, in the match that brought them together in the Staoue Hall in the Algerian capital, Algeria.
In turn, the Saudi table tennis team is looking for achieving the table tennis gold (teams), as it will face on Wednesday, the winner from Qatar and Algeria, at 8:00 pm in the sports hall in the Algerian state of Tipaza.
Al-Akhdar reached the final after defeating his Jordanian counterpart with a score of 2/3, where he was represented by Abdulaziz Bushlaibi, Ali Al-Khadrawi, Azzam Alem and Khaled Al-Sharif.
