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Qatar’s Abdulaziz Al Obaidly clinched another gold medal at the GCC Games in Kuwait on Thursday as Al Annabi swimmers continued their good show in the pool.
The Qatar national swimming team bagged four more medals including two silver medals and a bronze in addition to Al Obaidly’s gold.
At the end of day four of the Games, Qatar’s medals tally stood at 33 which includes 11 gold, 13 silver and nine bronze medals. Qatar are third on the table while Bahrain continue to lead the tally with 17 gold, 15 silver and eight bronze medals followed by hosts Kuwait with 46 medals including 16 gold, 14 silver and 16 bronze medals.
Oman, who have won 22 medals including nine gold medals, are fourth, while Saudi Arabia are fifth with 31 medals among which seven are gold medals. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) are on the bottom with four gold, six silver and seven bronze medals.
Al Obaidly, who won men’s 400m individual medley gold on Tuesday, stormed to victory in men’s 200m individual medley final, clocking 2:08.83.
Omer Abouelela, who finished behind Al Obaidly on Tuesday, secured a silver medal for Qatar again after finishing the race in 2:09.20. UAE’s Salem Ghalib took bronze with a time of 2:11.32.
Qatar’s Mohamed Mohamed also continued his medal-winning spree after notching up a silver medal in men’s 100m breaststroke. He completed the race in 1:05.48 to finish behind home swimmer Rashed Al Tarmoom, who won gold with a time of 1:02.81. UAE’s Omar Mohammed claimed bronze medal after clocking 1:09.69.
Mohamed also claimed a bronze medal in men’s 50m freestyle, which was won by Kuwait’s Waleed Abdulrazzaq with a time of 23.26. The Qatar swimmer clocked 23.83 as Saudi Arabia’s Yousif Bu Arish clinched silver in 23.62.
Meanwhile, Qatar won their third silver medal of the day in men’s 4x200m freestyle relay after finishing behind Kuwait (7:52.94) with a time of 8:01.41. Oman won bronze in the event with a time of 8:06.28.
Friday is the final day of swimming events while the Qatar volleyball team will begin their campaign with a match against Oman.
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20/05/2022
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