Qatar’s Ashraf Amjad Elseify hurled the hammer to a season’s season-best distance of 72.42M at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium to finish second in the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday.

#بالصور

فرحة بطلنا #أشرف_الصيفي بأول ميدالية للبعثة في منافسات ألعاب القوى بدورة الألعاب الآسيوية #هانغتشو2023 #AsianGames2023 pic.twitter.com/RWWVrkbmA5

— Qatar Athletics Fed (@qatarathletics) September 30, 2023

He ended up behind China’s Wang Qi (72.97) and ahead of Uzbekistan’s Sukhrob Khodjaev (70.79).

Ashraf, who was looking to defend his gold medal from the 2018 Palembang Asian Games, started slowly with a 69.26M throw. While his second attempt produced the medal-winning distance, he never quite reached those levels again.

فضية للأدعــــم

بطلنا أشرف الصيفي يحقق فضية رمي المطرقة في أسياد هانغتشو لمنافسات ألعاب القوى .

كفو أشرف .. كفو يالأدعم

A New Silver Medal

Team Qatar star Ashraf El-Seify claims Hammer throw silver medal at Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.#كلنا_الأدعم… pic.twitter.com/ymeMPXQ6Ck

— Team Qatar (@qatar_olympic) September 30, 2023

His third throw was shorter (70.20) while his fourth attempt ended in a foul. He rounded off the competition with 71.67M and 72M throws.

Wang Qi found his gold medal-winning throw on his fifth attempt.

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