Samba, Hemeida clinch 400M hurdles gold and silver at Hangzhou Asian Games
Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba defended his Asian Games gold medal in 400M hurdles when he completed the run with a season’s best time of 48.04sec at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
#Asian_Games: Team #Qatar champion Abdulrahman Samba wins 400m hurdles Gold medal at #Hangzhou_2022 Asian Games, while Basem Hemida claims silver medal .#QNA_Sport pic.twitter.com/zyDr75ROB4
— Qatar News Agency (@QNAEnglish) October 3, 2023
The lanky runner, who had been out for a while with injuries, made the most of the big stage to roar home to his second Asian Games gold medal in the discipline.
نبارك لأبطالنا عبدالرحمن صمبا وباسم عبدالسلام التألق وتحقيق مراكز صدارة سباق 400 متر حواجز في آسياد هانغتشو لمنافسات ألعاب القوى ..
— جوعان بن حمد (@JoaanBinHamad) October 3, 2023
الذهبللبطل عبد الرحمن والفضة🥈للبطل باسم، تستحقون هذا الانجاز .. @qatarathletics @qatar_olympic pic.twitter.com/IxbpEbQdO8
Qatar’s Bassem Hemeida finished second, with a personal best time of 48.52sec, thereby completing a sensational one-two for the country.
#صمبا .. البطل الذهبي يعود إليكم من جديد بذهبية غالية ورقم شخصي جديد
— Qatar Athletics Fed (@qatarathletics) October 3, 2023
والفضية للبطل المميز باسم حميدة #TeamQatar | #AsianGames2023
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China’s Xie Zhiyu was third in 49.16sec.
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