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Asian Beach Games: Successful day for Oman Teams

2016-09-29 01:13:18

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily)

Oman's beach handball and volleyball teams continued their impressive performances at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG) in Da Nang, Vietnam on Monday.

Adding to the joy of the sultanate's delegation was the qualification of star sprinters Barakat al Harthi and Mazoon al Alawi in the men's and women's 60m finals.

Barakat was joined in the finals by teammate Yahya al Noufali.

OOC chief Khalid al Zubair (left) watches Oman's athletes in action

The national beach handball team, coached by Hamood al Hasani, cruised past Japan 2-0 (25-14, 26-7) to record its second successive win in Group B.

Last edition's silver medallist Oman had begun its campaign with a win over Sri Lanka and next takes on Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Said al Hasani, with 17 goals, was the star for Oman and he was ably assisted by Nasr al Tamtami, who slammed in 16 goals.

Usama al Kasbi, with ten goals, and Marwan al Dughaishi, with six, were the other main scorers.

Goalkeepers Hussain an Jabri and Azan al Azan made nine saves each. Barakat, a former Asian Games 100m bronze medallist, is the favourite to clinch gold in the 60m race on Tuesday.

Oman's Marwan al Dughaishi (left) goes for a shot at goal against Japan during a beach handball game on Monday

He emerged as the fastest qualifier on Monday with a time of 6.96 seconds. Iran's Reza Ghasemi finished a close second in 6.97s.

Noufali clocked 7.11s to be the fifth best qualifier among the top eight in the final round. Mazoon, Oman's only woman participant at the ABG in Da Nang, also booked a place in the final round by finishing runner-up in the preliminary 60m heat with a time of 7.90s and third best overall.

Local girl Le Tu Chinh was the fastest qualifier with a time of 7.77s. Besides the 60m final, Mazoon will also be in action in long jump on Tuesday.

The beach volleyball pairs of Nouh al Zadjali-Badar al Subhi and Haitham al Shuraiqi-Ahmed al Hosni also won their second successive matches on Monday.

Oman's beach volleyball team in action against Afghanistan on Monday

Zadjali and Subhi beat the Afghan duo of Ramin Sediqi and Omid Zadran 21-14, 21-12, while Shuraiqi and Hosni sailed past Ricardo de Jesus Leao and Domingos Amaral Ajor of East Timor 21-3, 21-9.

The beach soccer team, which lost to Lebanon in a shootout in its opening match, faces a must-win game against Qatar on Tuesday. Coach Talib Hilal expressed confidence in his team, saying 'the boys know the importance of the match and are ready for it'.

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