(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Chinthana Wasala | The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar swimmers yesterday signed off with another impressive medal haul at the GCC Games as Al Annabi athletes continued their hunt for medals in Kuwait.
Qatar's Yousef Hassan produced a brilliant show in the men's 200m backstroke final at the Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammed Aquarium Complex as he won the gold with a new GCC record of 2:09.62.
The silver medal was won by Saudi Arabia's Ali Alessa in 2:11.82 as Qatar's Abdalla Elghamry finished third. Despite coming third in the second final, Elghamry's time of 2:12.02 was not enough for him to secure the bronze as he was ranked fourth in the overall timesheet.
Later, Abdulaziz Al Obaidly who had already won two gold medals at this year's GCC Games, added one more medal to his personal collection.
This time it was a silver medal for the 20-year-old Al Obaidly.
From left: Yousef Hassan, Abdulaziz Al Obaidly, Mohamed Mohamed and Omar Hassan
In the men's 200m breaststroke final, Al Obaidly came second behind the gold winner Rashed Al Tarmoom of Kuwait.
Al Tarmoom won the event in 2:19.20 secs while the Al Obaidly finished just 0.03 seconds slower.
Omar Hassan became the second Qatari on the podium after finishing the event in 2:26.66.
Qatar's second bronze medal at the pool came in the men's 100m freestyle final 2.
Qatar's Mohamed Mohamed also continued his medal-winning spree. The 18-year-old clinched a bronze medal in men's 100m freestyle event to add one more medal to his tally after winning the silver in the breaststroke final in the same distance a day ago.
Mohammed clinched his bronze in 52.88 secs as Qatari swimmers ended their GCC Games campaign with 18 medals (3 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze).
The gold medal in his event was clinched by the home star Waleed Abdulrazzaq (50.96) while UAE's Yousuf Almatrooshi won the silver (51.12)
Elsewhere, at the Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex, Qatari shooters clinched two medals, a silver and a bronze.
Muhammad Al Kuwari, Abdulaziz Al Attiyah and Hamad Munkhis secured the silver medal in the men's team skeet before Mohammed Hassan Al Tamimi, Hamad Mufleh Abu Taima and Abdullah Rashid Al Shahwani won the bronze in the 25-meter rapid-fire pistol event.
In the bronze medal match yesterday, the Qatari men overcame Kuwait with a 17-11 score-line.
Also yesterday, Qatar got off to a winning start in the men's volleyball competition by outplaying their Omani counterparts in straight sets with a score-line of 25-14, 25-21, 25-21 at the SHK Saad Al Abdullah Multi Sports Complex.
Qatari spikers will take on Saudi Arabia in their second match today.
Meanwhile, the Qatar men's table tennis team left the country ahead of their matches which kick off tomorrow.
At the conclusion of day 4 of the six-nation event, Qatar are occupying the third spot in the medal tally with 12 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals as their total rose to 39. After the fourth day's proceedings, hosts Kuwait snatched the lead from Bahrain with a haul of 21 gold, 17 silver and 18 bronze medals to make it a total of 56 medals.
Bahrain have 43 medals in front of their name (17 gold, 16 silver and 19 bronze).
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