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Qatar's Ammar wins 400m gold at Asian Athletics

Qatar's Ammar wins 400m gold at Asian Athletics

Qatar Tribune28-05-2025
Ammar Ismail Y Ibrahim delivered a sensational performance to win Qatar's first gold medal at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Wednesday. The Qatari sprinter clocked 45.33 seconds to clinch the men's 400m title, ahead of Japan's Kentaro Sato (45.50) and Sri Lanka's Kalinga Kumarage (45.55). Fellow Qatari Ashraf Hussen M Osman finished seventh in the same race. Elsewhere, Oumar Doudai Abakar set a national record in the 110m hurdles heats to reach the final, while Asraf Amgad Elseify placed fifth in the men's hammer throw with a 69.82m effort. The Qatar Athletics Federation said, Mohammed Issa Al Fadala, President of the Federation, and members of the Federation's Board of Directors, Issa Al Harmi and Thabet Sorour Al Abdullah, celebrate with our champion Ammar Ismail his first gold medal in the Asian Championship.
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