(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Issa al Adawi one of Oman's most talented swimmers bagged the lone gold medal for the sultanate at the four-day 24th GCC Swimming Championships which concluded in Kuwait on Sunday.
Issa bagged the 200m freestyle title in the 15-17 years category with Omani youngsters bagging 13 medals in the age-group events.
Earlier in the championships Oman's senior duo of Aiman al Kulaibi (200m backstroke) and Nawaf al Qasmi (50m butterfly) won a bronze medal each to help the sultanate claim a total of 15 medals - including senior and age-group categories.
Oman's The sultanate's overall haul included one gold four silver and ten bronze medals. Kuwait emerged the overall winner with 98 medals while Qatar finished runner-up with 31 medals.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE bagged 25 medals each to be placed third and fourth respectively Oman was fifth and Bahrain came last with nine. For Oman the major medal haul came in the 15-17 years age-group events - reflecting the efforts of the Oman Swimming Association (OSA) to focus on youngsters in recent years.
Besides the 200m freestyle gold Issa also won an individual silver (100m freestyle) and a bronze (400m freestyle). He was joined in the medal-winning spree by Abdulrehman al Kulaibi who won two individual silver medals (400m individual medley 200m IM) and a bronze medal (100m freestyle). Nidal al Harassi also bagged two bronze medals (800m freestyle 1500m freestyle).
The trio along with Khalid al Jahdhamy claimed a silver (4x200m) and a bronze (4x100m freestyle) in relay competitions. Khalid also won a bronze in the 50m freestyle competition. Shihab Aladdin (200m freestyle) and Ayham al Ismaili (50m breaststroke) took a bronze each in the 11-12 years and 13-14 years age-group categories respectively to complete the list of Oman's medal winners.
Taha al Kishry the chairman of the GCC Swimming Organising Committee and the OSA chief gave away the awards in Kuwait on Sunday.
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