UAE athletes finish third at GCC Beach Games
Date
4/12/2015 4:29:06 AM
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The final medal standings saw Oman best the competition with a total of 12 medals.
Hosts Qatar compete against the UAE in the final of the basketball event. — Supplied photo
Doha — The UAE athletes claimed 10 medals (one gold three silver and six bronze) to claim the third spot at the Second GCC Beach Games in Doha. Doha’s hosting of the games came to a fantastic finale after a week of intense competition with the final medals awarded on Thursday at Al Gharafa Club and Katara Cultural Village.
The final medal standings saw Oman best the competition with a total of 12 medals 7 gold 4 silver and 1 bronze. Qatar was a close second with six medals 4 gold 1 silver and 1 bronze medal. Earlier Qatar’s handball team had an undefeated run in the Games demolishing the competition to win the gold medal on Monday after defeating Bahrain in a final that was played in an electrifying atmosphere to the drums of Qatari fans. The Omani handball team took the silver medal while Bahrain settled for bronze.
Qatar’s volleyball team was also victorious after winning both sets of the final match and defeating the Omani team 2-0. Qatar’s volleyball team took home the gold medal while Oman’s team B and A took silver and bronze respectively.
Meanwhile Oman topped the points table and took home the gold medal after an intense run in the football competition with the UAE taking silver while Kuwait won bronze. The football competition was especially close with the UAE and Oman a mere point away from each other throughout the Games.
The sailing competitions which were hosted in Katara Cultural Village along with open water swimming rowing and skydiving saw Waleed Al Sharshani win the gold medal for Qatar in the Laser Standard Class ahead of Bahrain who took silver and Oman who claimed Bronze. Not to be outdone Bahrain’s Jassim Showaiter pulled ahead of Qatar’s Faris al-Bakri to win the gold medal in the Laser Radial Class while the UAE’s Saeed Al Zaidi settled for bronze.
As for the Laser 4.7 Class event Oman’s Khamis Al Wahaibi took home gold while Saoud Al Naar won silver for Bahrain and the UAE’s Hamza Al Ali secured the bronze medal. In sailing Zakaria Al Wahabi from Oman took the gold in the Optimist Class ahead of the UAE’s Abdullah Al Bishr and Oman’s Marwan Al Jabri who won the silver and bronze medals respectively. The Open Water Swimming events saw Oman’s Mohamed Al Habasi win ahead of his countryman Muslim Al Khoudori who won silver and the UAE’s Abdullah Al Boloushi who took home the bronze.
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