Alkass Digital
Team Qatar sprinter Oumar Dawood Abakar overcame an injury to secure silver medal in 110m hurdles as Qatar wrapped up their Asian U20 Athletics Cham-pionships campaign with three gold and two silver medals in Yecheon, South Korea.
Oumar – an Aspire Academy athlete – clocked a personal best of 13.68 secs as he finished behind Yuan Kai Hsieh of Chinese Taipei, who was fastest with a time of 13.44. Liu Hiu Long of Hong Kong claimed bronze medal with a time of 13.73.
Another Aspire Academy athlete Nayef Al Rashidi was disqualified for a false start in the final after he was awarded fifth place initially.
Oumar picked up a minor injury during the men’s 110m hurdles but the team man-agement gave go ahead to the athlete to compete in the final.
After Oumar’s silver medal yesterday, Qatar finished sixth in the medals standings with three gold and two silver medals.
Oumar’s brother Ismail Dawood Abakar was the most successful Qatari athlete in the event as he claimed two gold medals, winning the men’s 400m and 400m hurdles races. Rising pole vaulter Seif Abdes-salem Hemeida, also an Aspire Academy athlete, was the other gold medal winner while Ahmet Gebril won silver in men’s shot put event.