Five Saudi runners record top-3 finishes in European competitions

Tarek Al-Omari achieved first place in the 5000m at Flanders Cup VITA meeting in Belgium. (Supplied)
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Updated 17 July 2022
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Five Saudi runners record top-3 finishes in European competitions

  • Azzam Abu Bakr won the third heat of the 400m hurdles at the Flanders Cup VITA in Belgium to qualify for the 2022 World Athletics U-20 Championships

Five Saudi Arabian runners on Saturday recorded top-three finishes at two international meets in Belgium and Germany.

Azzam Abu Bakr stole the show by winning Heat 3 of the 400m hurdles at the Flanders Cup VITA meeting in Belgium, in a time of 52.99s, to qualify for the 2022 World Athletics U-20 Championships in Colombia from Aug. 1 to Aug. 7.

Yahya Walby finished second in the same race with a personal best of 53.40s. Teammate Bandar Majrashi made it a 1-2-3 finish for Saudi Arabia, coming in third with a time of 55.47s.

Also at the Flanders Cup VITA, Tarek Al-Omari won first place in the 5,000m race, recording a time of 13:46.81 minutes in his first appearance since returning from injury.

Meanwhile, Hassan Araour managed his second-best time of the season (48.17s) to claim first place in the 400m race in Germany, the Saudi Athletics Federation said on its official Twitter account.


Mid East Falcons finish strong with victory over Arabia Wolves

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Mid East Falcons finish strong with victory over Arabia Wolves

  • Abu Dhabi franchise beat their Dubai counterparts 3-2 to finish the inaugural Baseball United season joint top with Mumbai Cobras

DUBAI: Five pitchers combined to complete a five-hit, two-run game, while Jake Hjelle and Federico Celli each drove in a run, to give the Mid East Falcons a 3-2 victory over the Arabia Wolves at Baseball United Ballpark on Sunday.

Left-handed starter Shotaro Kasahara worked for 3.0 IP, allowing only one hit, with three walks and one strikeout. Yunis Halim, who earned the victory, pitched two scoreless innings, with one walk.

Stephen Mufareh (1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER), Yudai Mizuchina (1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO), Shotaro Nakata (1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 SO) and Yokohama Baystars prospect Haru Shoshioka, who earned the save (1.0 IP, 1 SO), completed the pitching line for Mid East.

As for the offense, Alejandro de Aza went 2-for-3 with one run scored and Federico Celli went 1-for-4 with one RBI. Celli reached nine RBIs in the last two games.

With this result, the Mid East Falcons finished the season tied 6-3 with the Mumbai Cobras in the final standings. Both will dispute the United Series starting on Dec. 12.

Other highlights:

Michael Robles went 1-for-3 with a triple and one RBI, as the standout performer in the Wolves’ offense.

Angelo Cabral took the loss, after 4.0 IP, where he allowed four hits, two earned runs, gave up one walk and struck out three.

Arabia allowed a total of 20 runs in this regular season final series, with only nine runs scored.

With this result, the Wolves ended with a 4-5 record.