Prince Fahd bin Jalawi presents medals to Saudi Games 2022 para powerlifting champions

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Updated 03 November 2022
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Prince Fahd bin Jalawi presents medals to Saudi Games 2022 para powerlifting champions

  • In the women’s basketball, Jeddah United took the gold medal thanks to a 50-42 win over Al-Wehda in the final
  • The billiards competition also concluded on Wednesday, with Hamza Sayed and Lara Mubarak winning gold in the mean’s and women’s competitions respectively

As the action continued on Wednesday at the Saudi Games 2022, which continue in Riyadh until Nov. 7, Prince Fahd bin Jalawi, vice-president of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and director of the Saudi Games, presented the medals to the winners of the para powerlifting competition.

Para powerlifting

The para powerlifting competition concluded at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium on Wednesday.

In the men’s 72 kg category, Ibrahim Mustafa Al-Brahim took the gold medal, with Aseel Yousef Hawsawi winning silver and Tariq Mohammed Balghaith claiming bronze.

In men’s 88 kg category, the gold medal went to Saeed Abdul Aziz Hawsawi, Yehia Zakaria Bawab took silver, and Mutaib Shua’ee Abu Ardeen bronze.

Basketball

In the women’s basketball finals at Al-Hilal Main Court, Princess Delayel Nahar Al-Saud, deputy director of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and deputy director of the Saudi Games, handed out the medals.

After a tense match against Al-Wehda, Jeddah United took gold medal with a 50-42 win, with their opponents winning silver. In the battle for bronze, Al-Nassr emerged victorious with a 55-37 victory over Al-Ittihad.

The medalists were congratulated for their efforts by Adwaa Al-Arifi, a member of the board of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and undersecretary of planning and development at the Saudi Ministry of Sports, and Ghassan Tashkandi, president of the Saudi Basketball Federation.

Billiards

The billiards competition at the Black Diamond Center, which featured 32 male and female players, also concluded on Wednesday.

In the men’s category, Hamza Sayed won gold, Khaled Al-Ghamdi took silver and Marlon Kaneda claimed bronze.

In the women’s event, Lara Mubarak secured the gold medal, with Nada Al-Zahrani taking silver and Najla Al-Naimi bronze.

Abdul Aziz Alenezi, CEO of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee honored the winners.

Futsal

Both the men’s and women’s semi-finals took place at KSU Arena. In the latter, Al-Hilal beat Al-Nassr 5-4, while Al-Yamamah defeating Al-Shabab 6-2.

In the men’s competition, Al-Nassr recorded a 4-3 victory over Musadaa. In the final they will face Al-Eitifaq, who defeated Al-Ardh 5-3.

Tennis

The semi-finals also took place in the men’s and women’s tennis singles at the Saudi Tennis Federation HQ.

The men’s final is set to be particularly exciting as it will be a showdown between two brothers. Saud Al-Hagbani beat Solaiman Al-Qassim, while Ammar Al-Hagbani defeated Rakan Al-Qoud.

In the women’s competition, another Al-Hagbani sibling, Yara, reached the final thanks to a victory over Sara Al-Obaidan. She will face Lara Bukhari, who defeated Zainab Al-Obaidan.

The finals and third-place matches will take place on Thursday.

Squash

In the men’s singles semi-finals at the KSU Arena, Mohammed Alnasfan beat Abdulaziz Aburegah 3-0, and Abdulrahman Mustafa defeated Hussain Alsadiq, also 3-0.

The men’s singles final and third-place match will take place on Thursday.

Taekwondo

A number of preliminart bouts, followed by quarter-finals, took place at the KSU Arena, with 64 male and female athletes competing.

Volleyball

The volleyball competition continued with four group matches at the SAOC Complex.

In the women’s groups, Al-Eitifaq beat Al-Nahda 3-0, while Al-Faisali defeated Al-Nasser, also by 3-0.

In the men’s matches, Al-Nasser won 3-0 against Al-Taraje. Al-Ahli also recorded a 3-0 win, over Al-Faisali.

Badminton

Featuring 32 male and female players from 13 clubs, the badminton competition continued with a series of group matches and quarter-final events at the SAOC Complex.

Darts

The darts competition got underway at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, with 48 male and female players taking part.

Chess

The chess competition, in which 64 players are competing, continues at Arkan Sport Center until Nov. 6.

 

Coming up on Thursday:

The Saudi Games 2022 continues with action in the archery, badminton, boxing, chess, handball, shooting, squash, tennis, taekwondo, beach volleyball, volleyball events.
 


Vonn crashes out of Winter Olympics in brutal end to medal dream

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Vonn crashes out of Winter Olympics in brutal end to medal dream

  • The 41-year-old was just 13 seconds into her run when she lost control
  • Skiing legend was aiming to win another medal despite competing with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy: Lindsey Vonn crashed out of the Winter Olympics downhill on Sunday, brutally ending the American skiing great’s improbable dream of winning a medal despite competing with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
Vonn was just 13 seconds into her run in bright sunshine in Cortina d’Ampezzo when she lost control, twisted in the air and crumpled in the snow.
The 41-year-old’s cries of pain could be heard on the microphones as medical staff attended to the stricken skier on the piste.
Thousands of spectators at the bottom of the run fell silent as they watched the images of the crash on giant screens.
Vonn was eventually strapped into a stretcher and winched into the air by helicopter to be flown to hospital.
Her US teammate Breezy Johnson went on to win the gold medal, but her first thoughts were for Vonn, saying: “My heart goes out to her. I hope it’s not as bad as it looked.”
Johnson finished in front of Germany’s Emma Aicher by just 0.04sec with Italy’s Sofia Goggia taking bronze in front of her home fans.
Vonn’s sister Karin Kildow, who watched the crash on giant screens at the course, said: “That definitely was the last thing we wanted to see.”

Hopes dashed

Just two weeks ago, Vonn, one of global sport’s most recognizable faces, looked in contention to cap a remarkable comeback from retirement by winning the second Olympic gold medal of her career — her last came 16 years ago in the downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
She had retired in 2019 but returned to the slopes in 2024 after surgery to insert a titanium implant in her right knee to quell persistent pain.
But her Olympic plans were thrown into disarray when she crashed in a World Cup race at Crans Montana, Switzerland, on January 30.
In a press conference once she arrived in Italy, she admitted she had ruptured her ACL in the crash, but insisted she could still compete for medals.
“This is not obviously what I had hoped for.... I know what my chances were before the crash and and I know my chances aren’t the same as it stands today,” she said then.
“But I know there’s still a chance, and as long as there’s a chance I will try.”
She even batted aside those who doubted her ability to perform with such an injury, taking to social media to fire back at a sports doctor for doubting her ACL tear was as bad as she claimed.
In other action on Sunday, the second full day of the Milan-Cortina Games, Czech snowboarder Zuzana Maderova won gold in the women’s parallel giant slalom after the shock exit of defending champion Ester Ledecka.
Ledecka crashed out in the quarter-finals as the Czech chased what would have been a historic snowboarding title in three consecutive Olympics.
Maderova enjoyed a comfortable victory over Ledecka’s conqueror Sabine Payer, cruising to victory by 0.83sec.
In Tesero, Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Klaebo racked up the sixth Olympic gold medal of his career by taking the skiathlon title.
Later, attention will switch the ice rink as the USA go into the final day of the figure skating team event seeking to resist a stiff challenge from Japan.
Ilia Malinin, the US sensation who was upstaged on his Olympic debut on Saturday by Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama, skates again on Sunday in the free program.