TABLE TENNIS – BAHRAIN bagged five medals yesterday, including four gold, in the West Asian Table Tennis Championship 2024, currently being held in Amman, Jordan.
The kingdom’s four gold medals were claimed in men’s doubles, under-17 men’s doubles, men’s teams’, and under-13 boys’ teams’ categories in the regional tournament.
The men’s doubles winners included Rashed Sanad and Mohammed Abbas, while the under-17 pairing were Mohammed Nader and Majed Alali. The men’s team included Sanad, Abbas, and teammate Sayed Murtadha Hussain, while the under-13 champions included Ali Youssef, Sayed Nasser, Ali Hussain, and Hassan Ebrahim.
Bahrain’s fifth medal yesterday, a silver, was claimed by the under-17 team consisting of Nader, Alali and Hussain Jaber.
The medals were the first won by the kingdom’s delegation at the Jordanian capital in this year’s competition.
In the men’s doubles, Sanad and Abbas secured first place after defeating a Saudi Arabian pairing 3-2 in a tightly contested final, according to the Bahrain Table Tennis Association (BTTA). They had earlier punched their tickets to the gold medal contest after defeating a homegrown Jordanian duo in the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, Nader and Alali claimed their under-17 doubles title after sweeping past a pair from Qatar 3-0 in their final. They had also overcome another Qatari tandem in their match in the last four to make it through.
In the men’s teams’ competition, the trio of Sanad, Abbas, and Hussain won their gold medal after defeating their Jordanian counterparts 3-0 in the final. They had earlier marched forward after defeating the Saudi Arabian team 3-2 in the semis.
The under-13s secured their gold medal after defeating their counterparts from Qatar 3-2 in their final. They had previously qualified for the gold medal game after beating Jordan 3-2 in the last four.
For the under-17 team, they lost to Qatar 0-3 in their title-decider to come away with the silver medals. They had earlier posted a hard-earned 3-2 win over Iraq to advance.
BTTA president Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa was present at the tournament venue yesterday and was keen to follow up on the progress of the kingdom’s paddlers. She was accompanied by a number of BTTA board members.
Bahrain’s delegation in the Jordanian capital also includes BTTA vice-president Ali Abdulali Al Madah.
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