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BUENOS AIRES: With heavier hand-luggage and loftier dreams, the Saudi athletes who competed at this month鈥檚 Youth Olympic Games will arrive back in Riyadh on Saturday, their medals suggesting reaching Tokyo 2020 is a target as attainable as it is alluring.
The Kingdom brought nine athletes to Argentina and left with a historic gold in karate and two bronze, one each in weightlifting and the 400m hurdles. Mohammed Al-Assiri鈥檚 momentous triumph in the final of the Men鈥檚 Kumite -61kg on Wednesday night represented the county鈥檚 first Olympic gold at any level. It also ensured Buenos Aires will be remembered as 抖阴短视频鈥檚 greatest medal haul, eclipsing the one bronze and one silver secured at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. 
Al-Assiri, 16, was awarded SR1 million riyals by Turki Al-Sheikh, head of Saudi鈥檚 General Sports Authority, for his achievement. 
鈥淥f course, we are delighted. We came here hopeful and we leave with our best ever performance,鈥� said Yousif Jalaiden, the Saudi delegation鈥檚 chef de mission, before boarding the flight to Riyadh. 鈥淲e expected two medals but hoped for three, although we did not know which colors they would be. To get the three and a gold, that鈥檚 why we are so happy. Thanks to God, it鈥檚 been a great success.鈥�
The two-week campaign was somewhat of a slow-burner; the first seven days passing without as much as a glimpse of a medal for the delegation marked 鈥淜SA.鈥� Swimming, taekwondo and fencing all failed to produce tangible reward, although the delegation鈥檚 youngest athlete, fencer Ali Saeed Al-Bahrani, took much consolation from the experience
鈥淲e will benefit a lot from this participation,鈥� said the 15-year-old, who had been invited to contest the Men鈥檚 Sabre Individual and progressed through his group before being defeated in the last-16. 鈥淕od-willing, this here will help us enjoy better success in the future.鈥�
The midway point of the games marked a change in fortune 鈥� and provided genuine reasons for positivity ahead of the Olympic Games proper, which takes place in less than two years. Ali Yousef Al-Othman had finished third at the Asian Championships in April, but a dedicated training program and the assistance of Egyptian coach Khaled Qur鈥檃ny helped him emulate that feat on the world stage. 
Al-Othman was understandably confident after accepting his bronze medal, telling Arab News that Tokyo is now at the forefront of his mind. 鈥淢y dream was to win a medal at the Youth Olympics,鈥� he said. 鈥淣ow that dream has changed and I will work harder than ever to make Tokyo 2020 a reality.鈥�
Qur鈥檃ny, who has coached at the past two Olympics, however, was keen to keep his athlete鈥檚 feet on the ground, a feat possibly made trickier by the awarding of SR200,000.
鈥淗e is only 16, so I think Tokyo will come too soon for him,鈥� Qur鈥檃ny said. 鈥淧aris in 2024 is different 鈥� we would hope to be there. Ali has the potential, but there is a lot of work to be done before we can think of that.鈥�
On the athletics track, Raghad Bu Arish won her heat in the 100m but her time was some distance off the pace. Mohammed Al-Muawi, meanwhile, benefited from the disqualification of South Africa鈥檚 Lindukhule Gora in the Men鈥檚 400m hurdles to leap up a place and on to the podium. It was his first competitive event and the culmination of more than five months of training in California with American former World Championships silver medallist Ryan Wilson.  
鈥淭his medal is an amazing achievement for me,鈥� said Al-Muawi, who was also awarded SR200,000. 鈥淚 need to thank my coach. I hope to keep working with him. He always gives me so much support. Next year I have the Asian Championships and some Arab races, but of course I am dreaming about Tokyo. I want to challenge the best in the world, guys like Karsten Warholm from Norway and Abderrahman Samba.鈥� 
The Asian Athletics Championships are scheduled to take place in Qatar next April, before the IAAF World Championships five months later. Jalaiden confirmed 抖阴短视频 intends to send a delegation, adding he hopes the results in Buenos Aires can help inspire more victories at this level.
鈥淲e hope that we can take this success and build upon it ahead of Tokyo,鈥� said Jalaiden. 鈥淎nd also use the experience here to help the next generation of Saudi athletes who will compete at the 2022 Youth Olympics (in Senegal). The hard work starts all over 鈥╝gain now.鈥�