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Saudi weightlifter Mahmoud Al-Ahmeed confirms qualification to Tokyo Olympics

Saudi weightlifter Mahmoud Al-Ahmeed confirms qualification to Tokyo Olympics
Saudi weightlifter Mahmoud Al-Ahmeed will compete in the 73 kg category at Tokyo 2020. (Arriyadiyah)
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Updated 21 July 2021

Saudi weightlifter Mahmoud Al-Ahmeed confirms qualification to Tokyo Olympics

Saudi weightlifter Mahmoud Al-Ahmeed confirms qualification to Tokyo Olympics
  • Al-Ahmeed, who will compete in the 73 kg division, becomes the seventh Saudi individual to qualify for Tokyo

DUBAI: The International Weightlifting Federation has confirmed the qualification of Mahmoud Al-Ahmeed, the Saudi weightlifter, to the Olympic Games in Tokyo after he topped its Asian classification in the 73 kg category, Arabic sports daily Arriyadiyah reported.
Al-Ahmeed is the seventh individual Saudi to qualify to Tokyo 2020, alongside the Under-23 national football team.
The others are Youssef Bouarish (swimming), Ali Khadrawi (table tennis), Husein Alireza (rowing), Saeed Al-Mutairi (shooting), Tarek Hamdi (karate), and Sulaiman Hamad (judo).
Meanwhile, in the Paralympic Games, Abdel-Rahman Al-Qurashi, Fahad Al-Junaidel, Ali Al-Nakhli, Hassan Doshi, Sarah Al-Jumaah, and Al-Hanouf Abu Hamed all qualified in athletics events, while Maryam Al-Muraisel will compete in table tennis, and Ahmed Al-Sharbatly in the equestrian section.
The Kingdom’s football team returned to ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ after their fourth training camp in Marbella, Spain to take part in an indoor program in preparation for the Olympics, in which the side will face Brazil, Germany and the Ivory Coast in Group D of the men’s tournament.