Two national swimming records were set on Monday at this year’s Saudi Games, which continues in Riyadh until Nov. 7. Here are the day’s highlights.
Swimming
Yousif Buareesh set a new record of 24.4 seconds in the Men’s 50m Butterfly at the Olympic and Paralympic Committee Complex. Silver went to Natheer Al-Hamoud (24.96), and bronze to Hassan Ali Al-Yousef (26.55).
Ali Alessa broke the second record of the day in the Men’s 200m Backstroke with a time of two minutes and 10 seconds. Ali Al-Sadeq won silver (2:20.2), while Aqeel Al-Hashim took bronze (2:22.09).
Three more swimming finals took place on Monday.
Sultan Al-Otaibi took gold in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke with a time of one minute and 6.62 seconds. In second place was Yousuf Al-Yousuf (1:06.96), and Abdullah Mohammed Al-Rasheed in third (1:07.43).
In the Men’s 100m Freestyle, Emadaldeen Zaben won gold with a time of 52.30 seconds, while Faisal Al-Shilaty came second (53.28), and Shereef Fawzy third (54.42).
In the Men’s 200m Medley, Alexandre Younes won gold with a time of two minutes and 7.36 seconds. Mohammed Al-Otaibi took silver (2:18.29), while Abdulqader Younes won bronze (2:19.42).
The medals were awarded by Vice-President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Director of the Saudi Games, Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed.Â
Para Table Tennis
Riyadh club athlete Nasser Hassan Siraj won gold in the final against Abdulrahman Hassan Bahari of Al-Madina Al-Monawara Sporting Club. Mohammed Al-Shamri of Ha’il won bronze.
Medals were presented at the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Olympic Complex by the Deputy Director of the SOPC and the Deputy Director of the Saudi Games, Princess Delayel Nahar Al Saud.
Volleyball
In the Women’s groups, Al-Faisali beat Al-Nahda 3-0, while Al-Eitifaq defeated Al-Nasser by the same score.
In the Men’s groups, Al-Faisali won 3-1 against Abha. Al-Hilal beat Ibtsam 3-0.
Handball
Three group matches took place on Monday at KSU Arena’s Centre Court. The results were:
Al-Ahli 26-24 Al-Khowildiah
Al-Noor 30-30 Al-WehdaÂ
Al-Trraji 32-25 Al-SafaÂ
Futsal
Monday’s results for the Men’s group matches were:
Al-Qadisiyah 4-2 AlUlaÂ
Al-Nassr 5-4 RiyadhÂ
Musadaa 5-5 Al-ArdhÂ
Al-Eitifaq 6-0 FAO
