Qatar Shift Focus to Tokyo 2020 After Success at the Asian Games
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SPORT Monday 3 September 2018 PAGE | 17 PAGE | 18 Mind the ‘black Qatar’s Abdulla hole’, Bach warns clinches T2 title at Indonesia Baja Poland Qatar shift focus to Tokyo 2020 after success at the Asian Games ARMSTRONG VAS Team Qatar will THE PENINSULA return home with 13 medals from six DOHA: Team Qatar which will different sports from return home with 13 medals from the 18th Asian Games six different sports from the 18th in Indonesia after two Asian Games in Indonesia after two weeks of spectacular weeks of spectacular performances, has bright future performances. ahead of them as they prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. Qatar bagged six There were more than 30 gold, four silver and athletes under the age of 20, three bronze medals showing the huge potential Team Qatar has for future events. during the Games in Team Qatar athletes that Indonesia. competed were from 20 different National Sport Federations. With There were more than 29 female athletes featuring, it 30 athletes under the was Team Qatar’s largest female delegation to the Asian Games age of 20, showing ever. the huge potential Qatar bagged six gold, four Team Qatar has for silver and three bronze medals future events. during the Games in Indonesia. Qatar’s gold medals came through Abdalelah Haroun in The QOC hopes to men’s 400m, Abderrahman work closely with Samba in 400m hurdles, Ashraf The members of the Qatari 4x400m relay team, each of the national Elseify in men’s hammer throw, Abdalelah Haroun, Abdulrahman Samba, Mohammed sport federations to Beach volleyball duo of Ahmed Al Noor and Mohammed Abbas celebrate after setting prepare for Tokyo Qatari hammer Tijan Janko and Cherif You- up a new Asian Record during the 2018 Asian Games thrower Ashraf 2020 Summer nousse Samba, beside the men’s in Jakarta, Indonesia. handball team and the men’s Elseify celebrates Olympic Games. 4x400m relay team consisting on the podium after of Samba, Mohammed Al Noor, winning the gold Mohammed Abbas and Haroun medal. TEAM QATAR AT 18TH ASIAD Silver medal winners were in Tosin Ogunode in men’s 100m, GOLD MEDALS Yaser Bagharab in men’s 3000m competing in new sports such as steeplchase, Fares Ibrahim in basketball 3x3, air sports and tri- MEN’S 400M: Abdaleha Haroun Men’s 94Kg Weightlifting and athlon for the first time. We also MEN'S 400M HURDLES: Abderrahman Samba Sheikh Ali Al Thani, in equestrian achieved more top-10 finishes MEN'S HAMMER THROW: Ashraf Elseify show jumping event. than prior Asian Games. MEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Ahmed Tijan Janko, Cherif Younousse The bronze came medals “We would like to thank Samba from Abubaker Abdalla in Men’s Team Qatar athletes and officials MEN’S 4X400M RELAY: Abderrahman Samba, Mohammed Al Noor 800m, Hamad Ali Al Marri, who have done their best and Mohammed Abbas, Abdalelah Haroun Shooting Double Trap men and performed exceptionally well at HANDBALL: Rasheed Yusuff, Bertrand Roiné, Rafael Capote, Frankis for Equestrian: Jumping Team the Asian Games.” Marzo, Abdulrazzaq Murad, Danijel Šarić, Goran Stojanović, Firas Chaieb, consisting of Hamad Al Attiyah, “Developing the skills and Amine Guehis, Allaedine Berrached, Wajdi Sinen, Ahmad Madadi, Yousef Salmeen Al Suwaidi, Ali Al Thani experiences of our athletes is one Ali, Moustafa Heiba, Anis Zouaoui, Ameen Zakkar and Basem Mohammed. of the key pillars of the Qatar H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Olympic Committee’s strategic Beach volleyball duo of Ahmed Tijan Janko and Cherif Younousse Al Thani, President of the Qatar plan. We aim to continue sup- SILVER MEDALS Samba celebrate on the podium with their gold medals. Olympic Committee, com- porting our athlete’s growth and MEN’S 100M: Tosin Ogunode menting on Team Qatar’s per- wish them continued success in MEN’S 3000M STEEPLECHASE: Yaser Bagharab formance at the Asian Games upcoming championships,” in Qatar to even greater level. Jassim bin Rashid Al MEN’S 94KG WEIGHTLIFTING: Fares Ibrahim said: “The success of Team Qatar Sheikh Joaan said. The QOC will work closely with Buainain, Secretary General of JUMPING INDIVIDUAL: goes beyond simply the medals “Our aim now is to build on each of our national sport feder- the Qatar Olympic Committee, Sheikh Ali Al Thani that we won. Our athlete dele- the success that we have ations to prepare for Tokyo 2020 said: “We aimed to have as many BRONZE MEDALS gation is continuing to grow at achieved at the Asian Games Summer Olympic Games,” he athletes from both genders and each Games, and we had athletes 2018 and continue to take sport added. from different ages groups par- MEN’S 800M: ticipating at the Asian Games. Abubaker Abdalla SHOOTING DOUBLE TRAP MEN: Jubilant Qatar handball players and officials celebrate after The Qatar Olympic Committee Hamad Ali Al Marri EQUESTRIAN - JUMPING TEAM: winning the gold medal, defeating Bahrain in the final. is committed to inspiring, Hamad Al Attiayah, Salmen Al Suwaidi, engaging and empowering Sheikh Ali Al Thani, Basem Mohammed people in Qatar to take part in sport. This is an important goal and vision for the Qatar Olympic Committee to ensure a sus- Nine countries fail at Asiad tainable sports development.” THE PENINSULA “We hope that the Asian any of those occasions. They Games experience will motivate came close to securing a silver our athletes to maintain their DOHA: Nine participating coun- in rugby sevens, but went down performance at the highest level tries will return home without to strong Japanese team in the at their upcoming competitions, winning any medals at the 2018 semi-final 12-10 in one of the and at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Asian Games. most thrilling encounters of the Olympic Games,” Al Buainain Thirty seven nations secured tournament and later lost to said. medals during the 18th Asiad South Korea in the bronze medal “We also hope that the whole while athletes from Bangladesh, match. of Qatar will continue to unite Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, The Bangladesh sent 117 athletes behind our athletes as they strive Maldives, Oman, Palestine, Sri to compete in 14 events while to achieve their dreams. The Lanka, Timor Leste and Yemen Bhutan sent 24 of their athletes support of our nation goes a long failed to win any. who competed in golf, archery, way to motivating and inspiring Among them, Sri Lanka sent taekwondo and boxing. Team Qatar to reach new levels the biggest contingent which Meanwhile, 15 athletes from and greater success. We are a consisted of 172 athletes to Indo- Brunei Darussalam also partic- young and a small country and nesia, went medal-less at the ipated in seven events as the 116- our athletes are giving us all a Asiad for the fourth time in the member Maldivian contingent reason to be proud of the success history. also failed to make an impact. that they are achieving on a Sri Lankan athletes made it Oman (46), Palestine (46), global stage,” the QOC Secretary to six finals, but did not succeed Timor Leste (67) and Yemen (37) General said. in securing podium finishes in also did not enter the medal tally. MONDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2018 SPORT 17 Indonesia bids adieu to 18th Asiad AFP Indonesia’s bid but he warned the sprawling Southeast Asian FINAL MEDALS TALLY JAKARTA: The 18th Asian country needed to maintain the Rank Country G S B Total Games closed in a glittering positive energy generated by 1 China 132 92 65 289 ceremony in Jakarta yesterday the Games. as hosts Indonesia dreamed of “I think what is important 2 Japan 75 56 74 205 stepping up to host the now for Indonesia is to keep 3 South Korea 49 58 70 177 Olympics in 2032. the momentum of this Games,” 4 Indonesia 31 24 43 98 Thousands of athletes in he said. “So for you now not to 5 Uzbekistan 21 24 25 70 ponchos marched in heavy rain fall into a black hole the 6 Iran 20 20 22 62 at the Gelora Bung Karno moment after everybody has 7 Chinese Taipei 17 19 31 67 Stadium at the close of a two- left.” 8 India 15 24 30 69 week tournament featuring 40 China topped the medals sports. table for the 10th Games in 9 Kazakhstan 15 17 44 76 “I declare the 18th Asian succession, a streak stretching 10 DPR Korea 12 12 13 37 Games closed,” Sheikh Ahmad back to New Delhi 1982, with 11 Bahrain 12 7 7 26 Al Fahad Al Sabah, president a runaway 132 golds. 12 Thailand 11 16 46 73 of the Olympic Council of Asia, They will now look to make 13 Hong Kong, China 8 18 20 46 told the packed crowd. a deafening statement by 14 Malaysia 7 13 16 36 “You did it! You made the repeating the feat at the 2020 energy of Asia come through... Olympics in Tokyo, capital of 15 QATAR 6 4 3 13 Jakarta has the capability to their war-time colonisers and 16 Mongolia 5 9 11 25 host any such major interna- bitter rivals Japan. 17 Vietnam 4 16 18 38 tional event,” he added. Japan, who won the Games’ 18 Singapore 4 4 14 22 Indonesia has defied 465th and final gold medal in 19 Philippines 4 2 15 21 expectations to host a smooth yesterday’s mixed team tria- 20 UAE 3 6 5 14 Games, which with 17,000 ath- thlon, placed a distant second 21 Kuwait 3 1 2 6 letes and officials is second in with 75 golds, while South size only to the Olympics. Korea had 49 and hosts Indo- 22 Kyrgyzstan 2 6 12 20 The President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah (centre) Riding high on the Games’ nesia finished with 31.