Samba, Haroun Hope to Wow at Home in Season-Opener Team Qatar Athletes Are in Good Form Coming Into the First Diamond League Meet of the Year on Friday
FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 3 TTENNISENNIS | Page 6 Fellaini header Nadal claims condemns 11th Barcelona Wenger to Old title with win Traff ord defeat over Stefanos Monday, April 30, 2018 FORMULA 1 Sha’baan 14, 1439 AH Hamilton wins GULF TIMES chaotic Baku battle to lead title race SPORT Page 4 ATHLETICS / DOHA DIAMOND LEAGUE Samba, Haroun hope to wow at home in season-opener Team Qatar athletes are in good form coming into the first Diamond League meet of the year on Friday By Mikhil Bhat He had fi nished behind South Af- Doha rican Wayde van Niekerk and Steven Gardiner of Bahamas. From thereon, Haroun has been on bderrahman Samba had been an impressive run of results, winning progressing well through 400m gold and 4x400m relay silver at the 400m hurdles heats and the Asian Indoor Games in Ashgabat in semi-fi nals at the World September, and two golds — 400m and AChampionships in London in August of 4x400m — at the Asian Indoors in Te- last year. hran in February this year. In the fi nal, running in lane 6 be- “Right now the form is good. I had tween Norwegian Karsten Warholm training camps in Brazil and Turkey. I ran and T J Holmes of the US, the 21-year- 45.41 in Brazil earlier this month. It’s ok, old had been gaining well when he hit not a bad timing to build on. I also did the fi nal hurdle, struggling for balance, 200m in 21.16,” the 21-year-old said. before he had to settle for a seventh Haroun then had a bit of a hamstring place fi nish.
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