Kuwait athletics team shows strong form at Arab U18 Championships
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- Kuwait won three medals on Sunday at the Arab U18 Athletics Championships in Cairo, bringing its total to five.
- Yasmeen Waleed won high-jump gold, Abbas Al-Nasser took pole-vault silver and Haidar Al-Qattan earned bronze in the 100 meters with a personal-best time.
- Kuwait’s medal tally now stands at two golds, two silvers and one bronze at the competition.
Kuwait’s athletics team added three medals on Sunday at the 12th Arab U18 Athletics Championships in Cairo, taking its total to five. Yasmeen Waleed won gold in the high jump after clearing 1.66 meters.
Abbas Al-Nasser took silver in the pole vault with a height of 4.20 meters, while Haidar Al-Qattan won bronze in the 100 meters with a personal best of 10.77 seconds.
Delegation head Faisal Al-Dosam praised the athletes’ performances, calling the results a positive sign of progress in Kuwaiti athletics and of the team’s preparations. Kuwait has now won two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze.
On Saturday, Abdulrahman Al-Azmi won the long jump and teammate Fahad Al-Dhafiri took silver in the same event. The championships are being held at Cairo’s Olympic Center in Maadi, with athletes from 15 Arab countries and about 276 male and female competitors taking part.
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