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Qatar’s Hemeida wins 400m hurdles gold at Asian Athletics Championships

October 07,2024

15-July-2023

Qatar’s Hemeida wins 400m hurdles gold at Asian Athletics Championships

Bangkok, Thailand - Qatar’s 400m hurdler Bassem Hemeida clinched gold medal in a fine style at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok on Saturday and qualified for both the World Athletics Championships 2023 and Paris 2024 Olympics.

The 23-year-old Hemeida sailed over the hurdles clocking 48.64secs to win Qatar’s first gold at the Asian championships finishing ahead of Yasaku Kodama of Japan (48.96secs) and India’s Santosh Kumar (49.09secs).

Bassem Hemeida scored a time of 48.64 seconds to win the first gold medal for Qatari athletics in the championship ahead of Japan's Yusaku Kodama, who finished second to win the silver medal with a time of 48.96 seconds, while India's Santhosh Kumar came in third place with the Bronze medal.

After winning the race, Bassem expressed his happiness at this achievement for the first time in his career.

Talking to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Bassem said that his joy at winning the gold is indescribable, given that it is his first gold at the continental level for the adult category, and it qualified him for the World Athletics Championships in Hungary next month and for the 2024 Paris Olympics Games.

For his part, deputy head of the national teams committee of the Qatar Athletics Association Khalifa Abdulmalik, in remarks to QNA, praised Bassem's great achievement by winning the gold medal and qualifying for the World Championships in Hungary as well as qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

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