Saudi National Teams Arriving in China to Participate in 19th Asian Games

Saudi National Teams Arriving in China to Participate in 19th Asian Games
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Saudi National Teams Arriving in China to Participate in 19th Asian Games

Saudi National Teams Arriving in China to Participate in 19th Asian Games

Saudi national teams have arrived in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Huzhou for training camps before departing to Hangzhou to participate in the 19th Asian Games, which will be held from September 23 to October 8 with the participation of 12,000 athletes from 45 Asian countries.

The football, tennis, fencing, taekwondo, basketball, table tennis and rowing teams were first to arrive and then joined over the following days by other national teams participating in the Asian Games, SPA reported.

The teams conducted morning and evening training in the halls and stadiums that the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee had prepared.

The Kingdom will begin participating in the tournament tomorrow in the football match with the Iranian national team as part of Group B qualifiers, which also combines Vietnam and Mongolia.



China’s Huang and Sheng Win First Gold of Paris Games at Air Rifle Mixed Team Event

 China's Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao pose on the podium after winning the gold of the shooting 10m air rifle mixed team during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 27, 2024. (AFP)
China's Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao pose on the podium after winning the gold of the shooting 10m air rifle mixed team during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 27, 2024. (AFP)
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China’s Huang and Sheng Win First Gold of Paris Games at Air Rifle Mixed Team Event

 China's Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao pose on the podium after winning the gold of the shooting 10m air rifle mixed team during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 27, 2024. (AFP)
China's Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao pose on the podium after winning the gold of the shooting 10m air rifle mixed team during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 27, 2024. (AFP)

China's Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the first gold medal of the Paris Games on Saturday in the 10 meters air rifle mixed team event.

Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun of South Korea claimed silver and Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev of Kazakhstan were awarded bronze.

Three years after Yang Qian and Yang Haoran won the gold in Tokyo, compatriots Huang and Sheng made sure China retained it.

The reigning world champions topped the qualifying round ahead of their Korean rivals at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.

The gold medal round was not really a cakewalk though despite them racing to a 14-8 lead after the first 11 shots.

Keum and Park staged a late comeback to reduce the gap at 14-12 but the Chinese pair prevailed 16-12 in the end.

Le and Satpayev gave Kazakhstan their first medal of the Paris Games with a 17-5 romp against the German pair of Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich.