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12 Athletes to Represent Saudi Arabia in World Bodybuilding Championship in Spain

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12 Athletes to Represent Saudi Arabia in World Bodybuilding Championship in Spain

The flag of Saudi Arabia (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The flag of Saudi Arabia (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Saudi bodybuilding team is scheduled to participate in the World Bodybuilding Championship in Spain on October 28 and 30 with the participation of 150 countries.

The Saudi team will include 12 athletes: Hamdan Al-Ghamdi, Abdulaziz Al-Numan, Abdullah Al-Zahrani, Saad Hashem, Ramadan Husawi, Ahmad Al Farid, Hatan Bukhari, Naif Al-Basha, Aqeel Jaafari, Ibrahim Al-Najem, Ali Abu Al-Makarem, and Majed Abu Al-Rahi, who had been chosen after auditions that were held in Riyadh in late September.

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Coco Gauff Wins WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia for First Time

American Coco Gauff celebrates with her winning trophy after defeating China's Zheng Qinwen in their women's singles final tennis match at the WTA Finals Championship in Riyadh on November 9, 2024. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP)
American Coco Gauff celebrates with her winning trophy after defeating China's Zheng Qinwen in their women's singles final tennis match at the WTA Finals Championship in Riyadh on November 9, 2024. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP)
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Coco Gauff Wins WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia for First Time

American Coco Gauff celebrates with her winning trophy after defeating China's Zheng Qinwen in their women's singles final tennis match at the WTA Finals Championship in Riyadh on November 9, 2024. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP)
American Coco Gauff celebrates with her winning trophy after defeating China's Zheng Qinwen in their women's singles final tennis match at the WTA Finals Championship in Riyadh on November 9, 2024. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP)

Coco Gauff won the WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
The 20-year-old American came from 2-0 and 5-3 down in the final set and was two points from defeat at one stage, The Associated Press reported.
Yet she took the set to a tiebreaker and won the first six points. Zheng threatened a comeback but Gauff took the victory off her third match point with a forehand winner as she came into the net.
Gauff beat the world’s top two players — Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek — on her run to the final at the season-ending event in Riyadh.
Zheng was looking to complete a season in which she reached a grand slam final for the first time at the Australian Open and delivered China’s first Olympic tennis singles gold medal.
In the doubles final, Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand beat Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States 7-5, 6-3.