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Al-Qurashi Wins Gold in 100m Race at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Saudi athlete Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi won the gold medal in the T53 100m wheelchair race - SPA
Saudi athlete Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi won the gold medal in the T53 100m wheelchair race - SPA
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Al-Qurashi Wins Gold in 100m Race at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Saudi athlete Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi won the gold medal in the T53 100m wheelchair race - SPA
Saudi athlete Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi won the gold medal in the T53 100m wheelchair race - SPA

Saudi athlete Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi won the gold medal in the T53 100m wheelchair race at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, held at the Stade de France.
Al-Qurashi won the gold medal by finishing first with a new personal best of 14:48 seconds, leaving the silver medal to Thailand's Paeyo Pongsakorn, who finished with 14:66 seconds. The bronze medal went to Brazilian Ariosvaldo da Silva, who finished in 15:08 seconds, SPA reported.
With this gold medal, Al-Qurashi increased Saudi Arabia's Paralympic medal tally to six medals (two gold, two silver, and two bronze). He had previously won bronze in the 100m wheelchair race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
This year's event was attended by Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee Secretary General Abdulaziz Baeshen and the accompanying delegation.

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Messi, Ronaldo Left Off List of Contenders for Soccer's Biggest Individual Prize

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo during an event to distribute awards. Asharq Al-Awsat
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo during an event to distribute awards. Asharq Al-Awsat
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Messi, Ronaldo Left Off List of Contenders for Soccer's Biggest Individual Prize

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo during an event to distribute awards. Asharq Al-Awsat
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo during an event to distribute awards. Asharq Al-Awsat

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were omitted from the list of nominations to win this year's Ballon d'Or award — the sport's most prized individual honor.

Messi, the record eight-time winner and holder of the trophy, did not feature Wednesday in a list of 30 players in the running for the award, which will be presented Oct. 28.

Also excluded was Messi's great rival, five-time winner Ronaldo. It was the first time since 2003 that neither player made the list.

Vinicius Junior, Rodri, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane are among the names nominated.

Messi, who left European soccer behind when moving from Paris Saint-Germain to Inter Miami last year, is still delivering at a high level and helped Argentina win the Copa America in July. The 37-year-old beat Manchester City striker Haaland to the award last year, but will not defend his title.

Messi won his first Ballon d’Or in 2009 — the start of a four-year streak of taking the top prize.

He was first nominated in 2006.

Messi and Ronaldo turned the competition into a near-two-way contest during the peak of their careers — winning it a combined 13 times from 2008.

Ronaldo's first nomination was 2004.

A new generation of talent has emerged in the form of Mbappé, Vinicius Junior, Bellingham and Haaland. Emerging teenage star Lamine Yamal of Spain was also nominated.

While City striker Haaland was runner-up to Messi last year, the favorites to be crowned Ballon d’Or winner this time around include Real Madrid pair Vinicius Junior and Bellingham, as well as City and Spain midfielder Rodri.

Messi was also left off the list in 2022, but powered back to inspire Argentina to the World Cup title later that year and won his eighth Ballon d’Or in 2023.

However, at the latter end of his career and now playing in MLS, he may find it harder to hold off the challenge of his younger rivals for the title of the game’s best.
Aitana Bonmati, who won the women’s award last year is nominated again. US stars Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith, Mallory Swanson, Alyssa Naeher and Lindsey Horan were also on the 30-long list of contenders.
The awards are voted for by a jury of men's and women's soccer journalists.
Created by France Football magazine, the Ballon d'Or was first awarded to England great Stanley Matthews in 1956.
Legends of the game including Eusébio, Bobby Charlton, George Best, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Ronaldo and Zinédine Zidane have all won it in the past.