GCC Youth Games: Oman claim 8 more medals as overall tally rises to 32

Muscat: Oman’s athletes signed off the track and field events at the inaugural GCC Youth Games on a high on Saturday as they claimed five more medals in Dubai, UAE.

While a gold eluded the athletes, the five medals along with three medals won by the national chess teams helped Oman’s medals kitty swell to 32 on Saturday.

On the final day of the athletics competition Kultham Al Jabri clinched a silver in shot put while Moayad Al Badri settled for a bronze medal in the 400m race.  Azza al Hinai won bronze in the 200m race while the boys’ and girls’ 4x100m relay quartet also won bronze medals in their respective events.

While the athletes excelled in Dubai, the national chess players made the Sultanate proud at the Sharjah Cultural Chess Club.

The U14 girls’ team won a silver while the U18 girls’ side claimed a bronze. The boys’ U18 matched their girls’ counterpart as they also won a bronze.

U17 football: Kuwait beat Oman
In Abu Dhabi, Oman U17 football team suffered a shock 1-0 defeat against Kuwait at the Al Wahda Club’s Al Nahyan Stadium on Friday night.

The all-important goal was scored by Fawaz al Dawood in the 65th minute of the match. Kuwait now lead the table with six points from two wins while Oman has three points from their opening match 2-1 win against the hosts.

In another match, UAE routed Bahrain 6-1 to open their account while Bahrain remained at the bottom with two defeats.

Elsewhere at the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club, Oman sailors competed in Optimist, ILKA4 and ILKA6 classes and remained in contention for medals on the final day on Sunday.

The Optimist sailors had already won a gold medal in the class last week.

In volleyball, Oman lost their opening match against UAE at the Al Nassr Club in Dubai 15-25, 23-25, 16-25.