File photo of Abdalelah Haroun.
Doha: Qatar’s medal hopes Abdalelah Haroun qualified for the final of the 400m with a time of 45.83 while Tosin Ogunode another medal hope also made to the final stage in the 100m.
Ogunode, finished third overall in the Men’s 100m qualifying.
Mohamed Abbas also qualified for the Men’s 400m final after finishing in the ninth place with a time of 46.33
Elsewhere, Mahamat Hamdi cleared a mark of 2.15 in the high jump and qualified for the next stage.
In Women’s Hammer Throw Rania Al Naji finished in the ninth place with a mark of 29.62
Qatar’s Mohamed Al Mannai took part in the Men’s Decathlon competing in 100m, Long jump, Shot put and High jump.
In high jump of Decathlon he finsihed fifth while in all other events he took the eight place.
China’s Su Bingtian eased through the 100 metres heats to remain on course to become the continent’s fastest man as athletics got off to a controversial start at the Asian Games on Saturday.
In June Su became the first Asian-born sprinter to run the distance in under 10 seconds when twice in the space of eight days he clocked 9.91 to match the Asian record held by Qatar’s Nigerian-born Femi Ogunode.
He got off to a poor start in Jakarta but his 10.27 was enough to sail through, while Taiwanese Yang Chun-han topped the times in the heats with 10.13. The loudest cheers were reserved for local hope Lalu Muhammad Zohri, who matched Su’s time in his heat.
The Indonesian teenager will carry the nation’s hopes after his triumph at the under-20 world championships in Finland last month when he clocked 10.18.
