Bahrain's Shitaye Eshete Mubarak won a gold medal while compatriot Tareq Mubarak Taher claimed a bronze yesterday on the second day of the athletics competition at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Indonesia.
Shitaye clinched first place in the women's 10,000 metres while Taher finished third in the men's 3,000m steeplechase.
Their medals were Bahrain's second and third of the Games. Hassan Mahboob had earlier clinched a bronze in the men's 10,000m race on Wednesday.
In the women's 10,000m final, Shitaye stormed to the finish in a winning time of 32 minutes 35.78 seconds.
An athlete from Algeria claimed the silver in 33:06.41, while the UAE's Alia Mohammed clinched the bronze in 33:44.12.
Shitaye's medal presentation ceremony is scheduled to take place today.
Meanwhile, in the men's steeplechase final, Taher had to settle for third place after finishing his race in 8:44.20.
A Turkish athlete won the gold in 8:28.79, while Moroccan Hameed Azzedine came away with the silver in 8:37.46.
In other results yesterday, Bahrain's former World champion Youssef Saad Kamel finished fifth in the men's 800m final, narrowly missing out on another medal.
He clocked a mark of 1:48.27.
On the distaff, fellow-Bahraini Genzeb Shumi was also fifth in her 800m event. She registered a time of 2:11.00 in her race.
Bahrain is competing in Indonesia with an 11-member athletics squad. The remaining athletes include former world champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Belal Mansoor Ali, Mimi Belete Salem, Ali Khamis, Dejene Regassa and Mohammed Yusuf Salman.
This 10-day Islamic Solidarity Games, which concludes on October 1, is being held under the slogan "Unity and Harmony".
There are 13 sports that will be competed. The sports are athletics, aquatics swimming, archery, badminton, basketball, football, karate, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, volleyball beach, weightlifting and wushu. Around 1,759 athletes and 624 officials will take part in the Games.
Participating nations are Algeria, Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Guyana, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, the UAE and Malaysia.
The first edition of the Games was held in 2005 in Saudi Arabia. The second event was cancelled after it had been originally scheduled to take place in Tehran in October 2009. Azerbaijan will host the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in 2017.
BAHRAIN had mixed fortune on the first day of the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia. The nationals kick-started their campaign in karate with Sarah Al Sabah and Noora Ahmed in action.
Sarah won her first fight against her Palestinian opponent 5-0, but lost her next clash to a competitor from Morocco 4-1.
In the same event, Bahrain's Noora lost her first two encounters to an Indonesian participant 0-4 before going down 0-9 to an Azerbaijan opponent to crash out of the tournament.
Being coached by Mohamed Larbi Boumezbeur, the karate team also includes Mustafa Al Shaikh, Bashar Al Sanjar and Mohamed Al Shaikh.
Bahrain is also competing in athletics and taekwondo. The taekwondo team have been training for three days before the competitions start on Saturday.
The taekwondo team is being managed by Tawfeeq Nuwaiser of Jordan who named five of their best martial arts fighters. They are Hamad Al Binkhalil, Hesham Al Hashimi, Fahad Al Bosta, Mohammed Ahmed and Fajar Al Binali, who is due to join the team training in the next few days.
The athletics delegation has also arrived in Palembang and they are due to begin training today.
Meanwhile, Bahrain's delegation attended the Games' opening ceremony.Bahrain's flag was raised high in the Indonesian city of Palembang. The Bahrain delegation is being headed by Bahrain Olympic Committee member Abdulhakim Al Shino.
The opening ceremony took place at the Jakabaring Sports Complex, with around 1,759 athletes and 624 officials taking part. It was patronised by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and witnessed by high-ranking sports officials from across the Islamic world.
This 10-day event, which concludes on October 1, is being held under the slogan "Unity and Harmony".There are 13 events that will be competed. The events are athletics, aquatics swimming, archery, badminton, basketball, football, karate, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, volleyball beach, weightlifting and wushu.
The participating nations are Algeria, Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Guyana, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, the UAE, Bahrain and Malaysia.
Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) board member Abdulhakim Al Shino will today travel to Jakarta as he heads the Bahrain delegation to the third Islamic Solidarity Games.Al Shino, who became a member of the BOC board for the first time in this electoral cycle, will head a three-discipline delegation at this 10-day event.The Games are set to take place in Palembang, the capital city of South Sumatera, from Sunday to October 1, as 33 athletes will spearhead the kingdom in three sports - athletics, karate and taekwondo.Speaking before his departure, Al Shino stressed that Bahrain's participation in the Games is in line with directives of BOC president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and part of the BOC strategy to actively be a part of regional, continental and international sporting competitions.Al Shino noted that despite given a short time to prepare for the Games which was approved recently, the BOC has been keen to prepare its sports teams to represent the kingdom the best way possible. Al Shino will be traveling along with the first batch of athletics team members who will be competing at the Games.The athletics team consists of administrators Saad Al Buainain and Mohammed Hassan, physiotherapist Eid Hassan and head coach Vladimir Brigadniy, as well as 11 athletes, led by former world champions Maryam Yusuf Jamal and Youssef Saad Kamel.The other athletes are Belal Mansoor Ali, Mimi Belete Salem, Ali Khamis, Hassan Mahboob, Dejene Regassa, Genzeb Shumi, Shitaye Eshete Mubarak, Mohammed Yousef Salman and Tareq Mubarak Taher.The athletics event is scheduled to take place from September 25 to 29.Both Bahrain's taekwondo and karate teams will heading to the Far East tomorrow via Doha, with the taekwondo team comprising head coach Tawfeeq Nuwaiser of Jordan.Nuwaiser had named five of his best martial arts fighters for the competitions. They are Hamad Al Binkhalil, Hesham Al Hashimi, Fahad Al Bosta, Mohammed Ahmed and Fajar Al Binali. Their events will be held from September 27 to October 1.The karate team, which also leaves tomorrow, consists of coach Mohamed Larbi Boumezbeur and players Noora Ahmed, Mustafa Al Shaikh, Bashar Al Sanjar, Mohamed Al Shaikh and Sara Al Sabah. The karate competitions are due to take place from Sunday to September 26.Bahrain delegation director Sameer Shuwaiter deputy director Maryam Mardana and treasurer Abdulla Rabeia had already left for Palembang to finalise all necessary arrangement to prepare for the teams' arrival.Around 1,759 athletes and 624 officials will take part in the Games. There are 13 sports that will be competed. The sports are athletics, aquatics-swimming, archery, badminton, basketball, football, karate, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, beach volleyball, weightlifting, and Wushu.Participating nations are Algeria, Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Guyana, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, the UAE and Malaysia. .
BAHRAIN's delegation to the third Islamic Solidarity Games has been approved, the Bahrain Olympic Committee announced yesterday.
The Games are set to take place in Palembang, the capital city of the South Sumatera in Indonesia, from September 22 to October 1, as 33 athletes will spearhead the kingdom in three disciplines - athletics, karate and taekwondo.
BOC board member Abdulhakim Al Shino is heading the Bahrain delegation to the Games. Other delegation officials are director Sameer Shuwaiter, deputy director Maryam Mardana and treasurer Abdulla Rabeia.
Eleven athletes were chosen for the athletics event. They are former world champions Maryam Yusuf Jamal and Youssef Saad Kamel, Belal Manoor Ali, Mimi Belete Salem, Shitaye Mubarak Eshete, Ali Khamis, Hassan Mahboob, Dejene Regassa, Genzeb Shumi, Mohammed Salman and Tareq Mubarak Taher.
They will be traveling along with team administrators Saad Al Buainain and Mohammed Hassan, physiotherapist Eid Hassan and head coach Vladimir. the athletics event is scheduled to take place from September 25 to 29.
In taekwondo, coach Tawfeeq Nuwaiser has named five players for the Games and they are Hamad Al Bin Khalil, Hesham Al Hashimi, Fahad Al Bosta, Mohammed Ahmed and Fajar Al Binali. Their events will be held from September 27 to October 1.
The karate team also features five players, namely Noora Ahmed, Mustafa Al Shaikh, Bashar Al Sanjar, Mohamed Al Shaikh and Sara Al Sabah. They are being coached by Mohamed Larbi Boumezbeur. The karate competitions are due to take place from September 22 to 26.
Both Shuwaiter and his deputy Mardana are due to travel to Indonesia tomorrow. The karate and taekwondo delegations will leave the next day, to be followed by the athletics team on Friday.
The Islamic Solidarity Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. The Games involve the elite athletes of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
The Islamic Solidarity Games Federation (ISSF) is the organisation that is responsible for the direction and control of the Islamic Solidarity Games.
As many as 55 countries are expected to participate in the Games, which will feature 13 disciplines like athletics, badminton, basketball, football, weightlifting, karate, archery, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, wushu and swimming.
The first edition of the Games was held in 2005 in Saudi Arabia. The second event was cancelled after it zhad been originally scheduled to take place in Tehran in October 2009. Azerbaijan will host the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in 2017.
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