DOHA, 12 December 2006 — Saudi Arabia won a gold medal each in equestrian and athletics yesterday in the 15th Asian Games here. The surprising Saudi contingent now have seven golds and four bronzes in the continental competition.
Riders Prince Abdullah Al-Saud, Khalid Al-Eid, Abdullah Sharbatly and Kamal Bahamdan finished both rounds of the team show jumping with the least penalties of 4 points to claim the gold for the Kingdom, with Korea winning the silver medal on 13 and the UAE the bronze on 16 points.
Saudi strongman Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi threw a personal best 20.42 meters in his fourth attempt to clinch the shot put gold.
The men’s volleyball team, meanwhile, scored a historic straight sets victory against Asia’s No. 1 and world No. 6 Japan in the quarterfinal. They now meet China in the semifinal tomorrow.
