Oman wins gold in men’s 4×100 relay at Pan Arab Games
Muscat, The Gulf Observer: Oman’s national athletics team has won the gold medal in the men’s 4×100-metre relay race at the Pan Arab Games in Algeria.
Oman’s Fatek Beit Jaaboub had won the gold in the high jump event on Tuesday night. Oman’s young sportsman Qusay Al Rawahi also clinched a silver in the 100m para-athletics event.
Oman is participating in five events – football, athletics, sailing, weightlifting and para athletics.
The Pan Arab Games were officially inaugurated at Algiers’ Stade du 5 Juillet on Wednesday but events like athletics, football and para-athletics had started earlier. Approximately 3,800 athletes are competing in the Games.
The Pan Arab Games returned for the first time in 12 years as Algeria welcomed 22 nations and territories. Besides the capital, events are also taking place in Oran, Constantine, Annaba, and Tipaza. It is the first time that five cities are hosting the Games.
The opening ceremony of the Games coincided with Independence Day in Algeria after the nation was liberated from French rule on the date in 1962. The Games will conclude on July 15. The last edition of the Games was in Doha in 2011. It is the 13th edition following the inaugural event in Alexandria in 1953.
