Qatar’s Ali Arshad wins bronze in 100-m wheelchair race at Asian Para Games

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October 23, 2023
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23-October-2023

Qatar’s Ali Arshad wins bronze in 100-m wheelchair race at Asian Para Games

Hangzhou: Team Qatar star Ali Arshad claimed the bronze medal of the 100-m wheelchair race at the 2022 Asian Para Games on Monday. 
The event is taking place at the Chinese city of Hangzhou until October 28 with the participation of 43 countries.

Ali Arshad's bronze win came after he achieved third place in the race, recording a time of 15.60 seconds, while Thailand's Chaiwat Rattana came in first place and won gold with a time of 15.18 seconds, and China's Zhong Wenhao won second place and won silver with a time of 15.55 seconds.

Ali Arshad will compete tomorrow in the 800-meter wheelchair race.
The Qatari delegation to the Asian Para Games, headed by Assistant-Secretary of the Qatar Sports Federation for Special Needs, Abdul Qadir Al Mutawa, includes 18 individuals, including nine male and female players, four coaches, a technical director, a physical therapist, and a companion.

Executive Director of the Qatar Paralympic Committee Amir Al Mulla arrived Sunday in the Chinese city of Hangzhou to attend the games.

Head of the Qatari delegation Abdul Qadir Al Mutawa expressed his happiness with Ali Arshad winning the bronze medal in the 100-meter wheelchair race. 

Al Mutawa said that Qatari star Ali Arshad was able to win bronze after a strong and exciting competition from Chinese and Thai players and achieved the first medal for the delegation in the competition.

He added that this medal is valuable, especially since this is the first participation of our player Ali Arshad in an Asian Para Games, and they look forward to achieving more crowns in the rest of the competitions.

For his part, Executive Director of the Qatar Olympic Committee Amir Al Mulla praised the achievement made by the player Ali Arshad in opening the competitions and achieving the first medals for the Qatari delegation.

Al Mulla said in a similar statement that their player Ali Arshad is young, and the future is ahead of him, and we are counting on him a lot for future achievements.