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Haroun, Ashraf give Qatar golden momentum; Tosin grabs 100m silver

Haroun, Ashraf give Qatar golden momentum; Tosin grabs 100m silver

August 26, 2018 | 08:54 PM
Gold medallist Qatar's Abdalelah Haroun celebrates during the victory ceremony

Two down, several more to go. Hopefully.Qatar would be aiming to finish considerably higher than their current 20th place on the medals table after Abdalelah Haroun and Ashraf Elseify delivered a gold each in the 400m and hammer throw respectively at the Asian Games Sunday.Sprinter Tosin Ogunode also joined the party with a silver in the 100m as Qatar finally got into the groove, eight days after the second-biggest multi-sport event in the world was formally declared open in the sprawling Indonesian capital.

Qatar's Ashraf Elseify celebrates after competing in the final of the men's hammer throw
Silver medallist Qatar's Tosin Ogunode, gold medallist China's Su Bingtiang and bronze medallist Japan's Ryota Yamagata celebrate during the victory ceremony for the mentarget="_blank"'>
August 26, 2018 | 08:54 PM