Al Qassab wins gold medal in Bodybuilding
Manama : Ali Al Qassab won gold medal in the Bodybuilding event at the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Vietnam. It’s now Bahrain’s second medal at the Games following on from AliMonfaredi who opened Bahrain’s account on winning the jiu jitsu’s 77kg gold medal on Sunday.
Al Qassab showed a solid performance to clinch the 162cm gold medal in the competition were Jassim Marhoon (180cm) and Mohammed Rashid(168cm) finished fourth and sixth, respectively.
Al Qassab‘s victory was given the thumbs up by International Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Federation vice-president, Asian Bodybuilding Federation president and Bahrain Weightlifting Federation president Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa, who is present with the team in Vietnam.
Bahrain started their campaign winning its opener against Thailand 2-1. However, they faced a tougher Pakistan team, who took the second tie 2-1. Going into their third game, Bahrain proved too strong for India 2-0 to keep their qualifying chances alive.
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