
Qatar's Abderrahman Samba wins bronze in 400m hurdles
The Peninsula
Tokyo: Qatari runner AbderrahmanSambawon the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles today at the 20th edition of the World Athletics Championships currently...
Tokyo: Qatari runner Abderrahman Samba won the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles today at the 20th edition of the World Athletics Championships currently being held in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
Samba clocked a time of 47.06 seconds, his best of the season, to secure third place and stand on the podium in a remarkable achievement for Qatar.
American Rai Benjamin won the gold medal, recording his season’s best time of 46.52 seconds, ahead of Brazilian Alison dos Santos, who took silver with a time of 46.84 seconds. The defending champion and world record holder for this event, Norwegian Karsten Warholm, finished fifth with a time of 47.58 seconds.
The other Qatari runner in the final, Ismail Dawood, came in eighth place with a time of 49.82 seconds.













