Hosts Qatar sweep swimming golds as medal surge continues at GCC Games
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- May 12, 2026
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Qatar’s swimmers continued their dominant run at the 4th GCC Games Doha 2026, winning five gold medals and adding another silver and bronze at the Hamad Aquatics Centre on Wednesday.Saadeddin led another strong outing for the hosts after claiming gold in the men’s 400m freestyle with a Games record time of 3:50.80 secs. Team-mate Emile Fouzai completed a Qatar one-two after taking silver in 3:56.05, while Bahrain’s Robert Bonsall settled for bronze.Mohamed Mahmoud added to Qatar’s medal tally by winning the men’s 50m breaststroke in another Games record time of 28.38 seconds. Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Alotaibi took silver ahead of Qatar’s Hamza Shalan, who secured bronze.Ali Tamer Hassan also struck gold for the hosts after winning the men’s 100m freestyle in a Games record time of 49.78 seconds. Saudi Arabia’s Emad Addin Zaben finished second, while UAE swimmer Hussein Abdelsalam claimed bronze.Qatar’s fourth individual gold of the day came through Abdalla Elghamry, who topped the men’s 200m backstroke in 2:05.91, setting yet another Games record. Saudi Arabia’s Ali Alessa took silver, while Kuwait’s Abdullah Sultan finished third.The hosts then capped another successful day in the pool by winning the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final ahead of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to secure their fifth gold medal of the session.The latest victories followed Qatar swimmers strong opening-day performance, where the hosts collected three gold medals and two silvers. Owaida bag gold in foil fencing At the Aspire Dome, Ali Owaida defeated compatriot Khaled Hussein in the men’s foil final as Qatar secured both gold and silver in the event. The UAE’s Faris Alblooshi claimed bronze.In the men’s 10-ball singles billiards, Qatar’s Ali al-Obaidali settled for silver after losing 5-7 to Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Baabad in the final at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Hall.Al-Obaidali had booked his place in the final with an impressive 7-2 victory over UAE’s Mahmoud Charif in the semi-finals. In the other last-four clash, Baabad edged Kuwait’s Sulaiman Gholoum 5-4 to set up the title showdown against the Qatari player. Taekwondo team impress Taekwondo team added more medals to the hosts’ tally, with two silver and three bronze at Aspire Dome. Ali Alarimi claiming silver in the men’s +80kg category. He had reached the final after defeating Kuwait’s Ali Hamid Ghuloom 2-0 in the semi-finals. However, the Qatari fighter fell to Saudi Arabia’s Ali Alkhaibari by the same score in the gold medal contest. Oman’s Mohammed al-Hajri and Kuwait’s Ali Hamid Ghuloom shared bronze medals in the category.In the women’s +67kg competition, Qatar’s Noor Mohammed secured a bronze medal after earlier defeating Kuwait’s Fatmah Aljeemaz 2-0 in the semi-finals. Saudi Arabia’s Dunya Saber went on to win gold, while UAE’s Salma Alketbi finished with silver.Qatar’s Maram Fatnassi narrowly missed out on gold in the women’s -67kg final after losing 1-2 to UAE’s Amna Alloghani.Elsewhere, Qatar’s Mohammad Awadalla claimed bronze in the men’s -68kg category. UAE’s Abdelaziz Almheiri won gold after defeating Kuwait’s Ali Khalid Bu Rahma in the final, while Oman’s Shabib al-Wahaibi also finished with bronze.In the women’s -57kg division, Qatar’s Njoud al-Fahad earned bronze as Oman’s Fedaa al-Barwani defeated UAE’s Maha Rabayya in the final to take gold. Bowling pair win silverQatar’s bowling duo of Talal al-Marri and Bader al-Sada claimed the silver medal in the doubles event. The home pair finished second overall after collecting 2,481 points across six games. The gold medal went to the Saudi Arabian duo of Prince Mohammed bin Sultan al-Saud and Abdulmajid al-Aslani, who topped the standings with 2,652 points, while Kuwait’s Mustafa al-Mousawi and Faisal Salim secured bronze with 2,467 points.Meanwhile, Qatar’s table tennis team won bronze in the team competition. The hosts finished third with four points, beating Oman 3-0 while suffering 3-1 defeats against both Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Saudi Arabia claimed the gold medal with six points, while Bahrain took silver with five points. Oman finished fourth with three points.
