A golden night for “Team Saudi Arabia” in the Asian Paralympic Games

The Saudi Paralympic Athletics Team raised its tally in the Fifth Asian Paralympic Games (Nagoya 2026), which concludes on Saturday, to 17 medals (8 gold, 8 silver, and 1 bronze), after adding 6 medals (4 gold and 2 silver) in Friday’s competitions.

The Saudi Paralympic Athletics team player, Badr bin Ali, clinched the gold medal in the shot put competition, after achieving first place with a distance of 17.08 metres, setting a new Asian record.

In the 200 m race, Ali Al Nakhli won the gold medal after leading the race with a time of 23.32 seconds, breaking the course record.

Mishal Mahutan added the third gold for Al-Akhdar, after winning first place in the 1500 m race (T20), with a time of 3:51.03 minutes, breaking the course record.

Naif Al-Mashara concluded the series of Saudi gold medals in Friday’s competitions, by achieving first place in the 100 m race (T44), with a time of 11.15 seconds, setting a new record for the session.

In the 400m race (T64), Nour Al-Sanaa won the silver medal after achieving second place with a time of 53.13 seconds.

Muhammad Al-Qahtani also won the silver medal in the 100 m race (T72), after coming in second with a time of 16.58 seconds, recording his personal best time, after he had topped his group in the qualifying rounds with a time of 16.79 seconds, achieving a new Asian record.

In the same race, Abdul Rahman Al-Thaqafi came in fourth place with a time of 17.09 seconds, after qualifying from the qualifiers by achieving third place in his group with a time of 17.04 seconds, recording his personal best time.

In the 400m wheelchair race (T53), Jamaan Al Zahrani came in sixth place, with a time of 52.51 seconds, while Abdul Rahman Al Qurashi came in seventh place, with a time of 52.70 seconds.

In the final of the 100 m race (T44), Nour Al-Sanaa achieved sixth place with a time of 12.14 seconds, and Jawad Al-Alawi came in seventh place with a time of 12.19 seconds. The two players recorded their best time during the current season.

The Saudi team topped the ranking of Arab countries in the medal table, occupying tenth place in the overall standings of the tournament, with 17 various medals, distributed over 3 sports, topped by Paralympic athletics with 14 medals (8 gold and 6 silver), followed by Paralympic table tennis with two silver medals, while Paralympic cycling added the only bronze medal to the Saudi tally.