Iraq wins the bronze medal in the Arab Cycling Championship

Baghdad - INA

Our national cycling team player, Sarbast Abdullah, today, Friday, won the bronze medal in the Arab Championship competitions taking place in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

A statement by the Iraqi Olympic Committee, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), said: “The player Sarbast Abdullah won the bronze medal, after coming in third place in the general individual race for a distance of 160 km, for the under 23 category, with the participation of 48 contestants representing eight Arab teams.” While the Algerian contestant, Hamza Yassine, won first place and the gold medal, and his colleague Hamza Amari won second place and the silver medal.

He added, "Ten teams participated in the Arab competitions: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Qatar, the Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, and Libya."