Active Arab Participation in Sanaa Half-Marathon [Archives:1998/28/Sports]

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July 13 1998

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The Sabeen field in Sanaa witnessed last week the sports festival which was organized by the Yemeni Athletics Federation and financed by Yemenia Airlines to celebrate the anniversary of July 7th. Several government ministers attended the event; the Foreign Minister, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Labor and the Minister of Trade.
Many Arab countries participated such as Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, while Syria and Lebanon declined the invitations.
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The junior winners of the 5 km race are as follows:-
1- Abdulaziz Ali – Damar
2- Mohammed Ali Abdulah – Sanaa
3- Mohamed Abdulah – Sanaa
The female winners of the 3 km race are as follows:-
1- Thaniya Tayri Abdulrazaq
2- Hamidah Tayri Abdulrazaq
3- Hanan Naser Al-Shaddadi
The winners of the Sana’a half-marathon are as follows:-
1- The Yemeni athlete Abdulrahman Abdulaziz won the first position and the championship cup and was awarded a ticket to London and an amount of money.
2- Mohamed Al-Khowlani from Saada won the second position and was awarded a ticket to London and YR 15,000.
3- Salamah Abdulkarim from Jordan won the third position and was awarded a ticket to Frankfort and YR 14,000
4- Sufyan Abdulraqib from Sanaa won the fourth position and was awarded a ticket to Lebanon and YR 13,000.
5- Abdulnabi Faraj from Egypt won the fifth position and was awarded a ticket to Cairo and YR 12,000.
6- Abdulshakoor Hussein won the sixth position and YR 10,000
7- Khalid Al-Ashashi from Dhamar won the seventh position and was awarded a ticket to Al-Rayan in Yemen and YR 9,000.
8- Mohammed Naser Al-Jeda from Dhamar won the eighth position and was awarded a ticket to Taiz and YR 8,000.
9- Mohammed Al-Mursi from Egypt won the ninth position and was awarded a tick to Taiz and YR 7,000.
10- Mohammed Al-Sumakhi from Jordan won the tenth position and was awarded a ticket to Taiz and YR 6,000.
The winners received their prizes by Mr. Abdulqader Bajammal, the Foreign Minister and Mr. Abdulwahab Rawah the Minister of Youth and sports.
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