UAE opens Asian Games medal account with silver for Sulaiman Abdulrahman
Athletics delivers UAE’s first medal at Asian Games Aichi–Nagoya 2026
UAE athletes opened their medal account at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 with a silver in the men's 400m final, as Sulaiman Abdulrahman finished second, just 0.09 seconds behind Thailand's Joshua Atkinson. The race was attended by UAE officials including Secretary General of the UAE Olympic Committee, Noura Al Jasmi, Major General Dr Mohammed Abdullah Al Murr, and Jamila Abdulrahman, Member of the Board of Directors of the UAE Athletics Federation.
The UAE team celebrated Major General Dr Mohammed Abdullah Al Murr's congratulations on the nation's first medal at the Asian Games, emphasizing the significance of the achievement due to Abdulrahman's young age and prior gold win in the Asian U20 Championships.
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