Paris: Saudi athlete Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi won the gold medal in the T53 100m wheelchair race at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, held at the Stade de France, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
According to the SPA, Al-Qurashi won the gold medal by finishing first with a new personal best of 14:48 seconds, leaving the silver medal to Paeyo Pongsakorn of Thailand, who finished with 14:66 seconds. The bronze medal went to Ariosvaldo da Silva of Brazil, who finished in 15:08 seconds.
With this gold medal, Al-Qurashi increased the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Paralympic medal tally to six medals (2 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze). He had earlier won bronze in the 100m wheelchair race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
This year’s event was attended by Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee Secretary General Abdulaziz Baeshen and the accompanying delegation, the SPA reported.
