2 Egyptians harness gold, silver at Stockholm 2016 Diamond League

Maya Nawar
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Egypt’s Ihab Abdel Rahman won the gold medal in the javelin throw’s men’s division, while Mohamed Hamada Mohamed harnessed silver in the 800 metres (B) race’s men’s division at the Diamond League in Sweden.

Diamond League is an annual series of track and field meetings that recently took place in Stockholm.

Egypt’s Ihab Abdel Rahman won the javelin throw’s division for men, with a throw of 86.00 metres. Germany’s Thomas Rohler came in second, and third place went to Kenya’s Julius Yego.

Arab runners dominated the 800 metres (B) race’s division for men, as Egypt’s Mohamed Hamada Mohamed came in second at 1:47.44. Algeria’s Yacine Hathat topped the division at 1:47.22, and Qatar’s Jamal Hairane conquered third place, finishing at 1:47.66.

Swedish players showed remarkable performance in the men’s high jump division, conquering the first five places with their athletes Oskar Lundqvist, Mehdi Al-Khatib, Fedrik Samuelsson, Fabian Delryd, and Filip Bjorklund.

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