RIYADH: The 2024 Saudi Games drew to a close on Thursday with the conclusions of the archery, chess, squash and handball competitions.
In the men’s archery event at the Riyadh Club, the gold medal went to Omar Hossam Al-Saqqa of Al-Intilaq. Abdulaziz Al-Kurbi of Al-Thuqbah and clubmate Fares Mater Al-Otaibi won silver and bronze respectively.
In the women’s competition, Lina Al-Munajim of Najd claimed the gold medal, Aisha Al-Ali of Al-Farouq grabbed the silver and Hessa Al-Suraie of Najd the bronze.
In the men’s chess, which took place in the sports hall of Al-Riyadh Club, Hisham Abdulrahman won the gold medal, Ahmed Al-Samhouri the silver and Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ruhaili the bronze. In the women’s event, Alaa Jamal grabbed gold, Hala Hassan took silver and Adeem Al-Dosari bronze.
Abdulrahman Mostafa of Al-Hilal won the gold medal in the men’s squash, while Mohammed Al-Nasfan of Al-Safa and Abdulaziz Aburwaqa of Al-Hilal earned silver and bronze respectively.
In the men’s handball competition, Al-Huda clinched gold with a 27-26 victory over Al-Khaleej in extra time in the final. Al-Safa defeated Al-Noor 36-30 in the third-place playoff to claim the bronze. In the men’s youth competition, Al-Noor defeated Al-Khaleej 33-31 in the final to win gold. Mudhar took the bronze with a 47-30 victory over Al-Wehda.

RIYADH: Fahd Al-Harbi successfully defended his skeet shooting title at the Saudi Games on Wednesday, the final day of the shooting events at the Public Security Training City.
Mohammed Al-Khamshi and Saeed Al-Mutairi took silver and bronze, respectively.
Prince Khaled bin Bandar bin Musaad, vice president of the Saudi Shooting Federation, handed out the medals after five days of fierce competition. Maj. Gen. Nasser bin Othman Al-Nasser, assistant director of public security for training affairs, also attended the medals ceremony.
In the weightlifting competition, Saudi Weightlifting Federation President Mohammed Al-Harbi crowned the winners of the youth, women’s and men’s competitions, in three weight categories at Boulevard 4.
The medals ceremony was also attended by Antonio Conflitti, president of the European Weightlifting Federation, and Khaled Mhalhel, president of the African Weightlifting Federation.
Al-Ula Club’s Siraj Al-Sulaim won gold in the men’s 67 kg category, while Nawaf Al-Muzaidi of Al-Tarf took the silver and Mansour Al-Sulaim of Al-Ula the bronze.
In the youth’s 55 kg category, Mohammed Al-Ajyan of Al-Huda Club took the gold, ahead of Al-Omran’s Hassan Al-Wubari and Reda Al-Zori of Al-Noor.
In the women’s 59 kg category, English Kimloni of Al-Ittihad won the gold medal, Jannah Al-Amari of Jeddah Club took silver and Al-Anoud Al-Shahri of Al-Tarf took the bronze.
They were awarded their medals by Fawzia Hobani, a board member of the Saudi Weightlifting Federation.