Doha Gymnasiede 2009

As many as 29 world records were smashed in the Doha Gymnasiade 2009 which concluded on Saturday.

The new records were created in the swimming and athletics competitions.

The athletes made a new world mark in swimming events like girls 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke, 50m and 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m medley and 4x100m freestyle.

The swimming events in which the boys created world records were 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke, 50m and 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m medley and 4x100m freestyle.

In the swimming event for girls 50metres freestyle, Santaman Anna of France created a new a world record to win gold.

A solitary record was broken in athletics, the event being high jump for girls.

Winners of the final 24 events, across all categories, including athletics, swimming and gymnastics, were declared on the fourth and final day of the competition.

Significant titles among the medal winners were the delegations from Italy, Russia, and Ukraine.

In the 2000m steeplechase boys final, Burhan Ahmed Mohammed of Saudi Arabia won gold followed by Italy’s Sanguinetti Andrea who won silver while Qatar’s Elbachir Siksasse clinched the bronze.

The 3000m boys final was won by Zhang Lei of China, while the 110m hurdles for Boys witnessed Mach Di Palmstein Ivan of Italy as the winner In the 100m hurdles for boys, Raibaut Mathilde of France won the gold medal, while the relay boys final was won by Spain followed by Brazil with silver and France with bronze.

In the relay for girls, Italy won the gold, Hungary silver and Russia bronze.

In the long jump for girls, French Beaufour Megane won gold while Zhou Xiaoxue of China won silver.

The pole vault gold for girls went to Russia’s Stetssyuk Tatiana.

The gymnastics events for which winners were declared on Saturday included finals for apparatus ball for girls, apparatus club for girls, and group show in rhythmic gymnastics category.

Finals were also held for vault for boys, balance beam for girls, parallel bars for boys, floor for girls and horizontal bar for boys.