ABU DHABI // From the onset, Kuwait looked a cut above in the pool. And it has been so every single day of the 19th Gulf Championship at the Al Jazira Club. They grabbed 10 out of the 12 gold medals in Monday's age division in which the only bright spot was UAE's first gold in five days of the event. The host nation's Abdulla Saeed shared first place with Mohammed Yousef of Saudi Arabia in the 50m breast stroke for under 17, clocking 32.21secs. The bronze went to Saudi's Murtada Ahmed.
Kuwait won three out of the five events in the U17 and swept the U14 and U12 events on the night. Nasir al Hamoodh took Saudi Arabia's second gold when he edged out Jaffer Jassim in the 100m butterly. Results - Under 17: 400m medley: 1. Jaffer Jassim (Kuw) 1.59.08, 2. Saad Ali al Khahtani (KSA) 2.02.56, 3. Sulaiman Mohammed al Hamood (UAE). 2.03.58; 100m butterfly: 1. Nasir al Hamoodh (KSA) 57.99, 2. Jaffer Jassim (Kuw) 59.42, 3. Abdulla Sulaiman al Dhahiri (UAE) 1.00.63; 50m breaststroke: Abdulla Saeed (UAE) 32.21, 1. Mohammed al Yousef (KSA) 32.21, 3. Murtada Ahmed (KSA) 32.61; 200m backstroke: 1. Abdulla Ali al Suwaini (Kuw) 2.19.14, 2. Abdulrahman Eissa al Ishhaq (Qat) 2.22.93, 3. Abdulrahman Ahmed al Oualani (Qat) 2.27.94; 800m freestyle: 1. Abdulla Fahad al Bader (Kuw) 8.43.79, 2. Abdulwahid Thaskandi (KSA) 8.55.56, 3. Abdulla Mohammed (Kuw) 9.07.90; Under-14: 200m freestyle: 1. Ahmed Mohammed al Shehhi (Kuw) 2.03.70, 2. Barak Hisham al Nasir (UAE) 2.05.61, 3. Abdulaziz al Marzouqi (Qat) 2.10.79; 50m breaststroke: 1. Suliman Ibrahim Ali (Kuw) 32.70, 2. Nazar Abdul Wahid (KSA) 34.27, 3. Ahmed Ghouse al Attari (Qat) 34.60; 100m breaststroke: 1. Talal Nasir al Hassawi (Kuw) 1.04.18, 2. Omar Saud al Rais (Kuw) 1.10.74, 3. Ibrahim al Hammadi (Qat) 1.11..28.
