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| December 10, 2006 | Sunday | Ziqa'ad 18, 1427 |
Saudi Arabia retain long jump title
DOHA, Dec 9: Saudi Arabia's Hussain Taher Al Saba successfully defended his men's long jump title at the Asian Games on Saturday.
The 27-year-old, who is coached by world record holder Mike Powell, posted a best leap of 8.02 metres to take the gold with Kuwait's Saleh Al-Hadad second and another Saudi athlete, Ahmed Faez bin Marzouq, taking the bronze.
Al-Saba has been out of action for the past two years after serving a ban for failing a drugs test which saw him miss the Olympics in Athens.—AFP
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