Olympics 2016: Rio-bound UAE athlete bags Gold in Heusden 1500m race

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Olympics 2016: Rio-bound UAE athlete bags Gold in Heusden 1500m race
Betlhem Desalegn

Published: Mon 18 Jul 2016, 10:51 PM

Last updated: Tue 19 Jul 2016, 12:57 AM

Rio-bound UAE runner Betlhem Desalegn won 1500-m gold medal at Heusden International meet on Monday, clocking 4.05.86, 12 seconds ahead of second-placed runner. The UAE Athletics Association President Ahmed Al Kamali expressed satisfaction over the performance of Betlhem. "Results of Betlhem and Aliaa Mohammed Saeed will put them in the core of the competition", he told Wam.

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