MORE GOLD FOR BAQLEH

Jordan’s Olympic swimming sensation Khader Baqleh has added a second gold at the Arab Swimming Championships taking place in Tunisia.

Baqleh, who already picked up the 200m Freestyle title, won the gruelling 1500m event in a time of 15 minutes 50.20 seconds, followed by Tunisia’s Mahdi Al Okaili and Algeria’s Anees Jaballah in second and third respectively.

Khader’s 200m gold was won in a new Arab best time.