Training 3,000km apart, winning together: Lebanon’s Chedid and Dandal claim Asian Games teqball bronze

DUBAI: When Maria Chedid and Kamar Dandal celebrated with bronze medals around their necks in Nagoya on Sunday, it marked the end of a memorable Asian Games campaign for the Lebanese pair and another success for a partnership built in unusual circumstances. For most of the year, thousands of kilometers separate them. Chedid has lived in France for the past three years, where she completed a master’s degree and now works, while Dandal remains in Lebanon. They train separately, exchange updates ov