Ahead of the world indoor championship.. impressive success for the Doha indoor meeting
87 male and female athletes representing 11 countries compete in 13 events
The youth trial event proves the best rehearsal for the committees working on the World Championship
With God’s blessing, the covered Aspire hall today saw the first event of the world indoor championship, with the organising of the trial friendly indoor athletics championship featuring 87 male and female athletes, including 30 female athletes, who competed in 13 events (seven for men and 6 for women). The championship aims to test the facilities and services that will be provided during the thirteenth IAAF World Indoor Championships, with
around 11 countries taking part: Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Sudan, Syria, the UAE and Yemen.
Abdullah Al Zaini, the World Championship’s director, said: “Organising preparatory championships is customary during the build-up to major sporting championships such as the thirteenth IAAF World Indoor Championships. Organising the Doha athletics meeting has helped the organising committee confirm the integration of the various elements and techniques that must operate efficiently during the championship under the Aspire dome.” Public attendance is the most important element of this test, to watch the young athletes competing to win the top places, with the winners receiving cash prizes of 1,500 US dollars for first place, 1,200 dollars for second place and 1,000 dollars for third place in every category.”
Championship programme
Today’s championship programme included a morning session that began at nine o’clock with the women’s 60 m, the women’s heptathlon 60 m, the men’s shot put final, the men’s 400 m heats, and the women’s heptathlon high jump, as well as an evening session that began at three o’clock in the afternoon — the women’s 400 m final, the men’s 400 m final, the women’s long jump final, the women’s heptathlon shot put, the women’s high jump final, the men’s pole vault final, the men’s 1500 m final, the men’s 60 m hurdles final, the men’s 3000 m final, the women’s heptathlon long jump, the women’s 60 m final, the men’s 60 m final, the women’s 800 m final, and the women’s heptathlon 800 m.
The national team line-up
The national team was represented in the 3000 m by champions Musaab Abdulrahman Balla and Mohammed Jumaa; in the 60 m by Mohammed Waleed Al Jassim, Eid Abdullah Al Kuwari and Femi Ejodu; in the 400 m by Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Jassim, Abubaker Omar Madibo and Femi Ejodu; in the 60 m hurdles by Salman Sultan Al Manai, Mohammed Badr, Oday Fawaz and Saif Sabah Al Khair; in the 1500 m by Hashem Salah Abbas, Jamal Abdel Nasser, Ahmed Jad Abdullah and Jamal Harrani; in the pole vault by Badr Salem; and in the shot put by Osama Al Shaabi and Ahmed.
Qatar’s young women take part
Qatar’s young women took part in the 60 m with a group of promising female sprinters: Mabrouka Al Manai and Nasiba Mahjoub; in the 800 m, Nada Nabil, Hind Abdullah, Marwa Mostafa and Heba Abubaker; in the high jump, Faiza Abubaker, Ola Salman, Rania Bahri and Amina Salman; in the long jump, Ola Bashir and Samara; and in the heptathlon, Fatima Mazhar Sasani.
Al Zaini chairs the technical meeting
Meanwhile, Abdullah Al Zaini, the championship’s director and federation president, chaired the championship’s technical meeting, attended by Dr Jabbar Al Kaabi, the federation’s technical expert and the championship’s technical adviser, and representatives of the 11 participating national teams, at which the championship’s timetable and the names of the participants were approved and the trial championship’s rules and regulations were reviewed
The results are attached below
