Our national youth and junior team’s champions continued their run of gold medals at the Arab Championships in Algeria, as our talented champion Moaz Mohammed succeeded in claiming his second gold medal of the championship in the discus throw, recording 62.13 m, having already won gold in the shot put. Our gold champion Sara Al Manai also succeeded in claiming her second gold by winning the shot put after recording 11.97 m, having previously won gold in the javelin. Our team’s medal tally now stands at 5, four of them gold. Major General Dahlan Al Hamad, President of the Qatari and Asian Athletics Federations, expressed his happiness and satisfaction at what our future champions had achieved, saying the achievement shows that a new generation is coming strong and capable of continuing the run of achievements of Qatari athletics. He extended his appreciation to our champions and congratulated Khalifa Abdulmalik, Director of National Teams and Executive Director of the Federation, on the achievement, saying that our champions had presented a positive picture of how far the new generation has developed and its ability to achieve results befitting Qatari athletics, and hoped for new achievements in upcoming championships
Separately, our national youth athletics team is preparing to compete in the 17th Asian Youth Athletics Championships, organised by the Vietnam Athletics Federation in the city of Ho Chi Minh City from June 3-6, with a record participation from the continent’s teams in the youth category, as the championship comes as part of preparations for all of Qatar’s youth for the World Youth Championships in Poland from June 19-24, noting that the delegation will depart for Vietnam at the start of June to continue preparations for participation in the championship
Our national youth team will take part in the Asian event with a group of its most prominent promising champions, with the delegation headed by Mohammed Jassim Al Kuwari, Secretary General, and made up of 16 members including Khalid Al Amri as team manager, in addition to the champions: runner Abdullah Jamal Al Khater in the 100m and 200m / runner Saud Al Humaidi in the 100m and 200m / runner Abduljalil Ahmed Al Manai in the 110m hurdles /
runner Idris Moussa Youssef in the 800m and 1500m, / runner Mohanad Khamis Abdullah in the 3000m steeplechase / champion Moaz Mohammed Saber in the javelin and discus events, champion Abdullah Al Rubaie in the decathlon / champion Mohammed Hamdi Al Amin in the high jump / , while the technical staff comprises Captain Salah Shabouh, head coach, and Captain Yasser Al Sayyadi, Pavel Zyrba, jumps coach, and Ali Fadaaq, jumps coach, Lipos, decathlon coach, Jackie, throws coach, alongside Mohammed Bashir, masseur, and Qatar’s team enters the championship with a distinguished line-up led by the outstanding runner Youssef Idris Moussa, holder of the 800m and 1500m gold medals at the previous championship in China, in addition to gold champion Moaz Mohammed Saber, winner of the javelin title at the Arab Championships in Algeria, and Qatar’s youth start the championship with plenty of promise to give their best and confirm their worth on the Asian stage,
Championship programme
The championship schedule includes the following: Day one – 100m / heats, 10,000m final / decathlon 100m / 1500m heats / decathlon long jump / 100m first heat / decathlon shot put / decathlon high jump / pole vault final / hammer / 100m semi-final / 400m semi-final / decathlon 400m / Day two 10,000m race walk final / decathlon 110m hurdles / discus first heat / decathlon pole vault / 110m hurdles first heat / shot put final / 400m final / 1500m final / long jump final / 100m final / Day three / javelin final / triple jump final / 400m hurdles final / 200m final / 5000m final / 4x400m relay final .
For his part, Mohammed Jassim Al Kuwari, head of the delegation, confirmed the high readiness of our national youth team’s champions taking part in the Asian challenge, and hoped that our champions would give their best in the event, especially as they are leaders and frontrunners from previous championships and have truly proven themselves up to the responsibility, wishing them success and accuracy
