Al Sadd’s champions topped the first day of the Amir Cup athletics championship, the closing event of the sporting season, currently being held on the field and track of the outer pitch of Khalifa International Stadium and concluding on Thursday. Al Sadd dominated proceedings, taking the lion’s share of medals with (7), including two gold, two silver and two bronze, while Al Gharafa finished second with a total of (4) medals, including two gold, one silver and one bronze. Al Jaish came third with (3) medals — gold, silver and bronze — Al Ahli finished fourth with (3) medals, gold, silver and bronze, and Qatar SC came fifth with a single gold medal. The first round’s events got under way with the participation of the ten clubs under the umbrella of the Qatar Athletics Federation — Al Rayyan, Al Sadd, Al Wakrah, Al Gharafa, Qatar SC, Al Khor, Al Ahli, Al Arabi, Al Jaish and Al Shamal — represented by a galaxy of our finest champions, alongside a select group of Gulf champions who competed fiercely and enthusiastically to snatch medals and earn the honour of lifting the most prized title, the Amir Cup. The opening round’s events included (7) exciting finals alongside numerous heats and the decathlon challenge.
An exciting start
Today’s events were, as usual, marked by excitement and close contests, producing logical results, as follows: (hammer throw) 1st Al Gharafa’s Ashraf Al Saifi (75.84m), 2nd Al Gharafa’s Amjad Al Saifi (61.54m), 3rd Al Ahli’s Mohammed Farag Al Kaabi (55.62m) – (long jump) 1st Al Sadd’s Jeng Seli (7.62m), 2nd Al Khor’s Waleed Abdullah (6.77m), 3rd Al Jaish’s Tariq Al Kilawi (6.57m) – (javelin) 1st Al Ahli’s Mohammed Fadel Al Muhannadi (57.86m), 2nd Al Sadd’s Ahmed Abu Jalala (55.34m), 3rd Al Arabi’s Jaber Khalifa (55.32m) – (10,000m walk) 1st Qatar SC’s Mabrouk Saleh (50:53.36), 2nd Al Ahli’s Zuhair bin Hussein (51:07.16), 3rd Al Sadd’s Hussein Mohammed Muthanna (51:35.45) – (1500m) 1st Al Jaish’s Sayid Aden Sayid (3:48.46), 2nd Al Sadd’s Stali Kabtalarushu (3:50.00), 3rd Al Gharafa’s Hashim Salah Abbas (3:50.4) – (10,000m) 1st Al Sadd’s Henry Kiplagat (28:54.01), 2nd Al Jaish’s Mike Kibirtiyo (28:59.40), 3rd Al Rayyan’s Alemu Bekele (29:20.58) – (100m) 1st Al Gharafa’s Femi Ogunode (10.01), 2nd Al Sadd’s Barakat Mubarak Al Harthi (10.15), 3rd Al Sadd’s Yaqoub Abdullah Al Yoha (10.49).
The championship’s events conclude today, with 9 field and track finals due to be held starting at 4:30pm, as follows: the discus final, the pole vault final, the triple jump final, the 400m hurdles final, the women’s 400m final, the 800m final, the 200m final, the 3000m steeplechase final, and the 4x400m relay final.
