At a joyful ceremony held by the Qatar Athletics Federation at its headquarters, attended by board members, the national teams committee and the public relations and media committee, HE Abdullah Ahmed Al Zaini, president of the Qatar Athletics Federation, honoured Jama Aden, coach of Qatar’s national middle-distance team, for winning the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sporting Creativity as best Arab coach, following the victories achieved by Qatari athletes at international and world championships and his role coaching Sudanese runner Abubaker Kaki and runner Ismail Mohammed, both world champions in the 800m. The award was launched last year and bears the name of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and honours sporting creativity at local and Arab level. The award was approved unanimously by the board of trustees from various countries, and was presented to coach Jama Aden on 6/1/2011 at a ceremony held in Dubai, UAE, at the Armani Hotel in the Burj Khalifa, where the winners of the award were honoured across its various categories.
It is worth noting that the national team athletes who train under coach Jama Aden achieved several international and world results in the 2010 season, including:
· Junior athlete Hamza Deriouche, who won silver at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in the 800m in 1:46.85.
· Young athlete Mohamed Al Garni, who won bronze at the World Youth Championships in Canada in the 1500m in 3:38.91.
· Musaab Abdul Rahman Bila, who won bronze at the Asian Games in Guangzhou in the 800m in 1:46.19.
Athletes Hashem Salah and Jamal Hiran also train under coach Jama Aden.
