The competitions of the 16th Asian Youth Championships get under way today on the track and field of Taipei Stadium, the Taiwanese capital, with the participation of 33 countries from the continent of Asia, including our youth national team, which is taking part with 14 of our promising champions.
A number of races and events will be held today in which our distinguished champions will take part, including the 100m, the 400m, and the hammer throw, in which our national team will be represented by the Al Seifi brothers, Ashraf and Ahmed Amjad.
Our national team’s delegation is headed by Mohammed Suleiman, Assistant Secretary General of the Athletics Federation, along with Abdulrahman Sultan Al Nobi, a member of the federation’s board and team manager, Saleh Ahmed Hassan Ali, administrator, Noureddine Tajine, coach, Mohsen Naji, assistant coach, Jama Aden, coach, Yasser Ahmed Al Sayyadi, coach, Bashir Al Zaghwani, coach, Alexei Malikov, coach, Mohammed Faraj Al Kaabi, assistant coach, Andreas Schradia, coach, and Iskandar Falfoul, masseur.
Youth competition schedule
The youth competition schedule at the championship includes, over the four days, 22 races and events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10,000m, 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 3000m steeplechase, 10,000m race walk, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, javelin throw, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay, and the decathlon.
