The senior committee organising the Asian Championships held the final rehearsal yesterday at the Aspire Dome ahead of the launch of the continent’s major sporting event, in the presence and with the participation of the heads of the working committees, competition director Abdulhakim Al Omari, officials, volunteers and the organisational and technical teams. Major General Al Hamad reviewed the championship’s complete arrangements with everyone ahead of zero hour, and called on the committees to redouble their efforts and refine their performance, drawing on the discipline and accumulated experience for which they are known, so as to present the continental championship at a standard that does it credit and strengthens the standing and gains of Qatari sport in general and athletics in particular.
Asian athletics coaches’ seminar today
The main conference hall at the Holiday Villa Hotel, where the athletes taking part in the Asian Indoor Championships are staying, hosts today a special coaching seminar for Asian and local coaches in Qatar, opened this morning by Major General Dahlan Al Hamad from nine o’clock until midday. A group of leading experts in world athletics will lecture at the seminar, presenting the latest developments in coaching the sport along with other modern training techniques and methods.
Technical meeting
The technical meeting for the championship, held at the Holiday Villa Hotel where the participating delegations are staying, will today set the technical details of the seventh Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, in the presence of the chairman of the senior organising committee, the technical delegate, competition director Abdulhakim Al Omari, the anti-doping committee delegate, and the managers and coaches of the participating national teams. The agenda includes reviewing the championship’s technical and organisational regulations, officially approving the competition schedule and the high jump opening heights, and officially confirming athletes’ eligibility, in addition to responding to queries and comments submitted in writing by representatives of the participating teams the night before the meeting, after which the technical delegate will issue the final start list for each race and event along with the names of the participants.
