Our national athletics team delegation made sure to celebrate the achievement of Qatar’s national football team in becoming 2019 Asian champions during the training camp in South Africa ahead of the launch of the new athletics season, in which a group of our champions in the long, short and middle-distance disciplines are taking part, along with players from Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence.
Our champions made sure to share in the joy felt across Qatar and the Arab world at our national football team’s historic triumph, which embraced glory by winning the 2019 Asian Cup in the UAE for the first time in Qatari football history, along with an exceptional set of records for top scorer, best player and best goalkeeper, and lifting the trophy without a single defeat.
Our champions expressed their great joy at this achievement and at the public and official reception given to the players behind it, from the top of the pyramid, HH the beloved Amir of the country, down to the entire Qatari people, citizens and residents alike.
All the players and members of the administrative and technical delegation took part in the celebration, with a special cake bearing the Qatari flag prepared, which the players cut to mark this wonderful occasion.
Delegation administrator Khaled Hadi gave a speech in which he affirmed the great sense of pride felt by all of Qatar’s champions at the achievement of their colleagues on the national football team, considering what had been achieved a motivation for all athletes in every sport to reach the best possible achievements and to always raise Qatar’s name high at every international forum.
He said: “On my own behalf and on behalf of the young men present at the athletics camp, national team players and Aspire Academy youngsters, we offer our congratulations to the Qatari national team for winning the Asian Cup, and to the entire Qatari people, residents, and the wise leadership.
He added: “Just as the football champions achieved success at the Asian level, we too have champions in athletics who have achieved great successes, both in Asia and globally, and we salute their efforts, hoping they achieve even more, so that Qatar remains at the top and a pioneer in every field, sport included, through the efforts of its devoted sons.”
