Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, president of the Qatari and Asian athletics federations and vice-president of the IAAF, dedicated Qatari athletics’ great achievement to the country’s wise leadership, to the president of the Qatar Olympic Committee, to the Ministry of Culture and Sport, and to the dear Qatari people
Al Hamad thanked all the committees that worked on the championships and made great efforts until the unmatched success was achieved, which was witnessed by everyone, starting with IAAF president Lord Sebastian Coe and continuing through all the participating teams and those following the major Asian event.
He explained that the championships’ organising committee had been determined, through strong and distinguished preparations and by providing every facility, to achieve success not only at the level of world-class professional organisation but also at the level of results, so that what we had planned for was achieved and we took the throne of the Asian continent in athletics.
Al Hamad congratulated all of Qatar’s male and female champions who took part in the championships’ competitions and said they were all champions and outstanding, and had shown everyone the high and refined standard that Qatari athletics is known for, expressing his hope that they will continue their run of excellence and success during their participation in the upcoming World Championships in the American state of Portland next month and afterwards at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil next summer.
The president of the Asian and Qatari federations confirmed that the success of the championships is also a success for the Asian federation he chairs, and a good start for the development and modernisation that he and his team will carry out within the federation’s board to advance athletics on the Asian continent.
On Asian women’s participation, Al Hamad praised what the participating women had achieved and said women’s participation is still at the beginning of the road, and that plans will be put in place to advance women’s sport in the future.
