The IAAF officially granted Aspire Academy international recognition as a training centre. The recognition was announced by IAAF development director Mr Abdulmalek Al Hebeil on the sidelines of the two-day youth athletics coaching congress organised by Aspire at its premises, attended by HE Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, president of the Qatar and Asian federations and vice-president of the IAAF, Aspire Academy director general Ivan Bravo, a number of Aspire directors, and the coaches taking part in the congress. Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad praised the fruitful cooperation between Aspire and the international and Qatari athletics federations, affirming that Aspire has truly become an important platform for sporting and academic development, and that everyone has the right to benefit from its capabilities and high-level facilities to help drive the wheel of sporting progress and development in Qatar, the region or the world as a whole. He considered the international recognition of Aspire as an international centre a source of pride for Qatar and a gain for the country in becoming a point of sporting radiance for world athletics, extending deep thanks and gratitude to the IAAF family led by Lamine Diack and to Mr Abdulmalek Al Hebeil, the IAAF’s development director, for their valued efforts in translating the agreement into action that everyone will benefit from.
