The organising committee for the Diamond League (Doha 2015) meeting held its second meeting at the federation’s headquarters, chaired by Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, president of the Qatar and Asian Athletics Federations, vice president of the IAAF and chairman of the organising committee for the Diamond League Doha 2015 meeting. The meeting was attended by the heads of the various committees to discuss progress in the committees’ work and review preparations, ideas and proposals for developing the Doha 2015 meeting, which achieved a qualitative leap last season and won the highest rating from the IAAF, becoming the season-opening stage of the Diamond League.
At the start of the meeting, Major General Al Hamad, chairman of the organising committee, welcomed the heads and members of the committees working on the Doha Diamond meeting, praising everyone’s contributions and efforts during the past phase, which had ended in success. He noted that Qatar’s hosting of the season-opening Diamond League meeting had become a genuine harbinger of good fortune for the sporting season, “the mother of world sports”, and was helping to advance the development of athletics. He pointed out that Qatar continued to invest in future generations and was building a strong partnership with the IAAF to advance the sport around the world, calling on everyone to work hard to translate the directions and proposals of the supreme organising committee into achievements on the ground, and to also work on consolidating the successes and gains of the Doha meeting as one of the best stages according to the IAAF.
He revealed that many world-class names, most of them Olympic and world champions, would take part in the mother of sports, competing in the 2015 Doha Diamond League meeting, noting that the names would be announced progressively as the meeting in May approached. He affirmed that the organising committee, mindful of Qatar’s standing, was working to bring in the leading champions to guarantee excitement and enjoyment for the Qatari crowds, who would have an appointment with the strongest rounds of competition in the Diamond League.
The supreme organising committee for the Diamond League – Doha 2015 meeting is chaired by Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, president of the Qatar and Asian Athletics Federations and vice president of the IAAF, and includes Mohammed Jassim Al Kuwari, assistant chairman of the supreme committee for support and chairman of the marketing committee; Ms Patience Bonner, chair of the athletes’ committee; Yousef Ahmed, chairman of the finance committee; Younes Ahmed, chairman of the accommodation committee; Richard Matthews, chairman of the broadcasting and television committee; Raghdan Faisal, chairman of the transport committee; Ms Ghania Teguia, chair of the media committee; Mohammed Suleiman, chairman of the spectators committee; Mai Al Mohannadi, chair of the public relations committee; Marwan Abu Assal, chairman of the website and accreditation committee; Rashed Al Ansari, chairman of the ceremonies and protocol committee; Abdulrahman Al Nubi, chairman of the secretariat committee; Abdulhakim Al Omari, assistant chairman of the supreme committee for technical affairs; Majid Mohammed, secretary to the chief executive officer; Yaqoub Abdullah, chairman of the equipment and preparation committee; Khalid Al Majed, chairman of the officials committee; Dr Jabbar Al Kaabi, chairman of the technical and results committee; and Salah Al Saadi, chairman of the information technology committee.
