Major General Dahlan Al Hamad, president of the Qatari and Asian athletics federations, dedicated the great success achieved by the second girls’ and 14th boys’ Gulf championship, and the golden achievement, to His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the beloved Amir of the country. Al Hamad thanked the brothers from Kuwait and Oman for taking part, delivering wonderful performances and their keenness to attend, considering that the championship was held in the way everyone had hoped for and achieved its desired goals.
On the championship’s overall standards, Al Hamad confirmed they were strong and their level kept rising throughout the three days of the championship, which saw many records broken, confirming the strength of the competition among the brothers and how much benefit was gained from it, and confirmed that among the things achieved for the first time at the championship was bringing the girls’ and boys’ championships together, which is something called for by the international federation of the sport.
He expressed his hopes for the continuation of these championships, which help support the bonds of love and brotherhood among the sons and daughters of the Gulf, while also expressing his great happiness at Qatar’s superiority in the championship and its athletes topping the standings, and thanked all the champions and the technical staff and committees working at the championship for this success
