The stars of our national athletics team succeeded in confirming their presence at the Gulf Games in Saudi Arabia after collecting a large number of medals over the past days, affirming Qatar’s presence through its young and future stars, evidence that Qatar athletics has always possessed a wealth of talent capable of honouring Qatari sport. HE Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, president of the Qatar and Asian federations and vice-president of the IAAF, praised what our stars achieved at the Gulf Games, noting that the goal is to confirm that the future generation speaks the language of achievement and ambitious work towards full excellence. He said: our stars succeeded in proving themselves in numerous events and races, once again confirming that Qatar athletics is always seeking podium finishes to honour sport in our country, which enjoys the support and backing of HH the Amir of the country. He said the support of HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, president of the Olympic Committee, contributes to motivating the athletes to achieve further success, and he hoped our stars would achieve their best in the upcoming events, especially since the Games came at the start of the new season
Qatar’s athletics stars had collected many medals over the past days, and on the final day our stars succeeded in collecting 7 medals
(3 gold, one silver and 3 bronze) in the Gulf Games competitions on the track and field of Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz City in Qatif, where our champion Mabrouk Nasser was crowned with gold in the 10,000m race walk, in a fierce contest during the final metres for the gold medal, but he had the final say and managed to win the race’s gold ahead of the Saudi walkers. Our national team champion Jamal Abubaker won gold in the race, taking first place, while UAE walker Ayoub Sarwashi took second place and the silver medal, and our walker Hussein Khairy came third and won the bronze medal
In the high jump, our champion Mohammed Al Amin took first place and won the gold medal, Saudi Arabia’s Nawaf Al Yami came second and took silver, and our champion Muammar Barshim came third and won the bronze medal
In the hammer throw, our champion Ahmed Al Saifi won the gold medal after a strong contest with Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Al Dubaisi, who finished runner-up and took silver, while the bronze went to the UAE’s Mohammed Al Khatib
In the 1500m, our champion Said Aden was crowned with the silver medal after taking second place behind Bahraini runner Benson Nasri, who won gold, while Saudi Arabia’s Imad Al Jizani came third and won the bronze medal
In the 4x400m relay, our national team won the bronze medal, while the Saudi team won the race’s gold and the Omani team finished runner-up and won silver
Our national champion Jamal Abdulnasser Abubaker was crowned with gold in the 400m hurdles, in a contest that was extremely close from the very first moment between the trio of Jamal Abubaker, who represented our national team in the 400m hurdles, and Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Al Mulaihi and Adel Abdulnasser, with the contest at its fiercest in the final metres for the race’s gold, but in the end our champion Jamal had the final say and managed to win the race’s gold ahead of the Saudi runners, with our national team player Jamal Abubaker winning the race’s gold and taking first place, while Abdullah Al Mulaihi came second and Adel Al Nasser came third and took the race’s bronze, and Khaled Deeb won a medal in the discus
