HE Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, president of the Qatar Athletics Federation and the Asian Athletics Association and vice-president of the IAAF, arrived in Singapore at the invitation of the organising committee of the East Asian Games, known as the ASEAN Games. Al Hamad received a warm welcome on arrival, with congratulations from national federations and countries taking part in the Asian Olympic-style event, on the renewal of confidence in him as president of the Asian federation for the next four years. Among those offering congratulations was the president of Singapore, who followed the opening ceremony, as well as numerous other figures who praised what Al Hamad had achieved during the past period and the carefully considered plans he is working on to secure the best results for Asian athletics, positioning it as a focus for the whole world, and on the sidelines of the opening ceremony the major general met many official and sporting figures who also congratulated him on the great success at the elections, meetings and committees, and at the Asian Championships, while others praised the great success of the Asian Junior Championships held in Doha
HE Major General Dahlan Al Hamad, president of the Asian and Qatari federations and vice-president of the IAAF, expressed his satisfaction and happiness at the great success achieved at the Asian Championships, both through active participation and the results achieved by many participating countries, in addition to the successes at the congress and committees, saying: “The recent period has seen many successes that please and satisfy us, because they confirm that Asian athletics is on the right path and beginning to achieve its goals, with everyone moving towards a defined objective of strengthening the progress of national teams across the world’s largest continent”
He said Qatar athletics had achieved its goals at the Asian Championships held over recent days, with our champions delivering the desired success and excelling in medals and records, which shows that things are proceeding as planned, and that this success extended to the Arab Championships held in Tunisia, where more than one national team champion produced results reflecting the seriousness of building a new generation capable of continuing and completing the current phase, since the goal is to keep relying on grassroots development to achieve complete excellence and to keep Qatar athletics at the top of the Asian and Arab scene. He noted that this success is linked to the full support of the wise leadership, which continually backs every achievement with great support, and said Qatari sport continues to achieve success thanks to the great support of the wise leadership, and that he hopes the run of success for Qatar athletics will continue in the coming period, especially at the World Championships due to be held in China, since it will be the real measure of the progress Qatar athletics has made, not only at the Asian level but also its strong presence on the track and field on the world stage, and he thanked the board members, coaches, champions and media for their great work over the past period, wishing everyone success going forward
