Our champions steal the show at the Asian Indoor Championships in Iran.. In-form Mutaz claims Qatar athletics’ third gold of 20102010-02-26
Our national athletics team’s champions continued their run of success and collected medals at the fourth Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, hosted by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the capital Tehran, from 24 – 26 February,
with the national team’s promising star Mutaz Essa Barshim stealing the show by taking gold and top spot in the high jump final with a fine mark of 2.20 m, while his teammate Rashed Al Manai finished fourth with 2.17 m, and Qatari sprinter Musaab Balla took second place in the 800 m. With this haul, the national team’s
medal total rose to (5) medals, comprising (3) golds and two silvers. Meanwhile, tonight’s competition continues with the final round, which will see the pole vault final take place featuring promising champion Badr Hashem, along with Abubaker Ali Kamal and Mohammed Al Karni in the 1500 m final. It is worth noting that the championship has seen a record participation of “24” countries: Bahrain, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, the Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, the Philippines, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Vietnam and Qatar.
Championship programme
Friday: first — men’s category — pole vault final, 60 hurdles semi-final, 400 m final, 1500 m final, 60 m hurdles final, triple jump, 4×400 relay.
Triple jump final, high jump heptathlon, 1500 m final, 400 m
second — women’s category
Friday — 60 m heptathlon, triple jump final, high jump heptathlon, 1500 m final, 400 m final, shot put heptathlon, long jump heptathlon, 4×400 relay final, 800 m heptathlon.
Al Harami: our stars have not fallen short, and better is still to come
Captain Essa Al Harami, the Qatar Athletics Federation’s deputy secretary general and head of the Qatari delegation to the Asian Indoor Championships, congratulated the national team’s players on these victories and achievements, stressing that they did not come out of nowhere but are the fruit of the great and unlimited support we receive from the Olympic Committee and officials, as well as the encouragement of the Qatar Athletics Federation family led by brother Abdullah Al Zaini, captain of the ship, and the rest of his colleagues on the board of directors. Al Harami expected that the national team’s run of success in the Asian indoor championships in Iran would continue, with our champions achieving further success at the championship’s close tonight.
