Mutaz Essa Barshim, our Olympic world champion, expressed his great happiness at the wonderful honouring given by the president of the Athletics Federation HE Major General Dahlan Al Hamad and his brothers, the board members, and said that the achievement realised at the Rio Olympics pleases him and gives him great motivation to reach for the best in future, noting that the achievement would not have come about without the great support from HH the beloved Amir of the country and the backing of HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, president of the Olympic Committee, and said: there is no doubt that after the achievement I needed a period of rest and to regroup and refocus for the coming stage, because it holds many important commitments and the pursuit of the best marks in future, and he noted that Qatari athletics is heading in the right direction thanks to the continuous work of all officials
