The Qatari delegation attending the IAAF Congress celebrated HE Major General Dahlan Al Hamad’s election as IAAF vice-president in the Chinese capital Beijing with a large cake presented by Mohammed Jassim Al Kuwari, the federation’s secretary general, together with the Qatari athletics family. The celebration was attended by Morocco’s Nawal El Moutawakel, the newly re-elected IAAF Council member, Sheikh Shaje Al Muqdashi, president of the Yemeni federation, Dr Abdulmalik Al Hubail, chairman of the IAAF coaching commission, alongside world-renowned coaches Jama Aden and Abdi Bile, with a number of Arab athletes present in China joining the family atmosphere.
Qatar Olympic Committee delegation in China
A Qatar Olympic Committee delegation, headed by Nasser Al Sulaiti, director of the secretary general’s office, arrives in Beijing today to review the World Championships from an organisational and administrative standpoint and submit a report to the Qatar Olympic Committee as part of preparations for the 2019 World Championships in Doha. Delegation members are expected to meet officials from the local organising committee of the World Athletics Championships, which begin tomorrow, Saturday, in Beijing at the Bird’s Nest Stadium, and the delegation will follow all organisational details of the championships to the end
Congratulatory cable from the Arab federation for Al Hamad
HE Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad received a congratulatory cable from the Arab Athletics Federation family, signed by federation president Salman Awad Al Zaidi, offering congratulations to HE Major General Dahlan Al Hamad on his win in the IAAF elections. It said the Arab federation looked forward to his new international standing becoming a factor supporting and developing athletics in general and in the Arab world in particular, and Al Zaidi wished Al Hamad continued success in his sports administration career.
Conference and technical meeting
The organising committee of the 15th World Athletics Championships held the event’s technical meeting at the conference hall in Beijing, with the participation of team managers and officials from the various delegations. It coincided with a press conference held by the local organising committee, which caused considerable confusion among the delegations attending the major global event. Some participants called for better coordination on such matters so that confusion does not occur at an event as big as the World Championships.
IOC press conference
The International Olympic Committee holds a press conference with the IAAF at four thirty this afternoon at the InterContinental Hotel Beijing to discuss numerous matters related to the sport. The conference is a tradition the IOC holds at every World Athletics Championships, and Germany’s Thomas Bach is expected to field many questions concerning athletics and the issues that have surrounded it recently, while Lamine Diack, who remains IAAF president until the championships end, before Britain’s Coe takes over the reins of the federation, will answer any questions relating to athletics worldwide, whether administrative or technical
