The organising committee of the Doha Diamond League meeting, chaired by Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, president of the Qatar and Asian athletics federations and IAAF vice-president, announced that tickets for the meeting are now on sale online to fans of athletics, ahead of the event to be hosted by Qatar SC Stadium in Doha on Friday 6 May 2016. As is well known, the Doha Diamond League meeting, organised by the IAAF, brings together the world’s best track and field athletes to compete in annual championships held across four continents.
Fans of the sport will be thrilled to learn that the biggest stars in athletics, winners of numerous Olympic and international titles, will be among the entrants at the Doha meeting, in a spectacular showcase at the Diamond League’s opening round on an exciting evening.
The long list of athletes includes the American sprinter, winner of four Olympic and nine world titles, Allyson Felix, the flying Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers, world 200m champion, as well as Olympic champion and world triple jump gold medallist Christian Taylor, Kenya’s world 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop, Ethiopia’s outstanding 3,000m runner and reigning world champion Almaz Ayana, and Olympic 110m hurdles champion Aries Merritt — not forgetting home stars Mutaz Essa Barshim, Femi Ogunode and Musaab Abdulrahman
To book your tickets online, visit the Virgin Megastore website at https://tickets.virginmegastore.me/index.php?event_id=3876..
Soon you will also be able to collect tickets you have booked from Virgin Megastore outlets at Landmark Mall and Villaggio Mall, as well as Spinneys stores at The Pearl. On the day of the championship, tickets can be bought at the ticket kiosk at Qatar SC Stadium.
There are four ticket price categories ranging from fifty (50) to two hundred (200) Qatari riyals: entry to the general and family stands costs QR 50, tickets at the finish line of the various races cost QR 100, while VIP stand tickets are set at QR 200 (including light refreshments and drinks, and car access to the dedicated parking area).
Children under four (4) years old enter free of charge.
2016 Doha Diamond League meeting schedule
4:30pm (16:30): Gates open
5:45pm-9:10pm (17:45-21:10): Diamond League athletics competitions
