Our talented champion Mohammed Al Garni dedicated his 1500m gold medal to HH the Amir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, patron of sport and athletes, and to HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, president of the Qatar Olympic Committee, as well as to the athletics federation family led by Major General Dahlan Al Hamad and to all the Qatari people, expressing his great joy at the major Asian achievement and pledging to His Highness and everyone to give his utmost to honour Qatari sport in general and Qatar’s national athletics team in particular at continental and international events. He also praised the performance of his fellow runners on the first day, saying they had competed with great spirit and effort to win the day. He said he was fully focused on maintaining the same drive in the 5000m final against the rest of Asia’s runners, noting that the gold medal was motivation for even greater effort. Al Garni closed by thanking everyone who had stood by him, especially his Arab coach Idriss Al Sousi, the federation administration and the national teams director.
