Our world gold champion Mutaz Essa Barshim is due to travel to China next Thursday to take part in the Asian Indoor Championships, considered one of the strongest championships of all. Our golden high jumper completed his preparations over the past few days after a successful training camp abroad. Khalifa Abdulmalik, head of the jumps department at the athletics federation, said that Mutaz and Muammar are fully ready for the Asian Championships, especially as it is the first event on the road to bigger competitions in the coming period, particularly the Diamond League and other championships. Mutaz Barshim is considered one of the leading contenders to win an Asian gold medal at the event in China, and Khalifa Abdulmalik confirmed that the gold champion and his brother Muammar had competed in more than one championship in the recent period
