The GCC cross country championship for Nashieen, Shabab and men concluded in Manama on Sunday 25 December 2011, with the participation of all the GCC countries. Qatar took part with their Shabab and men’s teams and took first place in the Shabab championship over 8km after their best four runners finished in positions (1, 3, 5, 7) for a total of 16 points, the lowest points total any Gulf team managed, earning them first place, followed by the Saudi team
after their athletes totalled (35) points, finishing in positions (4, 6, 11, 14), while Oman took third place with (44) points, the total of their runners’ positions of (9, 10, 12, 13).
In the men’s cross country championship, Qatar’s team finished second, behind Bahrain, who collected the lowest points total of (12), the result of their athletes’ positions of (1, 2, 4, 5), while the Qatari athletes totalled (28) points, the sum of their positions of (3, 7, 8, 10), taking second place, while third place went to Oman, who collected (58) points after their athletes finished in positions (9, 13, 15, 21).
In the Nashieen championship over 5km, Saudi Arabia took first place with (18) points, Oman took second with a total of (26) points, and Kuwait took third with their athletes totalling (34) points.
The Qatari delegation was headed by Mohammed Ahmed Suleiman, director of Qatar’s national teams and board member, with Mr Yasser Al Sayyadi as team administrator and coach Khamis Abdullah.
On the sidelines of the championship, the athletics organising committee and the technical committee held two separate meetings to discuss an agenda that included many points related to Gulf athletics and ways to develop it. Mr Adel Mohammed Al Baker, the federation’s Secretary General and a member of the organising committee, attended the organising committee’s meeting, while Mr Issa Abdullah Al Harami, Assistant Secretary General and a member of the organising committee’s technical committee, attended the technical committee’s meeting. The two meetings produced a number of recommendations and decisions aimed at developing Gulf athletics.
Results and standings of Qatar’s national team athletes in
the GCC cross country championship for men (team)
Distance: 12 kilometres
|
Notes |
Points |
Time |
Position |
Athlete no. |
Athlete name |
|
Second place |
3 |
36:10.4 |
3 |
067 |
Abubaker Ali Kamal |
|
7 |
38:42.3 |
7 |
068 |
Ali Dawood Sedam |
|
|
10 |
40:28.0 |
10 |
069 |
Moath Abdulrahman Balla |
|
|
8 |
39:46.6 |
8 |
070 |
Yousuf Othman Qadir |
|
|
— |
41:24.8 |
12 |
071 |
Mabrouk Saleh Nasser |
|
|
28 |
Total points |
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Results and standings of Qatar’s national team athletes in
the GCC cross country championship for Shabab
Distance: 8 km
|
Notes |
Points |
Time |
Position |
Athlete no. |
Athlete name |
|
First place |
1 |
24:59.7 |
1 |
062 |
Mohammed Al Karni |
|
3 |
25:58.6 |
3 |
063 |
Hamza Deryouch |
|
|
5 |
27:11.9 |
5 |
064 |
Jamal Heiran |
|
|
7 |
27:36.1 |
7 |
066 |
Ahmed Gad Al Sayed |
|
|
— |
27:58.7 |
8 |
065 |
Muayad Mohammed Ibrahim |
|
|
16 |
Total points |
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Standings of the countries in the GCC cross country championship for men (team)
Distance: 12 kilometres
|
Position |
Country |
Athletes’ positions |
Total |
|||
|
First |
Bahrain |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
|
Second |
Qatar |
3 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
28 |
|
Third |
Oman |
9 |
13 |
15 |
21 |
58 |
|
Fourth |
UAE |
16 |
17 |
19 |
20 |
72 |
|
Fifth |
Kuwait |
11 |
18 |
– |
– |
Individual only |
Standings of the countries in the GCC cross country championship for Shabab (team)
Distance: 8 kilometres
|
Position |
Country |
Athletes’ positions |
Total |
|||
|
First |
Qatar |
1 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
16 |
|
Second |
Saudi Arabia |
4 |
6 |
11 |
14 |
35 |
|
Third |
Oman |
9 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
44 |
|
Fourth |
Bahrain |
2 |
18 |
19 |
21 |
60 |
|
Fifth |
UAE |
16 |
20 |
24 |
25 |
85 |
Standings of the countries in the GCC cross country championship for Nashieen (team)
Distance: 5 kilometres
|
Position |
Country |
Athletes’ positions |
Total |
|||
|
First |
Saudi Arabia |
1 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
18 |
|
Second |
Oman |
4 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
26 |
|
Third |
Kuwait |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
34 |
|
Fourth |
UAE |
13 |
16 |
19 |
23 |
71 |
|
Fifth |
Bahrain |
14 |
18 |
21 |
22 |
75 |
