Dr Thani Al Kuwari, chairman .. Al Fadala and Abdullah, assistants for support and technical affairs, and Al Obaidly for media….Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium to host the eighth-edition challenge on 5 May next
The Qatar Athletics Federation, chaired by HE Dr Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari, formed the high organising committee for the Doha Diamond League athletics meeting, in its eighth edition for 2017,
which Doha will host on Friday, 5 May next, at Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium at Qatar SC, with the participation of the biggest and brightest stars of world athletics, and the Doha meeting is the opening leg of the Diamond League, and will help shape the season of world athletics. The meeting will feature (14) races and events for men and women, as follows: first, men’s events: 100m, 400m, 1500m, 5000m, high jump, triple jump, javelin throw. Second: women’s events: 200m, 800m, 3000m, 100m hurdles, pole vault, shot put.. The committee comprises: Dr Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari, chairman; Mohammed Issa Al Fadala, assistant meeting director for support; Khalifa Abdulmalik, assistant meeting director for technical affairs; Hamad Yousuf Al Obaidly, chairman of the media committee; Marlene Halabi, chairwoman of the follow-up committee; Yousuf Ahmed, chairman of the finance committee; Mrs Khawla Khalid, chairwoman of the protocol and transport committee; Abdullah Al Marri, chairman of the communication, marketing and audience committee; Colonel Jassim Al Hail, chairman of the security committee; Captain Yaqoub Yousuf Abdullah, chairman of the venues and facilities committee; engineer Salah Al Saadi, chairman of the technology and accreditation committee; and Dr Fatima Khamis Al Malki, chairwoman of the medical and anti-doping committee.
IAAF delegation in Doha tomorrow 
Separately, a delegation from the IAAF, representing the Diamond League Association, will visit Doha tomorrow to hold a series of meetings over two days with the high organising committee for the Doha
meeting, chaired by HE Dr Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari, and its members, to review the progress of preparations for organising the eighth edition of the Doha athletics meeting, and to learn more about the plans and programmes for developing the meeting drawn up by the high committee, across all organisational, technical and spectator-related aspects. The Doha meeting is the first of the Diamond League’s annual field and track meetings, which are distributed across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States of America, the first in Doha on Friday, 5 May, and the last in Brussels on Friday, 1 September. Athletes who accumulate the most points across the first 12 Diamond League meetings of the season will qualify for two finals, to be held in Zurich and Brussels. Below is the schedule of the Diamond League athletics competitions for 2017: Doha athletics meeting (Qatar): Friday 5 May / Shanghai meeting (China): Saturday 13 May / Eugene athletics meeting (United States): Saturday 27 May / Rome meeting (Italy): Thursday 8 June / Oslo meeting (Norway): Thursday 15 June, Stockholm meeting (Sweden): Sunday 18 June / Paris athletics meeting (France): Saturday 1 July / Lausanne athletics meeting (Switzerland): Thursday 6 July / London athletics meeting (Britain): Sunday 9 July / Mohammed VI athletics meeting (Morocco): Sunday 16 July, Monaco athletics meeting (France): Friday 21 July / Birmingham meeting (Britain): Sunday 20 August / Zurich athletics meeting (Switzerland): Wednesday 24 August / Brussels meeting (Belgium): Friday 1 September, and it is worth noting that the Diamond League replaced the Golden League from 2010, the Golden League having been established in 1995, in which the runner or runners who topped the standings in all ten designated races or events set by the IAAF would win.
