Qatar’s national athletics champions continued their run of success during their training camp in South Africa, as promising champion Abderrahman Samba managed to achieve the qualifying mark for the London 2017 World Championships in the 400m hurdles, clocking a time of (49.24 sec), during his participation in the South Africa athletics friendly meeting, on the sidelines of the training camp for our national teams’ middle- and short-distance athletes currently under way in South Africa as part of preparations for our national teams’ international commitments, noting that Samba is 21 years old. Meanwhile, runner Femi Seyon took first place in the 100m with a time of (10.39 sec), Ali Hassan finished second with a time of (10.90 sec), and runner Jamal Abdulnasser clocked a time of (47.85 sec) in the 400m
Abdulmalik: good results for our champions
For his part, Khalifa Abdulmalik, national teams director and board member, praised the good results achieved by our champions at the start of their training camp in South Africa, singling out in particular the promising runner Abderrahman Samba, who achieved the qualifying mark for the World Athletics Championships in London 2017, stressing that he is a fine talent with a bright future ahead of him if he continues in the same direction, especially as this was only his second appearance in the 400m hurdles and he already achieved the qualifying mark, a good indicator of the extent of his technical and physical progress , stressing that Qatar’s national athletics champions still have a great deal to offer on the track and field, and Khalifa also praised the rest of Qatar’s runners at the South Africa camp for the good effort they are putting in ahead of the important upcoming commitments on the national teams’ calendar.
