The technical committee for the Doha Diamond League meeting held its technical meeting at the InterContinental Doha – The City hotel, chaired by Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, president of the Qatari and Asian federations and vice-president of the international federation, and Mohammed Jassim Al Kuwari, secretary general and deputy meeting director, and Abdulhakim Al Amri, head of the technical committee, with the technical delegate and general coordinator Ms Batina in attendance, along with the managers of the male and female champions and other technical staff from officials and organisers, and the meeting approved the competition schedule and confirmed participation, and everyone was briefed on the technical and organisational requirements for the Doha meeting, and some enquiries from the players’ managers were also addressed
150 officials to run the competitions
Abdulhakim Al Amri, head of the technical committee for the Diamond League meeting, confirmed that 150 officials run the competitions alongside another 25 on the equipment, noting that these officials, who ran the competitions of the first edition of the Asian U18/U20 Championships recently hosted by Doha, are officials of the highest level
Barshim absent
Our Olympic and world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim will be absent from the Doha Diamond League meeting because the men’s high jump event is missing from the championship’s schedule, while he will take part in the next meeting in the Chinese city of Shanghai
