Two golds and a bronze for Qatar in athletics at the Gymnasiade

The Qatari school athletics team won two gold medals and one bronze at the Doha Gymnasiade 2009 international games, held from 8-12 December 2009 at Khalifa International Stadium. Around 500 male and female athletes representing 34 countries took part in athletics, and Qatar finished eighth in the final standings of countries competing in athletics after its athletes won two gold medals and one bronze medal. The first gold medal went to Aamer Ahmed in the hammer throw, where he threw the hammer a distance of 69.60m. The second gold medal was won by runner Mohammed Al Garni in the 1000m, clocking a time of 2:29.55, his best time of the sporting season. Qatar’s bronze went to runner Al Bashir Sekkasi in the 2000m steeplechase with a time of 5:52.16, also his best time of the season. In the final athletics medal standings, France finished first with 6 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals, while Italy came second with 5 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals, and Russia came third with 3 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals. Three new Gymnasiade athletics records were set during the championship: the first in the girls’ high jump by Italy’s Alessia Trost at a height of 1.89m, the second by Chinese Taipei’s Feng Cheng in the javelin throw with a distance of 80.21m, and the third by Saudi runner Ahmed Mohammed Burhan with a time of 5:49.99. Below are the results of the Qatari team’s boys and girls:

Results of the Qatari team’s boys

Results of the Qatari team’s girls