Qatar Association of Athletics Federation

Qatar youth athletics team departed towards Vietnam to participate in the Asian Championships in Athletics to be held in Hanoi during 1-4 /7/ 2010. The delegation consists of Mr. Yacoub Yousef Abdullah - Head of the Delegation, Mr. Abdallah Khamis -Team Director, and three coaches: Jamae Adam,  Snslav Shirba and Ramil Ganiev as well as Mr. Michael Brakinov (massager). Qatar team will participate through nine athletes:

It is expected that Qatar's champions will get a number of medals, including in the high jump where our champion Moataz Issa participates, as he could two weeks ago in Sweden to break a new Arab youth record, up to 2.27, as well as Mohammed Al-Qarni in the 5000m, and Hamza Daryoush in the 800m, who was qualified for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. It is also expected to have other Qatari athletes obtain advanced ranks in this championship as they were prepared well in training camps in Sweden, Germany and Portugal.