3rd_Asian indoor championships

The 3^rd Asian

Indoor Championship concluded in Doha on 16 February 2008 with a distinctive organizational performance. The successful event was hosted by QAAF in Aspire Academy during 14-16 February where the opening ceremony marked its excellence and was attended by the Vice President of Qatar Olympic Committee, Sheikh Saoud Bin Ali Al-Thani, and HE Dahlan Al-Hamad President of QAAF and head of organizing committee, as well as many other dignitaries and VIPs. The opening ceremony welcomed also huge numbers of spectators and fans.

The competitions were launched while Asian records started to be achieved by the participating champions. Men athletes achieved 9 Asian records, including two by Qatari athletes; (in the 60 m event by Samuel Francis: 6, 62 seconds, and in the 1500m event by Thamir Ali Kamal: 3, 40, 86).

In women events, 10 Asian records were achieved where Bahrain’s Rugaya Al-Gasra managed to guarantee 3 of them, two in the 400m event (54:12 s, 53, 28 s), and one in the 60m event (7: 40s).

The high jump event witnessed also an Asian record achieved by Saudi Arabia’s Mohamed Al-Khweidli (4:28m), where the previous indoor Asian record was (8:23m).

The 3^rd Asian Indoor Championship concluded when Mr. Khalid Almeer, Vice President of QAAF and director of the championship, descended the flag of the championship and handed it to HE Dahlan Al-Hamad Preside of QAAF.

At the end of the championship, HE Dahlan Al-Hamad delivered a speech in which he thanked all the participants, athletes, volunteers, media staffs, spectators, guests, members of the organizing committee and referees. Below is a table of the Asian records achieved during the 3^rd Asian Indoor Championship.

competition		previous records					New records
1	60 M Women	CR	7.41	Zhu Yingting	2004	CHN	CR	7.40	Ruqaya Alghasara	BRN
2	400 M Women	CR	54.46	Tatyana Roslanova	2004	KAZ	CR	54.12	Ruqaya Alghasara Heat	BRN
3	400 M Women						CR	53. 28	Ruqaya Alghasara Final	BRN
4	800 M Women	CR	2:07.01	Zamira Amiruoa	2006	UZB	CR	2:03.43	Sinimol Paulse	IND
5	1500 M Women	CR	4:18.29	Sinimol Paulse	2006	IND	CR	4:15.42	Sinimol Paulse	IND
6	3000 M Women	CR	9:25.60	Zhu Xiaolin	2006	CHN	CR	9:12.26	Preeja Shreedharan	IND
7	60 M. Hurdles Women	CR	8.34	Xu Jia	2004	CHN	CR	8.31	Liu Jing	CHN
8	Triple Jump Women	CR	13.91	Yelena Parfenova	2006	KAZ	CR	14.23	Olga Rypakov	KAZ
9	Shot Put Women	CR	17.38	Zhang Xiaoyu	2004	CHN	CR	18.12	Gong Lijiao	CHN
10	4x400 Relay Women	CR	3:41.39	Kazakhstan	2004	KAZ	CR	3:37.36	India	IND
11	60 M Men	CR	6.64	Gong Wei	2006	CHN	CR	6.62	Samuel Francis	QAT
12	400 M Men	CR	47.90	Mohd AlRawahi	2006	OMN	CR	47.82	Xiaosheng Liu	CHN
13	800 M Men	CR	1:48.03	Rashid Ramzi	2004	BRN	=CR	1:48.03	Kamel Y. Saad	BRN
14	1500 M Men	CR:	3:44.04	Deham Najem Bashir	2006	QAT	CR	3:40.86	Thamer Ali	QAT
15	High Jump Men	CR	2.23	Yuriy Pakhlyayev	2004	KAZ	CR	2.24	Sergy Zassimovic	KAZ
16	Long Jump Men	CR	7.94	Mohd S. AlKuwailidi	2006	KSA	CR	8.24	Mohd S. AlKuwailidi	KSA
17	Long Jump Men	AR	8.23	Geng Huang	1996	CHN	AR	8.24	Mohd S. AlKuwailidi	KSA
18	Shot Put Men	CR	18.33	Amin Nikfar	2004	IRI	CR	18.55	Gholoum Ahmed	KUW
19	4x400 Relay Men	CR	3:15.53	Thailand	2006	THA	CR	3:14.25	Saudi Arabia	KSA

CR = Competitions Record ** AR = Asian Indoor Record ** =CR = Equal Record