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| Qatari athletes fetch one gold, one bronze in 3rd Asian Indoor Athletics Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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Doha, February 15, 2008 -
Qatar athletics team have clinched two medals on the first day of
the third edition of Asian Indoor Athletics Championship 
which began on Thursday at Aspire. The tournament will conclude on
February 16.On the first day's evening competitions, the Qatar's sprinter Francis Samuel secured gold medal in 60 m competition and recorded 6.62 minutes, while his compatriot Al Mannai Rashid clinched bronze medal in high jump competition and recorded no. 2.18 m. HE Sheikh Saoud Bin Ali Al Thani, vice president of Qatar Olympic Committee inaugurated on Thursday, February 14 the opening ceremony of the third edition of Asian Indoor Athletics Championship's competitions which are taking place from 14-16 February at Aspire Zone, in Doha, Qatar. Mr. Dahalan Al Hamad, President of QAAF, and chairman of tournament's organizing committee addressed the attendance at the opening ceremony and asserted that achievements executed in Qatar sport came due to unlimited support granted by HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Amir of State of Qatar, and HH Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Heir Apparent and president of Qatar Olympic Committee. Earlier the opening ceremony enthralled the Doha residents and participants |
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