DOHA:
Alhamad and Alzini in Athens
to Attend the
10th IAAF World Cup
The president of
Qatar Athletics Federation,
brigadier-general Dahlan Alhamed
whose also the first vise-president
of the Asian Athletics Association,
traveled on Thursday to Athens
to attend the 10th IAAF World
Cup. Alhamad was accompanied
by the Secretary General of
Qatar Athletics Federation,
Mr. Abdullah Alzini. The 10th
IAAF World Cup is going to
be held during 16-17 September
2006. Qatar’s featured
champion Saif Saeed Shaheen
will participate in the 3000m
and 5000m steeplechase. Also,
Qatar’s promising athlete
Abdulrahman Sulaiman will
participate in the 1500m event.
Both of these Qatari athletes
were chosen by the Asian Athletics
Federation to represent the
Asian continent in this world’s
biggest athletics event which
brings together all the shining
stars of athletics from all
over the world.