Qatar’s Athlete Flex Ranked 6th & Ahmed Hassan Ranked 8th

Kenya Dominates the Teams Ranking Order and Bekely Occupies the Top of Individual Ranks

Qatar national athletics team seized the bronze medal of the 36th World Cross-Country Championships organized in Scotland. The total points gained by Qatar’s team reached (144ps), while Qatar’s athlete Flex ranked 6th (35:15) among other athletes representing countries from all over the world who competed to cross the 12km distance of the race. The Qatari athletes proved their excellence as usual and their results came as follow: Ahmed Hassan was ranked 6th (35:18), Sultan Zaman was ranked 22nd (36:12), Mubarek Shami was ranked 25th (36:17), Jamal Bilal was ranked 34th (36:43), and Eisa Ismael was ranked 49th (37:07).

Kenya Dominates the Cross-Country

The Kenyan team dominated the 1st rank among the participating teams where it could gain (39ps), Ethiopia was ranked 2nd (104ps), while Qatar seized the 3rd rank (144ps). Eritrea gained (164ps) ranking it in the 4th position, while the Moroccan team could rank 5th (197ps), the Ugandan team was ranked 6th (211ps), USA team gained (301ps), Spain (353ps), Australia (400ps), and Algeria (425ps).

Bekely Topping Individually

Ethiopia’s Bekley occupied the top rank among competitors for the sixth time in his athletics carrier. His result was (34:38), while Kenya’s Patrick came 2nd (34:41), and Eritrea’s Tadisi was ranked 3rd (34:43).


QAAF President Confirms: This Victory Marks a Positive Approach

HE Dahlan Al-Hamad, QAAF President, commented on Qatar’s bronze medal in this international cross-country event and expressed his hope that this win will lead to further victories especially in the coming Olympic Games in Beijing. He emphasized that this achievement has technical and performance implications assuring that Qatar athletics will seize better results in the future. Al-Hamad congratulated the winners and confirmed that this achievement was seized due to preplanning and long-term technical preparations for such a big event where international athletics stars compete.