Mr. Khalid Almeer, the vice president of Qatar Athletics Federation’s Board and director of athletics competitions in the 15th Asian Games, held several meetings with the officials in charge of the two headquarters of major athletics events, i.e., Khalifa stadium and Doha Bay (Cornish). The meetings focused on the final touches regarding the preparations to the launch of the events. Mr. Almeer discussed with the officials in these two sites all the preparation aspects, namely, the provision of equipments and services before the start of the competitions period: 8-12 December 2006. He emphasized on spending more efforts to reflect the high performance skills in organization that Qatar reached in such big sports events.

Moreover, Mr. Khalid Almeer has declared that Qatar Athletics Federation implemented all the required preparations to welcome more than 600 men and women athletes who represent 41 countries to participate in the athletics competitions during the 15th Asian Games, Doha-2006. He, also, stated that the Qatar Athletics Federation is determined to provide the participants with the best services through the commissions which were formed particularly for such respects.

Three special venues were allocated for training; Qatar Stadium (capability: 267 men and women athletes from 21 countries), Al-Arabi Stadium (capability: 266 men and women athletes from 20 countries), Qatar University Stadium (capability: 90 men and women athletes). Qatar and Al-Arabi stadiums are allocated to cover the trainings in running, jump, marathon, and walk events, while training for throwing events will be done on grounds of Qatar University Stadium.

It is worth notice that the Cornish area is going to witness the walk events for men and women athletes at 8:10 AM on 7/12/2006. The men marathon event, on the other hand, will be organized on 9/12/2006 at 9:10 AM, while the women marathon event would be at 9:10 AM on 10/12/2006. All other athletics events, however, would be organized during 8-12 December at Khalifa Stadium. The competitions are going to be held in two timings; mornings at 9 o’clock and evenings at 3 o’clock.

Various commissions, however, have been already formed by the Qatar Athletics Federation to run the competitions during the Asian Games. These commissions included: Mr. Khalid Almeer, vice president of the Qatar Athletics Federation’s Board, as director of competitions. Three other operations directors have been appointed; Dr. Jabar Alkaabi, Ahmed Altinani, and Yaqoub Yosuf. Mr. Abdullah Alzayni has been appointed as the director of services, supervising 28 accompanying staff members. Mr. Khalifa Yusof Abdulmalik has been appointed as the director of technical operations, supervising 167 staff members. Mr. Ahmed Alrumayhi, on the other hand, has been appointed as the director of results, with 25 staff members under his supervision. Finally, the position of chief of referees commission has been assigned to Mr. Abdulhakim Mohamed Alomari, supervising 156 specialized referees.