QOC organizes a health awareness event

Doha- The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), represented by the Human Resources and Administrative Affairs Department, in collaboration with Al Koot Insurance & Reinsurance Company, organized a health awareness event yesterday at the QOC Headquarters. This event featured some comprehensive medical check-ups and offered valuable insights and guidance to assist attendees in identifying their health problems and enhancing their overall well-being. The occasion saw enthusiastic participation from employees of all QOC Departments.  

El Hammamy, El Sherbini set-up all-Egyptian final

Doha: Egypt’s Hania El Hammamy on Thursday ended the spectacular run of American star Amanda Sobhy in straight games to reach the final of the QTerminals Qatar Classic. Tied 2-2 all in head-to-head meetings prior to Thursday’s dominant show, El Hammamy won 11-4, 11-6, 12-10 in 34 minutes on the Glass Court at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. In the final today, El Hammamy will meet Egyptian Nour El Sherbini who outclassed Belgium’s Tinne Gilis 11-5, 11-6, 11-2. “That was exactly the type of form I was looking to find in Paris, but I wasn’t able to. I’m definitely very proud of how I’m picking myself up,” El Hammamy, 23, said. “Each match, I’ve been working on improving each round, each game and I’m very positive of the way I’m doing on court this week,” El Hammamy said after the match against an opponent who stunned top seed Nouran Gohar on Wednesday. “Amanda had a good win last night and she’s very dangerous on the volley. I just tried to stick to my plan, and I’m very pleased that I managed,” the Cairo-born added. “I’m just human, I think I just lost focus a bit in the middle. But we’re all athletes, we’re all human and it happens, it’s just something that I need to focus a little bit on, but overall I think I’m doing pretty well,” the Egyptian said. El Hammamy seemed least troubles in the match except for a little while in the final game when the American was able to saved one match ball to force a tie break at 10-10. El Hammamy, however, was unperturbed, calmly resetting and regaining match ball before keeping her cool as a Sobhy error got her over the line. El Sherbini, also known as ‘The Warrior Princess’, on Thursday made it 6-0 in head-to-head meetings against Gilis after her 25-minute win on Thursday. El Sherbini said on Thursday: “It’s amazing to be playing (against Gilis) like this. She’s had an amazing tournament and we’ve been training together a lot, we’ve actually being doing the same routine every day!” She added: “She has a lot of potential and this is her place. You’re going to see her at this stage a lot this season. For me, I’m really happy with my performance.” Makin beats Lobban, Hesham stuns ‘angry’ ElShorbagy In the men’s draw, Welshman Joel Makin beat Scotland’s Greg Lobban in straight games to reach the semi-final of the $187,500 event. Makin, playing his first Platinum quarter-final, won 11-2, 11-9, 11-5 in 46 minutes. This will be Makin’s second semi-final in Qatar after his win over Mazen Hesham in 2021. Makin said on Thursday: “When he was coming back in the second he was dangerous. I always back myself when it goes longer and I’d put some good work into him. The longer it was going to go I’d always favour myself, but on a cold court when he’s attacking there are always threats.” In the semi-finals today, Makin will play top seed Ali Farag of Egypt who beat compatriot and eighth seed Tarek Momen 11-9, 8-11, 15-13, 11-4 in 69 minutes. In another quarter-final, Egypt’s Hesham stunned world no. 4 Mohamed ElShorbagy of England 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 12-10 in 76 minutes. The deciding point was marred with controversy as ElShorbagy, who claimed to be unprepared, played Hesham’s serve into the side wall. To the England No.1’s fury, it was deemed that he had accepted the serve, costing him the point and handing the match to Hesham. Afterwards, Hesham told the media: “I’m pretty happy to be able to reach the semi-final after so many years. “I wish I could have done better from the beginning, I had two leads in the first two games but blew it. I think what I can get from this match is... when I was 10-8 down I felt a feeling I’ve never felt before. I believed I could turn this around. He added: “I wish I could have a better start, I wish I could have kept going in the fifth (game) when I was leading. I’m learning, it’s all new to me. Hopefully I can learn from this and get even better in the future.” Hesham added On the controversial ending: “Think about it, if I play the serve and he plays it into the front wall, he was going to take it and I’m fine with that.”  

QOA concludes Olympic Movement Principles within Sports System Course

Doha: The Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) concluded on Thursday the "Olympic Movement Principles within Sports System - Management 1" course which was organized in cooperation with the Olympic Solidarity of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The course was the first prerequisite course for the 13th Advanced Management Diploma Program for Sports and Olympic Institutions, which receives great demand from those interested in sports administrative work from inside and outside of Qatar. The five-day course brought together about 30 participants from various sports and administrative specializations from Qatar and abroad. The course was presented by Hisham Al Adwani, the Vice Chairman of Oman School Sports Association (OSSA), Director of the Advanced Sports Management Diploma Program from the IOC and International Lecturer in Sports Management accredited by the IOC. At the beginning of the course, Al Adwani presented the concepts of sports management, Olympic history, Olympic symbols, charter and values, administrative skills, steps to develop administrative and sports cadres, as well as planning and resource management in sports institutions. The second prerequisite course for the Diploma offered by QOA will be in October under the title "Modern Management of Olympic Organizations". The course will cover administrative skills in sports such as communication skills, providing an effective work environment, time management in sports institutions, technical management, activities and events management, as well as human resources management.

Qatar’s Fatnassi wins silver medal at Beirut Open Taekwondo Tournament

BEIRUT – Qatar's taekwondo star  Maram Fatnassi settled on runner-up place and took silver  medal of women’s 67kg event after losing to Juliana Al Sadeq of Jordan 1-2  on Wednesday  in the conclusion of  the  2023 Beirut Open Taekwondo Tournament, ranked G1, for the junior category, held in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Team Qatar delegation to the event, consisted of players, Saad Al Sulaiti (junior category), Noor Nazar (Youth category), Maram Fatnassi (U-67kg category) and Mohammed Samer Shalaan (U-68kg category). 19 countries competed  in the tournament through 117 male and female athletes in the cadet category, 136 in the junior category, and 176 senior category.  

Qatar’s Ibrahim eyes new glory at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships

Team Qatar star Fares Ibrahim has completed all physical and technical to begin participation on Thursday at the ongoing  2023 World Weightlifting Championships that  is running  in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 17 September 2023. Qatar’s Ibrahim aspires to open  a new chapter of excellence  When he competes in 102kg  in a vent that brings together 2500 athlete from 170 countries. The event serves as a mandatory event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.  

QOC participates in Annual General Conference of the International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport

Vienna: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) participated in the Annual General Conference of the International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport held at the Headquarters of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria on Tuesday.  The conference was attended by Director of the QOC Legal Affairs Department H.E Shiekh Ahmad bin Nooh Al-Thani representing the QOC and Olympic Movement in the state of Qatar alongside other international sports organizations, governments, inter-governmental organizations, and other relevant stakeholders.  IPACS Annual General Conference aims to discuss progress, raise awareness of and generate further support for IPACS among key stakeholders.  The QOC’s participation in the conference reflects its commitment to align with the strong collaboration between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the UNODC. This collaboration comes as a result of a long-term partnership, which both organizations had previously affirmed during 4th International Forum for Sports Integrity, by the IOC President H.E. Thomas Bach when said “We need the support of governments, in particular with regard to the harmonisation of legislation and the commitment of law enforcement entities. This is why I would like to call upon more governments to join our efforts, because only if we stand united can we win the fight against corruption and misconduct in sport.” For her part, the UNODC Executive Director H.E. Ghada Fathi Waly, said “The United Nations has begun collaborating with both international and national parliaments to combat sports corruption and We emphasize the necessity of collaboration between governments and sports institutions to protect sports from corruption.