Team Qatar win 3 medals at Islamic Solidarity Games

KONYA – Qatar's Abubaker Abdulla claimed the gold medal of men's 800m event at the Fifth Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey with a 1:47:59 run, on Wednesday. Also, on Wednesday, Qatar Musaab Ali clinched the bronze medal of Men's 3000m SC after clocking a time of 9:02:53 minutes. On the other hand, Qatar's taekwondo star Maram Fatnassi took bronze medal of women’s 67kg event after losing to Iran's Zainab Ismaeli in the semifinals. Today's medals brought Qatar's tally of medals to 4 including 2 gold medals and 2 bronze medals. In Thursday’s encounters, Qatar’s volleyball team will lock horns against home side Turkey in their second game of group B, which also includes Iran and Pakistan. Team Qatar aspires to restore their balance against Turkey, after their opening game defeat at the hands of Iran. In athletics competitions, Qatar’s Ahmed El Seify is ready to raise the scale of challenge when he competes in the Men’s Hammer Throw final on Thursday, as his teammates Mosaab Ali will fight hard in the Men’s 1500m event. On the same track of seeking a new glory, Qatar’s wrestler Jassim Abdulrahman will compete in the Men’s free wresting heats of 125kg. This fifth edition of Islamic Solidarity Games is held from 9th to 18th of August with participation of approximately 6000 athletes from 58 countries. The state of Qatar is participating in 14 sport disciplines, including basketball, volleyball, handball, cycling, athletics, swimming, shooting, Taekwondo, Judo, Karate, weightlifting, wrestling, fencing and gymnastics.

Qatar’s Hemeida wins 400m hurdles Gold Medal at Islamic Solidarity Games

KONYA,  Turkey - Bassem Hemeida won Qatar’s first gold medal at the Fifth Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, on Tuesday, with a 48.67sec run in the 400M hurdles. The Aspire Academy student, who set the track ablaze from the start, finished ahead of Turkey’s Yasmani Copello Escobar (48.86) and Algeria’s Lahoulou Abdelmalik (49.15). However, there was heartbreak for Qatar’s Tosin Ogunode who was disqualified in the men’s 100M semifinal. A day earlier, the sprinter had dipped below the 10-sec barrier (9.98sec) in the first round. Meanwhile, the Qatari men’s volleyball team opened their campaign with a 0-3 loss to Iran. After going down meekly (15-25) in the first set, the Al Annabi fought tooth and nail in the next two before going down 24-26, 23-25. This fifth edition of Islamic Solidarity Games will run from 9th to 18th of  August and  will see  approximately 6000 athletes  from  58 countries. The Qatar Olympic Committee will have 12 national federations in this year’s edition to compete in  16 sport disciplines, including basketball, volleyball , handball, cycling, athletics, swimming, shooting, Taekwondo,  Judo, Karate, weightlifting, wrestling, fencing and gymnastics.

On Behalf of HH the Amir, Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Attends Opening Ceremony of Islamic Solidarity Games

KONYA, Turkey - On behalf of the HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, HE President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani attended the opening ceremony of the 5th edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games, which was held in the Turkish city of Konya on Tuesday evening in the presence of HE President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a number of presidents of Islamic states, heads of governments and guests. During his attendance of the ceremony, HE President of the Qatar Olympic Committee Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani conveyed the greetings of HH the Amir to HE the President of the sisterly Republic of Turkey, and His Highness's wishes to the brotherly Turkish people of further progress and prosperity. For his part, HE the Turkish President entrusted HE Sheikh Joaan with his greetings to HH the Amir, wishing His Highness good helth and happiness, and the Qatari people further progress, development and prosperity. HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani attended the dinner banquet hosted by HE Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in honor of the guests of the opening ceremony of the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games. The State of Qatar is represented in the Games by 112 athletes in 14 group and individual games.

Qatar Olympic Academy holds Sports Diplomacy Symposium

Doha – The Qatar Olympic Academy held Sports Diplomacy Symposium- EU strategic approach in sports in cooperation with 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum. The Symposium brought together of more than 80 participants from various sectors and institutions of the state, as well as many interested in this field. The lectures of the symposium were presented by Former Dean of the Faculty of Sports Sciences of the University of Louvain, Belgium ad Director of the International Olympic Committee accredited Professional Master's Program (MEMOS) Professor Thierry Zintz. Professor Zintz stressed during the Symposium that sports diplomacy is one of the real soft power resources that are used with the aim of creating ideal results in international relations, noting that sport has proven to be an effective and flexible tool for promoting peace and development goals between governments. He underlined the role of sport in strengthening international relations through the establishment of strong and cohesive partnerships. The professor also reviewed many examples and models of diplomatic and nondiplomatic sports.

QWSC short track speed skating training camp concludes

DOHA- The Qatar Winter Sports Committee (QWSC) concluded a two-week summer training camp for the talented athletes of short track speed skating at Villaggio Shopping mall. The training camp featured the participation of 20 junior athletes (boys and girls). The training camp comes in light of the QWSC strategy to develop this type of winter sports in the state of Qatar to enable the Qatar national teams to participate in the international championships.

QOC Secretary General attends Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation’s General Assembly

Konya- The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary General H.E Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain attended the eleventh General Assembly meeting of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation held on the sidelines of the fifth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 in Konya, Turkey, on Sunday. The meeting also attended by Director of the QOC Sports Affairs Department Khaleel Al Jabir and a number of the QOC Senior officials.  The QOC Secretary General also visited Team Qatar athletes and delegation at the Athletes Village on Sunday. Al Buenain met the Qatari teams and urged them to do their best to make the country proud at the Islamic Solidarity Games.   A total of 54 countries are participating at the Islamic Solidarity Games to be held from August 9 to 18, 2022.  In this edition, 20 sports will be contested including; athletics, archery, 3x3 basketball, bocce, cycling (road and track events), fencing, football, gymnastics (artistic, aerobics, and rhythmic events), handball, judo, karate, kickboxing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman events), as well as traditional archery. In addition, several paralympic sports are also competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games.