Oksana wins vault gold at Taishan Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Doha: Uzbekistan's 46-year-old Oksana Chusovitina showed she still has enough firepower to overcome a new generation of gymnasts after she won the women's vault gold at the 14th Taishan Artistic Gymnastics World Cup at the Aspire Dome on Friday. Competing in a field that consisted of gymnasts half of her age, Oksana was even applauded by her juniors after she completed a perfect landing. It was a picture-perfect finish as the Uzbek left an indelible impression of her boundless energy in her two-attempts on the vault. The veteran gymnast tallied 13.433 points to take the gold while Hungary's Csenge Maria Bacskay (13.150) and Viktoriia Listunova (13.133) finished second and third respectively. Ukraine's Illia Kovtun picked up a silver in the men's floor exercise final behind Artem Dolgopyat of Israel. The 18-year-old, who won All-Around bronze at 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, scored 14.333 while Dolgopyat collected 14.733 points for the tournament's first gold. Croatia's Aurel Benovic, who won silver in the same apparatus in the series-opener in Cottbus, Germany, finished third (14.166). Kovtun missed out of a medal on the pommel horse apparatus, where he finished fifth. Winners: MAG Floor Exercise: Artem Dolgopyat 14.733; Illia Kovtun 14.333; Aurel Benovic 14.000. MAG Pommel Horse: Nariman Kurbanov 15.200; Rhys Mc Clenaghan 14.933; Harutyun Merdinyan 14.600. MAG Rings: Vahagn Davtyan 14.700; Artur Avetisyan 14.500; Nikita Simonov 14.333. WAG Vault: Oksana Chusovitina 13.433; Csenge Maria Bacskay 13.150; Viktoriia Listunova 13.133. WAG Uneven Bars: Viktoriia Listunova 14.566; Mariia Minaeva 13.366; Daniela Batrona 12.466  

Stage set for QOC Ultimate Race

Doha: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) will organize the first edition of its Ultimate Race 2022 which aims to provide the community members with opportunity to practice Triathlon in a competitive atmosphere. The event will be staged at Katara from March 18-19,  2022 . The QOC invites Triathlon enthusiasts to sign up for the event through its official website and social media platforms and the website of the Qatar Cycling and Triathlon Federation. On this occasion, Sheikh Suhaim bin Mohamed Al Thani, Director of the QOC Ultimate Race 2022, said "It's our pleasure to attract all categories of our community including men, women and kids to participate in 2022 Ultimate race as we aim to raise awareness on the importance of sport for building new generations in light of Qatar national vision 2030." "By organizing 2022 Ultimate Race, the QOC aims to promote these fast-growing sports in our community as its annual calendar of events includes more than 13 community events and 60 professional events."  He added.

Qatari duo look for new glory at Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour

DOHA – Qatar’s Olympic duo Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan are preparing to begin their campaign in the 2022 Volleyball World Pro Tour from the mid of March. Featuring three tiers of competition and set to visit five continents, the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour begins in a month in Mexico, then travels to South Africa and Brazil in April and events in Europe and Asia later in the year. A packed calendar will ensure fans enjoy superlative beach volleyball all year round on the world’s premier tour. With events on five continents already announced, and more to come, a day of qualifications has now also been added to all top tier Elite16 events, extending competition by a day and opening the highest level of the Beach Pro Tour to more elite teams, who will compete for the USD 300,000 prize purse per event. The Elite16 tournaments represent the pinnacle of beach volleyball, and now even more teams will get a chance to make the cut! Stay tuned as the world’s leading beach volleyball duos prepare to make history on the new tour. The Beach Pro Tour will be an opportunity for fans to cheer for their favourite teams. Look out for Norway’s Vikings Anders Mol and Christian Sorum, world champs Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Canada, Adrian Carambula, aka Mr. Skyball and many more. All Beach Pro Tour events will be broadcast live on Volleyball TV for FREE with highlights available across all of Volleyball World’s channels.  

Team Qatar shooters shine in ISSF World Cup

Cairo: The Qatari national shooting team began their campaign at the 2022 ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) on a high note.  The event is held in Cairo, Egypt from February 26 to March 08 with participation of 506 shooters from 60 countries. Aysha Al Suwaidi finished her participation in Women's 10m Air Rifle event with 609.8 points while Aysha Al Mahmoud collected 605 points. Moreover, Qatar's Usama Al Shaiba finished Men's 10m Air Pistol event with 557 points.  The state of Qatar is represented by Aysha Al Suwaidi, Aysha Al Mahmoud (Rifle), Nasrah Mohamed, Mohamed Al Tamimi and Usama Al Shaiba (Pistol).  

Joaan bin Hamad meets FIG President

DOHA- President of the Qatar Olympic Committee H.E. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani, met today with President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) H.E. Mr. Morinari Watanabe. The meeting reviewed aspects of sports cooperation between the two organizations and the matters of mutual interest. It's worth mentioning that Doha is set to organize the 14th edition of Taishan Artistic Gymnastics World Cup from March 2-5, 2022 at Aspire Dome with participation of 120 Athletes.

Sheikh Joaan crowns winners of Commercial Bank CHI AL SHAQAB Presented by Longines 2022

Doha: H.E. President of the Qatar Olympic Committee and Chairman of Al Shaqab Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani crowned the winners of Commercial Bank CHI AL SHAQAB Presented by Longines 2022 concluded on Saturday. Marcus Ehning of Germany claimed the gold medal of 1.60m show jumping event. Evelina Tovek of Sweden had to settle for second place while Maikel van der Vleuten took the bronze medal. A star-studded contingent of 95 riders from 24 countries, and 146 elite competition horses from around the globe participated in the event held from the 24th to the 26th of February. On the other hand, Qatar’s dressage rider Wejdan Majed Al Malki became the first Qatari women to feature in a five-star event. “This experience will help me in my bid to qualify for Paris Olympics and I want to thank Qatar Equestrian Federation for their support and assistance in making my participation possible,” Wejdan Al Malki said. Three Qatari riders also participated in the show jumping competitions including Hamad Nasser Al Qadi, Faleh Suwaid Al Ajmi and Nasser Al Ghazali.