Team Qatar Paralympic champions return home to a warm welcome

Doha: Team Qatar Paralympic champions returned home to a warm welcome on Tuesday morning after participating in Tokyo 2020 Paralympics which featured the participation of 4400 athletes from 160 nation.  Qatar’s Abdulrahman Abdulqader claimed the bronze of men’s F34 shot put event with a season’s best of 11.36M. The Qatari delegation was received at the Hamad International Airport by the QOC Secretary General H.E. Jassim bin Rashid Al-Buenain and Board Members of the Qatar Paralympic Committee. H.E QOC Secretary General praised Abdulrahman Abdulqader’s amazing achievement in Tokyo and said that this is the second Paralympic medal of the Qatari star after his first-ever medal in 2016 Rio Paralympics Games.  "Abdulqader has fought tooth and nail in 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Games to dedicate this glorious bronze medal to our nation” He added. Al-Buenain also appreciated the efforts of the Qatar Paralympic Committee under the presidency of Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Saud Al Thani which made this achievement possible.  After this glorious victory, Abdulqader dedicated this bronze medal to HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani and to the Qatari people, he said he is over the moon and so proud after clinching his second medal in the Paralympic Games. Abdulrahman Abdulqader occupied the third place in men’s F34 shot put event behind Jordan’s Ahmad Hindi who took the gold medal with a new world record of 12.25M while Morocco’s Azeddine Nouiri clinched the silver medal with an effort of 11.55M. In Rio 2016 Paralympics, Abdulqader won Qatar’s first-ever Paralympic medal when he claimed the silver medal of the same event with a 11.15M throw. Team Qatar star Sara Masoud concludes her participation in Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with a season best of 5.42m to take the sixth place in women's F33 shot put event. Masoud is the first ever woman crowned with a Paralympic Games medal in the history of the nation when she won the F33 Shot Put silver in Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Qatar national tennis team to participate in Davis Cup

Doha: Qatar national tennis team will participate in Asia/Oceania Group III of Davis Cup, which will be held in Jordan from September 13 to 18. The team's delegation arrived in Amman, Jordan on Sunday and will hold a training camp until September 12.  Qatar's Squad includes Musa Shanan, Rashed Nawaf, Mashari Nawaf, and team Qatar captain Sultan Khalfan. Asia/Oceania Group III will bring together Hong Kong, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Pacific Oceania, Sri Lanka, Syria, Vietnam and Qatar  Three pools of three teams will contest the round-robin stage of the event. The top two teams in each pool will play-off, with the three winners earning promotion.  The bottom team in each pool will be relegated to Asia/Oceania Group IV. On this occasion, Team Qatar star Musa Shanan said "The team is ready to take part in this edition of Davis Cup as the training camp with the Jordanian national team will help us tune up for the event."   

Team Qatar Cyclists conclude training camp in Slovenia

Slovenia: The Qatar national team members have been training in Europe and competing in events at the UCI Continental level, helping them improve as they prepare for various competitions, including the 2022 Asian Games. For seven weeks in July and August, Team Qatar developed their race craft in several local events in Slovenia, the most prestigious of which was a UCI accredited road race in Kranj. “Although we came to Europe to train, we’ve also put a lot of emphasis on racing. We’ve already had a third weekend of competition, gaining much-needed experience for all, not just riders, as we’ve had a long break from proper international races,” said Qatar national team’s Polish coach Szymon Wasiak. A week after Kranj, the team travelled to Vienna for the Austrian Cup Road Race. Bilal Alsaadi proved to be the strongest over the 172km circuit, finishing overall 38th. The team then took part in the 122km Military World Championships in France, where Qatar competed against the world’s best army riders with Alsaadi placing 29th. “We’re currently giving final touches to our participation in the World Time Trial Championships (September 19) in Belgium, where Fadhel Alkhater will represent Qatar. It’ll be the first time a Qatari rider is competing since the event in Doha in 2016,” said Wasiak. “The rest of the team — Marwan Aljalham, Bilal Alsaadi, Abdullah Afif, Nayef Al Mesallam, and Ahmed Elbourdainy will all race in Oman at the four-stage Tour of Salalah, in mid-September,” he added.

Team Qatar tune up for Asian Men’s Volleyball Championships

Doha: Qatar's Volleyball team stepped their preparations for 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championships to be held in Chiba, Japan from September 12 to 19 with participation of 16 teams. Team Qatar, which have been drawn in Pool A alongside Japan, India and Bahrain, have concluded their two-week training camp in Slovenia last August. Team Qatar will begin their campaign in the event with a match against Japan on September 12. The top two teams of the event will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championships as the AVC representatives.

Doha to host WTT Star Contender

Doha: WTT will make its return to Doha with a second WTT Star Contender in September, following its successful debut there earlier this year with the WTT Middle East Hub. To be held at the Lusail Sports Arena from September 20-25, WTT Star Contender Doha will be the third WTT event in Qatar in 2021 and offers 600 ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking points and a USD 200,000 prize purse. Table tennis fans can once again look forward to a whole new presentation of table tennis with the eight-sided court and centralised TV production and some of the worlds best players on show that captivated a global audience in March. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, stringent COVID-19 management measures will continue to be in place to ensure the events remain safe for all involved, with all athletes, staff, officials, and media required to undergo routine PCR testing, maintain social distancing and wear masks at all times. President of Qatar Table Tennis Association and ITTF Deputy President, Mr Khalil Al-Mohanndi, said: "Following our success with the WTT Middle East Hub in March where we played our part in making table tennis history in Qatar, we are excited to welcome the return of the event and bring together some of the best players in the world to compete at the highest level again. “It is a good opportunity for Doha to again host a WTT event, due to the best Asian players already committed to travel Qatar. Because of the pandemic we need to maximise maximise events when international travel is still so difficult.” Japan shined at the last WTT Star Contender Doha singles events, with Tomokazu Harimoto clinching the men's singles title and Mima Ito securing back-to-back women's singles titles. Whilst Japan stole the limelight in the Singles, the Republic of Korea reigned supreme in the doubles, with Lee Sangsu and Jeoung Youngsik winning the men's and Jeon Jihee and Shin Yubin clinching the women's doubles titles respectively. Chinese Taipei's Cheng I-Ching and Lin Yun-Ju won the mixed doubles. WTT Star Contender events sit in the third tier of the WTT Series, as part of the revamped event structure that WTT, a commercial and events subsidiary of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has created. As part of WTT's commitment to host events in the second half of 2021, WTT Contender Budapest is set to become the first-ever WTT Series event in Europe when it gets underway at the Budapest Olympic Sports Hall on August 15. WTT Contender Budapest is the fourth tier within the WTT Series structure. It offers a total prize purse of US$75,000 and 400 ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Points across men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles competitions.

Abdulrahman Abdulqader wins shot put bronze medal in Tokyo Paralympics

Tokyo - Qatar’s Abdulrahman Abdulqader claimed the bronze of men’s F34 shot put event in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on Saturday with a season’s best of 11.36M. On this occasion, Abdulqader said "It's an honor to win a new medal for Qatar as our nation never spare any effort to support its athletes in all sports" "I tried my best to claim a medal and I’m thankful that I managed to win third place and the bronze medal." Jordan’s Ahmad Hindi took the gold medal with a new world record of 12.25M while Morocco’s Azeddine Nouiri clinched the silver medal with an effort of 11.55M. In Rio 2016 Paralympics, Abdulqader won Qatar’s first-ever Paralympic medal when he claimed the silver medal of the same event with a 11.15M throw.