Refugee Olympic Team arrives in Doha for training camp

Doha-The athletes of Refugee Olympic Team arrived in Doha on Sunday to start their training camp to be held by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) ahead of their participation in the 2020 Olympic Games to be staged in Tokyo, Japan from July 23 to August 08. The training camp comes in light of Qatar’s support to refugees around the world and as an initiative that reflects the strong partnership between the QOC, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees through the Olympic Refuge Foundation. The QOC is a supportive and founding partner of the Olympic Refuge Foundation which aims to continue the efforts adopted by the IOC over the past years to support refugees all over the world. The Refugee Olympic Team to participate in Tokyo Olympics is composed of 29 athletes from 11 countries selected by the IOC Executive Board from the 55 Refugee Athlete Scholarship-holders. The 29 members of the Refugee Olympic Team will be competing across 12 sports at Tokyo Olympics including; Athletics, Swimming, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Judo, Karate, Shooting, Taekwondo, Weightlifting and Wrestling. These athletes will act as a symbol of hope for refugees worldwide and bring global attention to the magnitude of the refugee crisis. The Refugee Olympic Team’s Chef de Mission is Tegla Loroupe. She will be assisted by 20 coaches and officials. Created in 2015, the Refugee Olympic Team competed for the first time at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with 10 athletes from 4 countries including two swimmers, one Judoka, two long-distance runners and five middle-distance runners. The team’s roster Abdullah Sediqi (Afghanistan)-Taekwondo (Men’s 68kg) , Ahmad Badreddin Wais (Syria)-Cycling (Men’s Road Cycling), Ahmad Alikaj (Syria)- Judo, Aker Al Obaidi (Iraq) -Wrestling (Men’s 67 Greco-Roman), Alaa Maso (Syria) – Swimming (Men’s 50m Freestyle), Anjelina Nadai Lohalith (South Sudan)- Athletics (Women’s 1500m), Aram Mahmoud (Syria)-Badminton (Men’s Singles), Cyrille Fagat Tchatchet (Cameroon)-Weightlifting (Men’s 96 kg), Dina Pouryounes Langeroudi (Iran)-Taekwondo (Women’s 49kg), Dorian Keletela- (Congo) Athletics (Men’s 100m), Eldric Samuel Sella Rodriguez (Venezuela)- Boxing (Men’s 75kg), Hamoon Derafshipour (Iran)- Karate (Men’s 67 kg), Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed (Sudan)-Athletics (Men’s 5000m), James Chiengjiek Nyang (South Sudan)- Athletics (Men’s 800m), Javad Mahjoub (Iran)- Judo, Kimia Alizadeh Zenozi (Iran)- Taekwondo (Women’s 57 kg), Luna Solomon (Eritrea)- Shooting (Women’s 10m Air Rifle), Masomah Ali Zada (Afghanistan)-Cycling (Women’s Road Cycling), Muna Dahouk (Syria)-Judo, Nigara Shaheen (Afghanistan)-Judo, Paulo Amotun Lokoro (South Sudan)- Athletics (Men’s 5000m), Popole Misenga (Democratic Republic of Congo)-Judo, Rose Nathike Likonyen (South Sudan) -Athletics (Women’s 800m), Saeid Fazloula (Iran)-Canoe (Men’s 500m), Sanda Aldass (Syria)- Judo, Tachlowini Gabriyesos (Eritrea) -Athletics (Men’s Marathon), Wael Shueb (Syria)- Karate (Men’s Kata), Wessam Salamana (Syria)-Boxing (Men’s 57kg) and Yusra Mardini (Syria)- Swimming (Women’s 100m Butterfly).

Team Qatar stars aim high at Tokyo Olympic Games

Doha-Qatar will participate in the 32nd Summer Olympic Games 2020 to be held in the Japanese capital of Tokyo from July 23 to August 08. A total of 15 athletes will represent Qatar in seven sports at Tokyo 2020 Olympics as Team Qatar will compete in a total of seven sports and 6 track and field disciplines. Here are profiles of some Qatar’s top stars who will be aiming to return with medals. Mutaz Essa Barshim Team Qatar's bid for bid for Tokyo glory is spearheaded by the high jump superstar, Mutaz Essa Barshim. The 28-year-old, graduate of Doha’s Aspire Academy, holds the second highest jump in history of 2.43m, a mere two centimeters short of Cuban Javier Sotomayor. Barshim, who is London 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist, will return to his third Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 looking for the top Olympic glory. Abderrahman Samba Qatar's second star in the list is Abderrahman Samba. The 25-year-old Qatari track and field athlete claimed the bronze medal of 400m hurdles at 2019 World athletics championships held in Doha. Samba qualified for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Games after winning the 400 hurdles gold medal in the Shanghai Diamond League meeting 2019 with a world-leading time of 47.27 seconds. Abubaker Haydar Qatar's third star in the list is Abubaker Haydar, who qualified to 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing 4th in the 800m event in at Doha Diamond League 2019. Haydar’s 1:44.82 surpassed the qualifying time of 1:45.20 seconds set by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).  Haydar has won numerous Asian junior medals as well as winning his first race as a senior in the 4x400m relay. Haydar participated in Rio Summer Olympic Games 2016. Abdirahman Saeed Hassan Qatar's fourth track and field star is Abdirahman Saeed Hassan who booked a spot at the Tokyo Olympic Games in the men’s 1,500m event with a second place finish at the II Meeting Challenge Nerja 2021 in Spain.  The 24-year-old comfortably dipped under the qualifying standard of 3 minutes 35 seconds with a personal best 3:34.24 for a second-place finish at the Enrique López Cuenca Stadium in Nerja, Malaga to accompany his teammate Musaab for 1500m in Olympics. Musaa Adam Meanwhile, middle-distance runner Musaab Adam secured his spot Tokyo Olympics when he won the qualifying 1,500m race held in Doha with a time of 3.32.41 minutes. Ashraf El Seify Qatar’s hammer thrower Ashraf El Seify will be one of the Qatari athletic stars to participate in the Olympics. El Seify qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games by virtue of his world ranking of 19. Tokyo will be the 26-year-old Ashraf’s second Olympics. He was sixth on his Olympic debut in Rio 2016. El Seify won the gold medal of 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships with a record-breaking throw of 85.57m and then again at 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships. He also claimed the silver medals of 2015 and 2019 Asian Championships and the gold medal of 2018 Asian Games. Bashayer al-Mnawari Qatari triple and long jumper Bashayer al-Mnawari has been keeping up her amazing performance at the GCC athletics championships since 2008. This year, al-manwari will raise the scale of challenge in the women’s 100m hoping to lift her regional and continental career to a new level with a distinctive Olympic performance in Tokyo. Most notably, the Qatari promising triple and long jumper has secured a lot of titles in her GCC sport career, she won the triple and long jump gold of the GCC Women Games consecutively in Bahrain 2013 and Qatar 2014. She is a five-time gold medallist in the GCC Championships from 2015 to 2019. Al-manwari made an impressive performance in both Asian Games 2014 (Incheon, Korea) and Gymnasiade 2015. Femi Ogunode Qatar’s sprinter Femi Ogunode booked himself an Olympic spot in the men’s 100m during the Doha Diamond League meeting in Doha last May. In a 100m ‘B’ race, Ogunode, who ran an Asian record of 9.91s back in 2015, clocked 10 seconds to top the charts, dipping under the Tokyo Olympics standard of 10.05 sec. Ogunode confirmed that he is ready for the Olympics by winning the gold medal of 100m and 200m event at 2021 Arab Athletics Championships. Ogunode made history when he was selected by the Association of National Olympic Committees in 2015 as the best male athlete in Asia. He also claimed the gold medal of 100m and 200m events at 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

Qatar Winter Sports Committee organizes Introduction to Instruction training course

DOHA-The Qatar Winter Sports Committee (QWSC) at the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) organized (Introduction to Instruction-Level 1) curling training course from July 02-07, 2021 at the QOC Headquarters and Villaggio Shopping Mall. The training course, that was attended by 9 trainees from Qatar’s National Curling Team, aims to prepare the Qatari officials on both technical and scientific levels to become curling assistant coaches. The QWSC Secretary General Hassan Hissam Al-Hebabi and the QWSC Board Member Mohamed Abdullah handed over the certificates to the trainees. The QWSC will also organize (Introduction to Instruction-Level 2) curling training course in September.

At their training camp in Doha..Refugee Olympic Team Athletes gear up for Tokyo Olympics

DOHA-The athletes of Refugee Olympic Team began their training camp at Aspire Dome in Doha on Monday. The training camp is held under the auspices of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) ahead of their participation in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 29 members of the Refugee Olympic Team will be competing across 12 sports at Tokyo Olympics including; Athletics, Swimming, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Judo, Karate, Shooting, Taekwondo, Weightlifting and Wrestling. The training camp reflects the strong partnership between the QOC, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees through the Olympic Refuge Foundation. The QOC is a supportive and founding partner of the Olympic Refuge Foundation which aims to continue the efforts adopted by the IOC over the past years to support refugees all over the world. This will be the second appearance for Refugee Olympic Team athletes in Olympics Games as they competed for the first time in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with 5 athletes from South Sudan, two athletes from Syria, two athletes from Democratic Republic of Congo and one athlete from Ethiopia. During the Opening Ceremony, the team will march with the Olympic flag in second position, immediately after Greece and for all official representations of the team (including possible medal ceremonies), the Olympic flag will be raised, and the Olympic anthem will be played. The Syrian athlete Aram Mahmoud who will participate in Badminton competitions stressed that he is happy to visit Qatar for the first time and lauded the efforts made by the Qatari officials to hold this successful training camp in Doha. "The Olympic Games will provide us with the opportunity show the world what we can do and that we can compete at this high level" said Aram Mahmoud. The team’s roster Abdullah Sediqi (Afghanistan), Ahmad Badreddin Wais (Syria), Ahmad Alikaj (Syria), Aker Al Obaidi (Iraq), Alaa Maso (Syria), Anjelina Nadai Lohalith (South Sudan), Aram Mahmoud (Syria),  Cyrille Fagat Tchatchet (Cameroon), Dina Pouryounes Langeroudi (Iran), Dorian Keletela- (Congo), Eldric Samuel Sella Rodriguez (Venezuela), Hamoon Derafshipour (Iran), Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed (Sudan), James Chiengjiek Nyang (South Sudan), Javad Mahjoub (Iran), Kimia Alizadeh Zenozi (Iran), Luna Solomon (Eritrea), Masomah Ali Zada (Afghanistan), Muna Dahouk (Syria), Nigara Shaheen (Afghanistan), Paulo Amotun Lokoro (South Sudan),  Popole Misenga (Democratic Republic of Congo), Rose Nathike Likonyen (South Sudan),  Saeid Fazloula (Iran),  Sanda Aldass (Syria), Tachlowini Gabriyesos (Eritrea), Wael Shueb (Syria), Wessam Salamana (Syria), and Yusra Mardini (Syria).

QOC hosts Refugee Olympic Team training camp ahead of Tokyo 2020

DOHA- The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) will host the training camp of the Refugee Olympic Team ahead of their participation in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to be held from July 23 to August 08, 2021. The training camp comes in light of Qatar's support to refugees around the world and as an initiative that reflects the strong partnership between the QOC, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees through the Olympic Refuge Foundation. The QOC is a supportive and founding partner of the Olympic Refuge Foundation which aims to continue the efforts adopted by the IOC over the past years to support refugees all over the world. The 29 members of the Refugee Olympic Team will be competing across 12 sports at Tokyo Olympics including; Athletics, Swimming, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Judo, Karate, Shooting, Taekwondo, Weightlifting and Wrestling. The Refugee Olympic Team will be a symbol of hope for refugees worldwide highlighting the role sport and Olympic movement can play in making a positive change in the lives of individuals. Created in 2015, consisting of 10 athletes, the Refugee Olympic Team competed for the first time at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, sending a message of hope and inspiring the world with the strength of their human spirit.   

Younousse and Tijan settle for silver in Gstaad

Gstaad-Qatar's Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan claimed the silver medal of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Gstaad.  In the final match held on Saturday, the Qatari duo went down 21-23, 21-19, 10-15 to the Netherlands' Stefan Boermans and Yorick De Groot. Earlier in the semifinals, Cherif and Ahmed prevailed over Stoyanovskiy and Krasilnikov (21-17, 21-17) while Boermans and De Groot downed Liamin and Myskiv 2-0 (21-17, 21-15).