Qatar Ready to Rock the World with ‘Cool’ Show
SPORT Friday 28 September 2018 PAGE | 17 PAGE | 19 Samba sets sights on Golf: Woods paireded World record, more with Reed in Ryderder glory for Qatar Cup opener Dahlan Al Hamad (second right), Vice-President and Director General of IAAF WCH Doha 2019 Orgnising Committee and Vice-President of the IAAF, Dr Saud Abdula Ghani (left), Professor at the College of Engineering at Qatar University, Aretha Thurmond (second left), 4-time Olympian and Managing Director of International and Championship Teams for USA Track and Field, Mariam Farid (third left), and Abderrahman Samba (right), join a group of young kids at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha yesterday. The countdown begins: Qatar ready to rock the world with ‘cool’ show RIZWAN REHMAT THE PENINSULA DOHA: Qatar yesterday kicked off the official one-year countdown to the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, saying the venue preparations have been completed way ahead of schedule. Dahlan Al Hamad, the Director General of the Local Organising Com- mittee (LOC), yesterday announced the Sept 27-Oct 6 mega event next year would be the most modern version of the track and field world. “We are ready. Today we are starting the clock on our one-year countdown to the championships. As we sit here, I hope you can see and feel everything is in place including a growing excitement and energy amongst the local com- munity,” Al Hamad said. “I welcome the world to our new- look Khalifa International Stadium - the Dahlan Al Hamad, Vice-President and home of the IAAF World Athletics Cham- Director General of IAAF WCH Doha 2019 Organising Committee and Vice- pionships Doha 2019.
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