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FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 4 BASEBALL | Page 5 Pochettino, Trout gets Klopp tested 1000th career hit by great but Angels lose expectations to Orioles 2-6 Wednesday, August 9, 2017 TENNIS Dhul-Qa’da 17, 1438 AH Nadal eyes No.1 in GULF TIMES Montreal with Murray sidelined SPORT Page 7 FOCUS QOC president honours Qatar Paralympic team QNA Doha atar Olympic Committee (QOC) president His Excellency Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani hon- oured the players of Qatar para- Qathletics national team who participated in the 2017 World Para-Athletics Champion- ships held in London in July where Qatar claimed two medals. Qatar’s Abdulrahman Abdulqader won the gold medal in men’s Shot Put (F34) event, with an eff ort of 11.38 metres in a new achievement for the Qatari sport while Sarah Masoud clinched silver medal in women’s Shot Put (F33) event with an eff ort of 5.39 metres. The honorees list also included Hamad Jaber al-Behaih, Saud al-Sulaiti, Khalifa al-Dosari and Abdullah al-Manai, who par- ticipated in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Austria. During the ceremony, HE Sheikh Joaan extended his thanks and appreciation to the members of the Qatar paralympic team ex- pressing his pride at the achievements at the last world Para-Athletics championships held in London and earlier events, including the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. He stressed that these achievements are a continuation of a series of successes made by Qatari sport. “We in the State of Qatar pay a profound HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani felicitates Abdulrahman Abdulqader, who won gold medal in HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani felicitates Sarah Masoud, who clinched silver medal in women’s attention to Paralympic sports and in light of men’s Shot Put (F34) event at the 2017 World Para-Athletics Championships in London in July. Shot Put (F33) event. the directives of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, we are committed to providing all the required support to Paral- ympic sports. We believe in the importance of this category as it demonstrates the spirit of determination and challenge. We are looking forward for more achievements by this cat- egory in line with the QOC’s strategy and the ambitions of the Qatar sports community,” said HE Sheikh Joaan. The ceremony was attended by Qatar Paralympic Committee (QPC) vice president Jassim al-Buainain, QPC secretary general Dr Hassan al-Ansari, QPC assistant secre- tary general Abdulqader al-Mutawaa and QPC executive director Ameer al-Mullah, in addition to the directors of various QOC De- QOC president HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani and Qatar Paralympic Committee (QPC) off icials, including vice president Jassim al-Buainain, secretary general Dr Hassan al-Ansari, assistant secretary partments. general Abdulqader al-Mutawaa and executive director Ameer al-Mullah, also attended the ceremony. SPOTLIGHT Qatar celebrates Doha 2019 with world of athletics By Sports Reporter Qatar’s Samba qualifi es for 400m hurdles fi nal possible and that they can achieve their London dreams. We hope to break down barriers and change perceptions of Arab women Qatar runner Abderrahman Samba in sport – and to support the growth and atar brought the world of qualified for the 400m hurdles final development of women’s athletics – and athletics together to cel- at the World Athletics Championships women’s sport in general – across the ebrate Doha’s hosting of the in London, which will conclude on Middle East.” 2019 IAAF World Champi- Sunday, after winning the third semi- Guests at the reception were able Qonships as the city prepares to receive to sample Qatar’s warm hospitality, final heat in 48.75 seconds. the fl ag from London next week. Doha The Qatari national team runner took unique culture, and history and herit- will be the next host of the world’s advantage of his strong start and age of athletics through Arabic callig- third largest sporting event following position in the sixth lane to settle the raphy workshops, a photo exhibition, a the conclusion of the London World race quietly in the last few metres, falcon demonstration, henna painting Championships on Sunday, bringing making it to the final in search of his and more. the event to the Middle East for the fi rst first world medal in this major sport- The reception took place ahead of time in history. ing event. the evening session of day four of com- Over 500 people attended a reception Samba will be up against some of the petition of the London 2017 World hosted by the Doha 2019 Organising world’s best athletes in today’s final, Championships. Team Qatar’s ath- Committee at London’s breath-taking and the Qatari champion’s chances letes have had a successful start to the Sky Garden with the city’s stunning are considered good despite the World Championships with Abdallaleh skyline as a backdrop. Attendees in- presence of American runners, and Haroun scheduled to run last night’s cluded International Association of IAAF president Sebastian Coe (left) addresses the reception hosted by Doha 2019 Olympic and World Cup medallists. 400m semi-fi nals and Abderrahman Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Organising Committee as IAAF vice president Dahlan al-Hamad (right) looks on. Samba qualifying for tonight’s 400m Sebastian Coe, members of the IAAF, hurdles fi nal. member federations from around the on our historic sporting journey. We in the Middle East for the fi rst time in that we maximise the full potential of Olympic Committee (QOC), said, “It Later in the week, Olympic silver and world, sponsors and organising com- are committed to combining our pas- history provides the opportunity to in- our region’s fi rst ever World Champi- is our ambition that showcasing Arab bronze medallist high jumper, Mutaz mittees. sion for athletics, our experience and troduce athletics to new audiences and onships.” women in athletics through the World Barshim, double world junior cham- Speaking on behalf of the Doha 2019 knowledge of hosting major athletics new markets, inspire new athletes and Speaking further about the impact Championships will help to inspire more pion, Ashraf Elseify and rising star in Organising Committee, Doha 2019 vice events, and our warm hospitality and capture the attention of new fans. The that the World Championships can have young girls from across the region – not javelin, Ahmed Bader, will be in ac- president and director general of Doha rich culture – to organise a unique, whole of the Doha 2019 team is fully on the region, particularly with regards just to become future champions but tion. The fl ag handover from London to 2019, and IAAF vice president Dah- memorable and highly successful committed to embracing this unique to women’s sport, Sheikha Asma al- to participate at any level – as athletes, Doha will take place with a ceremony in lan al-Hamad said, “Hosting athlet- World Championships. opportunity – and we will be working Thani, Communications and Market- coaches, offi cials or administrators. We the London 2017 stadium following the ics fl agship event is a natural next step “Hosting the World Championships hard over the next two years to ensure ing director of Doha 2019 and the Qatar want young girls to see that anything is fi nal session of athletics on Sunday. Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, August 9, 2017 ATHLETICS 2017 IAAF WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS SPOTLIGHT McLeod tops hurdles; Coe and IAAF behaviour Rojas wins fi rst gold ‘inhumane’: Kipyegon is 1,500m world for Venezuela champ a year after Rio win Gatlin’s agent AFP guy, it’s really not fair. It’s inhumane. London It’s unsportsmanlike.” ‘THE LEGEND IS OK WITH IT’ thletics chief Sebastian Coe Nehemiah, who won the 1984 Super and the IAAF’s treatment Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers, of controversial 100 metres said Coe and the IAAF should be world champion Justin Gat- more gracious and accept their rules linA is ‘inhumane’ and ‘unsportsman- allowed athletes like Gatlin to get a like’, the athlete’s agent told the BBC chance at redeeming themselves. in a blistering attack. “Lord Coe’s a part of the IAAF British athletics legend Coe — a who set the rules, who set out the two-time 1,500m Olympic champion punishments, and when you serve — had told the BBC on Sunday two- the punishment you are supposed to time drugs cheat Gatlin’s victory in be reinstated, which these athletes the sport’s most high profi le event in who have off ended and abused some London, which was watched by over of these rules have, and if you don’t eight million viewers in Britain, was want them in you should change the not the ‘perfect script’. rules,” said Nehemiah. Gatlin, 35, had been loudly booed “You don’t allow them in and throughout the 100m rounds and the then still condemn them,” said the verbal abuse was ratcheted up a few 58-year-old. notches when he won the fi nal, de- Coe has always been a hardliner nying Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt on doping, believing second time of- a 12th world title in his last individ- fenders like Gatlin should have life ual fi nal. The 60,000 plus spectators bans — however that view has fallen jeered Gatlin whilst chanting bronze foul of the legal system when athletes medal winner Bolt’s name as if he have gone to court to challenge such were the champion. punishments. Coe — who had said prior to being Gatlin — who reacted to the elected president of the International crowd’s booing of his victory by plac- Association of Athletics Federations ing a fi nger to his mouth — served a (IAAF) he felt ‘queasy’ about dopers four-year ban from 2006-10, re- returning and winning titles — re- duced from eight years and also marked he wasn’t very excited about served a prior ban whilst a student, the prospect of placing the gold med- although that was also reduced as al around Gatlin’s neck.

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