Qatar rally ace Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah posing with HE the Minister of Youth and Sports  Salah bin Ghanem  al-Ali (second from left), HE the Qatar Olympic Committee secretary-general Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani (fourth from left), Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation president Nasser Khalifa al-Attiyah (second from right) and others at the Ministerial Lounge of the Hamad International Airport last night. Al-Attiyah, who won the Dakar Rally for the second time on Saturday, showed no hint of fatigue after a 13-hour flight from Sao Paulo and spoke to the media at a brief function where a cake was cut to celebrate his success. Al-Attiyah, who first claimed the Dakar title in 2011, led from start to finish to win the 9,000km rally, considered the toughest  motor race in the world. PICTURE: Mamdouh


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