The Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF) has announced the list of athletes who will represent the State of Qatar in the IAAF World Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, from September 13 to 21.
The federation published in a statement on its official account on the social networking platform /X/ a list of 12 athletes who will participate in the championship with the aim of achieving success and continuing the excellence of Qatari athletics at the global level. They are: Mutaz Barshim, Abderrahman Samba, Ismail Dawood, Omar Dawood, Bassem Hemeida, Saif Mohammed, Ashraf Hussein, Ammar Ismail, Ibrahim Zakaria, Khaled Hussein, Abdulaziz Youssef, and Ahmed Haroun.
It is noteworthy that Olympic and world champion Mutaz Barshim in the high jump won the gold medal in the competition three consecutive times at the London 2017, Doha 2019 and Eugene 2022 editions, while runner Abderrahman Samba is participating in the 400m hurdles race, having previously won the bronze medal in the Doha 2019 edition. Runner Bassem Hemeida is also participating in the same event.
The Barshim and Samba duo are the most prominent candidates for colored medals, along with the 4x400m relay team consisting of runners Ashraf Hussein, Bassem Hemeida, Ismail Dawood and Ammar Ismail.
The statement added that Saif Mohammed (23 years old) will participate in the pole vault competition in his first appearance at the men's World Championships, in addition to Omar Dawood in the 110m hurdles race, Ammar Ismail, Khaled Hussein, Youssef Abdelaziz and Ahmed Haroun in the 400m race, and Ibrahim Zakaria in the 800m race.
The World Championships are held in Tokyo with the participation of more than 2,000 athletes from over 200 countries, competing for more than 100 medals.
