25 Sep 2019
Doha, 25 September 2019. The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships, the seventeenth edition of the competition, is taking place between 27 September and 6 October 2019 in Doha at the renovated multi-purpose Khalifa International Stadium. The ten-day event features seven current and graduated athletes from Aspire Academy representing Qatar.
Team Qatar, comprised of 17 male and two female athletes, is led by high jump world champion and Aspire Academy graduate Mutaz Essa Barshim, who takes the stage on October 1 as well as fellow Aspire graduate Ashraf El-Seify (hammer throw). On the event’s kick-off day on Friday, September 27, student-athlete Owaab Barrow (100m) and graduate Abubaker Haydar (800m) are competing in their events. Some Aspire athletes are also going to start in the relays: Mahamat Zakaria Khalid and Jaber Al Mamari are nominated for Qatar’s team in the 4x100m event on October 4, followed by Bassem Hemeida, who is part of Qatar’s selection in the 4x400m event on October 5.
The IAAF World Athletics Championship is the jewel in the crown of the IAAF’s global competition programme. It is the third-largest sporting event in the world, involving approximately 2000 athletes from more than 200 nations competing for 47 gold medals. The first World Championships in athletics was held in Helsinki in 1983. Today, the competition is staged biennially, usually in the month of August.
Find out more about the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships on https://iaafworldathleticschamps.com/doha2019/