Doha: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has announced that 14 male and female athletes will participate in the 33rd edition of the Paris 2024 Olympics, due to be held from July 26 to August 11.
During a press conference held on Sunday, QOC highlighted the Qatari participation in this event in the presence of Director of the QOC Sports Affairs Department, Mohammed Issa Al Fadala, and director of the Qatari administrative delegation to the tournament, Mohammed Saeed Al Misnad.
Al Fadala affirmed that Qatar’s participation in the Paris 2024 Olympics is a great honor for all male and female athletes, since the games are the largest sporting event globally, lauding the incredible efforts made by the qualified Qatari federations and the set preparations plans to equip athletes in the best conceivable way.
He emphasized that there are great ambitions to achieve outstanding results in this edition of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
He clarified that QOC harnessed all the potentials for all federations whether before or after qualifying for the Olympics, expressing confidence in the qualified players who possess the spirit of challenge and responsibility to perform well and honor Qatar’s name at the Olympics.
Al Fadala pointed out that international federations have set ambitious standards for qualifying for the Olympic Games, whether through achieving qualifying numbers or through points, thus enabling more Qatari athletes to qualify for the Olympics.
For his part, Mohammed Saeed Al Misnad highlighted that 14 athletes from both genders will participate in this major event representing five federations, namely, Athletics, volleyball, shooting, weightlifting, and swimming. The list includes:
Athletics
Mutaz Essa Barsham
Abderrahman Samba
Abubaker Haydar
Bassem Humeida
Ismail Dawood
Ammar Ismail
Saif Mohammed
Shahad Mohammed
Shooting
Saeed Abu Sharab
Rashid Saleh Al Adhuba
Weightlifting
Fares Ibrahim Husouna
Beach Volleyball
Sherif Younis and Ahmed Tejan
Swimming
Abdulaziz Al Obaidly
Al Misnad pointed out that Mutaz Barsham and Shahad Mohammed have been chosen to hold Qatar’s flag aloft in the inauguration ceremony, while the Qatari athletes will start to arrive in Paris on July 19.
He stated that the preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics commenced immediately after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics had been concluded, wishing success for the Qatari athletes to reap medals in this edition.
