Paris: Team Qatar star Shahd Mohamed will begin Qatar’s athletics journey in Paris hoping to leave a mark on her Olympics debut as she will feature in the preliminary round of women’s 100m at Stade de France today.
Qatar has high hopes for track and field stars with eight athletes, spearheaded by reigning Olympic and World high jump champion Mutaz Barshim, taking part in the Games.
Abderrahman Samba, Bassem Hemeida and Ismail Doudai Abakar will represent Team Qatar in the men’s 400m hurdles. The trio has already made history by becoming the first Asian trio from a single nation to qualify for the event at Olympics.
The athletics team also features Abubakar Hayder in the 800 meters, Ammar Ismail in the 400 meters and Saif Mohammed in the pole vault.