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Posted On: 2 July 2024 12:50 pm
Updated On: 2 July 2024 04:52 pm

Team Qatar announces line up for Paris 2024 Olympics

Vrinda Abilash
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The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), Team Qatar, announced the list of athletes who are going to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The athletes include Mutaz Essa Barshim, a three-time Olympic medalist, who won the men’s high jump gold medal in Tokyo 2020 and two silver medals in London 2012 and Rio 2016. Aboubakar Haydar Abdallah, an 800m runner, will also compete, as will the Qatari trio Abdalrahman Samba, Bassem Hameeda, and Ismail Dawoud, who will compete in the 400m run.

The Team Qatar line-up for Paris 2024 Olympics also includes, the short distance sprinter, Qatar’s Shahad Mohammed who is going to secure her first appearance in Olympics in the women’s 100 m run.

Trap shooter Saheed Abu Sharob, skeet shooter Rashid Saleh Al-Athba, and weightlifter Fares Ibrahim Hassouna are also part of the Paris 2024 Olympics line up.

Abdulaziz Al-Obaidli will be competing in the 200m breaststroke, while the Qatar national beach volleyball duo, Cherif Younousse and Ahemd Tijan are also competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Source and cover image credit: Team Qatar