Weightlifting
HH Personal Representative of HH the Amir, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani, led the well-wishers to welcome Team Qatar Olympic mission (Al-Adaam), which was crowned two gold medals in high jump and weightlifting and a bronze medal in beach volleybal..
The Amir, H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has expressed his happiness over the historic achievements of Team Qatar athletes at the Tokyo Olympics. In a tweet, the Amir said: “We are pleased with the historic results that our team achiev..
Qatar’s high jump athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim has secured a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, bringing the total of gold medals for Qatar to 2. The first-ever gold medal was achieved by Qatar’s weightlifter Fares El Bakh duri..
Qatar's Mutaz Barshim won his country's first Olympic track and field gold medal in the high jump on Sunday. Barshim and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi both recorded a best clearance of 2.37 meters, which meant they ended up ..
REUTERS At 43, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is nearly twice the average age of her Tokyo 2020 competitors. Having shifted 285 kg in qualifying, she is also one of the strongest in the field. On Monday she will become the first openly..
HE President of the Asian Athletics Association Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad extended sincerest congratulations to HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, HH the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, HH the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Ham..
HE President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani dedicated the historic achievement of weightlifter Fares Ibrahim, claiming Qatar's first Olympic gold medal, to HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, H..
Doha Film Institute is delighted to present ‘Watching the Classics’, an online programme where filmmakers and cinephiles can deepen their knowledge of film history. Presented by renowned scholar Richard Peña—Professor of Film Studies at Columbia Univ..
Diaz won the women’s 55-kilogram weightlifting competition in Tokyo on Monday, setting an Olympic record 127 kilograms in the clean and jerk event Philippines weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz has been rewarded for winning her country's first-ev..