Shamna International Athletics Championships kicks off in its first edition
Damascus, (ST) – Shamna International Athletics Championships kicked off on Tishreen Stadium in Damascus on Wednesday, with the participation of Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine and Kuwait, in addition to Syria.
The first day resulted in the Lebanese player Maria Bishara winning the first place in the 100-meter race, followed by the Syrian players Heba Abdullah and Munira Hammoud. The Iraqi Haider Thaer won the male category of the same race, and the Syrian player Alaa Al-Din Al-Hindi came in second place, then the Iraqi Muhammad Maytham Thamer.
In the 1000-meter race for females, Syrian player Julie Fayyad came first, followed by her colleague Shahd Othman, then the Iraqi Dumo` Al-Ghanim, while Syrian player Khaled Mustafa came first for the same category for males, leaving the second place for the Lebanese Muhammad Jawad Shamas and the Iraqi Khaled Abdul Rahman.
As for the javelin throwing competition, Syrian player Bayan Derbas took the lead, followed by the Lebanese Lucy Antoine, and our player Rama Ibrahim.
The head of the tournament’s organizing committee, Major General Mohsen Abbas, pointed out in a statement to SANA, the importance of the tournament in developing the technical level of our players, as it provides opportunities for competing with their peers from the participating countries. He pointed to the efforts made to make the first competition a success, which brought the atmosphere of Arab competitions back to Syria.
The head of the Athletics Federation, Fayyad Bakour, pointed out that the Shamna International Championship was launched from Syria the first time , in coordination with the Asian Athletics Federation.
A number of representatives of the participating teams and players expressed their happiness with this participation and their keenness to prepare well for the competition for the first places in all competitions. They pointed to the importance of the tournaments held by Syria because they are held according to the distinguished organizational and technical levels.
Raghda Sawas