Qatar at the 2010 Asian Para Games | |
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IOC code | QAT |
NOC | Qatar Paralympic Committee |
Competitors | 11 in 4 sports |
Medals Ranked 30th |
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Asian Para Games appearances | |
Qatar participated in the 2010 Asian Para Games, the first multi-sport event for athletes with a physical disability to run parallel to an edition of the Asian Games. It was held two weeks after the conclusion of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, from 13 to 19 December 2010. [1]
Qatar won a single bronze medal and finished in thirtieth place in the medal table, tied with Myanmar. [2]
All general rules and guidelines of the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) are consistent with the rules and norms of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). According to APC, all the sports in the Asian Para Games must follow the rules of the IPC. [3]
"All competitors shall be eligible to be classified in the classification of sports rules of relevant sports established by International Sport Federations of sports and IPC" [4]
As in the Paralympic Games, every participant at the Asian Para Games was grouped into one of five categories according to their disability: amputation, cerebral palsy, wheelchair athletes, visual impairment, and les autres, any physical disability that does not fall under one of the other categories. [5] [6] Each Asian Para Games sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. [7]
The Qatari delegation included eleven athletes, all male, participating in four different sports. [8] Qatar had sent 64 women to take part in the Asian Games, but in this Games it was the one of three nations that sent no female athlete, the other two being Saudi Arabia, which has an only-men policy in sports, and Palestine. [9] [10] [a] The athletics contingent was the largest, with seven athletes. [11]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Boccia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Powerlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Mohammed Hadi Aljoaidi, a club thrower, was the only Qatari athlete who succeeded in winning a medal. He won a bronze medal with his personal best in the men's club throw - F31/32/51 event of athletics, held on 17 December 2010 in the Aoti Main Stadium, a main venue of the Games. [12] [13]
Athlete | Events | class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Best | Rank |
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Mohammed Hadi Aljoaidi | Men's Club Throw – F31/32/51 [14] | F51 | 14.23 m 329 pts | 14.03 m 316 pts | 13.95 m 310 pts | 14.42 m 341 pts | 14.31 m 334 pts | 14.85 m 369 pts | 14.85 m 369 pts | |
Omar Saleh M A Al Yazidi | Men's Discus Throw – F32/33/34 [15] | F33 | 10.26 m 325 pts | 11.98 m 442 pts | 11.82 m 432 pts | 11.98 m 442 pts | 14 | |||
Omran Mohd Sh A Al Maadhadi | Men's Discus Throw – F42 [16] | F42 | 23.64 m | 19.01 m | 22.00 m | 23.64 m | 10 | |||
Nasser Saed K Al Sahoti | Men's Discus Throw – F57/58 [17] | F58 | 42.52 m 692 pts | 37.04 m 551 pts | 36.77 m 544 pts | 42.52 m 692 pts | 11 | |||
Ali Mohd A Almass | Men's Discus Throw – F57/58 [17] | F57 | 31.91 m 657 pts | 32.73 m 680 pts | 33.61 m 703 pts | 33.61 m 703 pts | 10 | |||
Abdulrahman Qassim Q Y Ahmad | Men's Javelin Throw – F54/55/56 [18] | F55 | × | 13.23 m 269 pts | 12.37 m 208 pts | 13.23 m 269 pts | 11 | |||
Nasser Saed K Al Sahoti | Men's Javelin Throw – F57/58 [19] | F58 | 38.69 m 791 pts | 39.26 m 805 pts | 39.13 m 802 pts | 36.22 m 728 pts | 36.63 m 739 pts | 37.92 m 772 pts | 39.26 m 805 pts | 8 |
Omran Mohd Sh A AL Maadhadi | Men's Shot Put – F42 [20] | F42 | 7.56 m | 8.49 m | 8.59 | 8.59 | 9 | |||
Salah Ismail S M Aladsani | Men's Shot Put – F57/58 [21] | F58 | 10.71 m 614pts | 10.51 m 594pts | 10.52 m 595pts | 10.75 m 618pts | 10.90 m 633pts | 10.86 m 629pts | 10.90 m 633pts | 8 |
Ali Mohd A Almass | Men's Shot Put – F57/58 [21] | F57 | 9.42 m 561pts | 9.55 m 576pts | 9.35 m 553pts | 9.55 m 576pts | 10 |
Athlete | Event | Group matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Mohd Salem M A Al Marri | Individual – BC2 | Jitsa-Ngiem (THA) L 0–21 | 5 | did not advance [22] | |||
Mohammed Faraj Al Marri | Individual – BC2 | Jeong (KOR) L 0–22 | 5 | did not advance [23] |
In powerlifting, Qatar sent only one athlete– Ali Abdulla M A Mohamed, who participated in the +100 category. Mohamed did not lift any weight due to DNS (Did Not Start). In this event, Siamand Rahman of Iran broke the world record after lifting a total weight of 290 kg. [24]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
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Groups | Rank | ||||||
Hassan Adnan H Al Sharif | Singles TT 4 | Lin (TPE) L 0–3 2–11, 4–11, 4–11 | Group D 3 | Did not advance [25] | 15 | ||
Kim (KOR) L 2–3 2–11, 3–11, 4–11 | |||||||
de Araujo (TLS) W3–0 11–4, 13–11, 11–4 |
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