DOHA: Dahlan Al Hamad (pictured), will serve for another four years as President of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA).
The official announcement will be done on June 2 in Wuhan, China during the Asian Athletics Congress when the new presidential cycle 2015-2019 will start.
The Asian Athletics family welcomed the announcement of Dahlan a few weeks ago that he will run for another term as president of AAA, an association with 45 Member Federations across Asia.
Undoubtedly this is an acknowledgement of the successful work and the importance of the role that Dahlan has played in the last 20 months, working on the development plan to revamp Asian Athletics, focusing on youth programmes and also on the creation of a new strategic plan for the most promising continent for the sport of athletics.
Dahlan said following his re-election: “I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart all Asian Athletics Federations for their support from the first moment I was elected to lead AAA and I truly believe together we will bring Asia to the centre stage of the athletics world.
“As I have already demonstrated, during my tenure as President of Asia Athletics Association, our plan for Asia will be achieved by creating and delivering a new athletics concept. We need to emphasise on the grass roots programmes, to educate and engage youngsters on the sportsmanlike principles, to teach them the virtues of fair play and to fight against doping. I wish to ensure each and every one that I will do what it takes to further enhance the Asian Athletics Association operations”The Peninsula
