Competitors in action during the Women's event yesterday.
Doha: The Longines Arena at Al Shaqab hosted the country's first ever Spartan Race in the presence of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani.
The two-day event which concluded yesterday, saw competitors from over 15 countries, including the GCC nations.
Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani witnessed the action at the Longines Arena as Al Shaqab hosted the country's first ever Spartan Race over the weekend.
Spartan Race has become increasingly popular as one of the toughest obstacle races internationally organised across 42 countries with more than 2,500 annual events taking place. The race includes a number of obstacles such as climbing under barbed wire, fire jump, Herculean hoist, rope climb, spear throw, tire flips and wall climbing.
The second day of the event saw the mixed 5km Spartan Sprint race and 10km Spartan Super Race in addition to the kids’ races which witnessed the participation of 493 kids.
Sergei Perelygin claimed the first place in Super Elite Race with a time 46:31 minutes ahead of Roman Toth in the second place with 46:56 minutes while Hallvard Borsheim finished third with 47:33 minutes. Yaser Salem clocked 54:28 minutes to win 10km super spartan race while Mohamed Jerfel and Joe Robinson took the second and third places respectively.
Competitors in action during the kids' event at the inaugural Spartan Race at Al Shaqab, yesterday.
Fadi Azima won 5km sprint race with 22:47 minutes. Harry Robinson managed second with 30:43 minutes ahead of Aziz Daloul in the third place with 35:06 minutes.
Amal Daloul won women’s event after finishing the race in 35:15 minutes while Hasna Atwi occupied the second place with 46:57 minutes while Alexa Bristle took the third place with 47:44 minutes.
Ahmed Al Mahmeed claimed first place in the open race for age categories with 57:26 minutes ahead of Mohamed Al Boloushi in the second place while Yagoub Al Amsawi in the third place.
