13th IAAF World Indoor Championships 2010 - Doha - QAT

>>NOTE - A full championship website will be opened in autumn 2009<<

DATES OF EVENT
Fri. 12 – Sun. 14 March 2010

EVENT AWARDED
November 2007, Monaco

LOCATION OF EVENT
Doha (QAT)

DOHA FACTS
Population - Around 400,000 inhabitants
Climate - Average temperature approximately 26° in March
Altitude - Sea level
Official airport - Doha International Airport
Description - Doha is located in the Ad Dawhah municipality, sometimes also known as the capital municipality. The city is Qatar's largest city, with over 80% of the population residing in Doha or its suburbs, and is the economic centre of the country. Doha is home to the Education City, an area devoted to research and education.

Stadium Seating Area Capacity- approximately 3000 but will be extended to 5000 for the championships

ORGANISING MEMBER FEDERATION
Qatar Association of Athletics Federations
Qatar NOC Building, 8th floor
PO Box 8139
Doha
QATAR
Tel.: +974 494 3102/3
Fax: +974 494 3101
E-mail: wic2010@olympic.qa
Website: http://www.doha2010wic.com 

President - Abdullah Ahmed AL ZAINI
General Secretary - Abdel Mohamed AL BAKER

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (LOC)
contact details are the same as for Member Federation (above)

President - H.E. Sheikj Saoud Bin Abdulrahman AL THANI
Chair - Abdullah AL ZAINI
Finance - Yousef Ahmed AL BLOOSHI
Field and Operational - Yaqoub ABDULLA
Tech. / Competition - Jabar HASAN
Protocol - Ahlam ALMANA
Public Relations - Maryam Mubarak AL KHULAIFI, Latifa Abdulla ALMANA
Broadcasting & TV - Yousif Mohamed AL OBAIDALY
Press Operations - Ali Mohamed MAHMOUD SALEM

DELEGATES
Organisational - Hansjörg WIRZ (SUI)
Technical - Anna RICCARDI (ITA), Brian ROE (AUS)
Press - Anna LEGNANI (ITA)
Television - Adrian METCALFE (GBR)
Medical - Stéphane BERMON (FRA)
Anti-Doping - Giuseppe Fischetto (ITA)
Jury of Appeal - Leonard CHUENE (RSA), Sebastian COE (GBR), Abby HOFFMAN (CAN)
Photo Finish Judge - Kristina HORVATH (HUN)
Photo Commissioner - Rafael SEGUI (ESP)
ITOs - 5 TBN
English Announcer - Garry HILL (CAN)
Statistician - Ottavio CASTELLINI (ITA)
International Starter - Jordi ROIG (ESP)
Athletes’ Commission Rep. - Pauline DAVIS-THOMPSON (BAH)

PRIZE MONEY

(Paid by IAAF)

Individual
1st $ 40,000 US
2nd $ 20,000 US
3rd $ 10,000 US
4th $ 9000 US
5th $ 6000 US
6th $ 4000 US

Team (2 relays)
1st $ 40,000 US
2nd $ 20,000 US
3rd $ 10,000 US
4th $ 8000 US
5th $ 6000 US
6th $ 4000 US

ENTRY STANDARDS (pdf) - click here 

TIMETABLE (pdf) - click here

IMPLEMENTS (pdf) - click here

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