Events
Event
- Title:
- 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships 2010
- When:
- 12.03.2010 - 14.03.2010
- Where:
- Aspire dome doha - Doha,
- Category:
- Athletics
Description
13th IAAF World Indoor Championships 2010 - Doha - QAT
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:
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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
Bidding and organisation
The IAAF announced on March 25, 2007 at an IAAF Council meeting in Mombasa, Kenya that it had received bids from Turkey and Qatar to host the championships. In November 25, in a Council meeting in Monaco, the IAAF announced Doha will host the championships] This will be be first time that a world athletics championship has been held in the Middle-East and the second time the World Indoor Championships has been held outside of Europe or North America (after the 1999 Championships in Japan).
The venue for the event will be the indoor arena located within Doha's Aspire Zone – the ASPIRE Dome, which has previously hosted indoor athletics for the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The World Indoor Championships will be the first of two significant athletics events to take place in Doha in 2010. The inaugural 2010 IAAF Diamond League will begin with the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix meeting in May.
Prior to the championships, the Qatar organising committee held the Doha Indoor Athletics Meeting for Juniors as a test event for the venue. The meeting began on 26 February and featured junior athletes from 11 countries within the region competed in a total of 13 events.
The competition set a new high for the number of nations at the World Indoor Championships: 150 countries sent teams to the championships, with a total of 374 men and 283 women athletes entered to compete.
The competition mascot is an anthropomorphic caracal named Saham – the caracal is a medium-sized cat which is native to the Middle-East. The inclusion of a mascot follows on from the mainstream success of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics mascot – Berlino the Bear.
The IAAF extended live audio and video coverage of the championships to the internet for certain countries, including a deal with IEC in Sports which will see events available live and on-demand via Dailymotion. This is the first deal of its kind for the competition
Venue
- Venue:
- Aspire dome doha - Website
- Street:
- ASPIRE Dome
- City:
- Doha,
- Country:
-
Description
If you could build the perfect indoor sporting venue, it wouldn’t be too different from the Aspire Dome in Doha, which is home to the 
13th IAAF World Indoor Championships being held from 12-14 March 2010.
The distinctive Aspire Dome was designed by award winning French architect, Roger Taillibert, and covers an area of about 120,000 square meters. With a total seating capacity of 15,000 spectators, the Dome contains thirteen individual sports arenas including a track and field venue, swimming and diving pool, gymnastics hall, squash courts, two multi-sports venues, volleyball and a full-sized indoor football pitch, all within a climate controlled environment where participants can play sports every day of the year.
The Dome is the centre piece of Qatar’s Aspire Zone, a state-of-the-art sport, recreation, leisure, retail, tourism, sports science and medicine and education destination, which boasts some of the world’s finest sports venues today.
The Aspire Dome: At a Glance
* IAAF accredited indoor banked athletics track
* FIFA standard football pitch
* 50m Olympic size pool and diving pool
* Gymnastics training hall
* Table tennis hall
* Martial Arts training area
* Two multipurpose sports halls (basketball, volleyball and handball)
* Judo hall
* Two squash courts
* Cafeterias
* Offices
* Function rooms
* VIP corporate suites and seating
* Changing rooms
* Indoor warm up track
* Broadcast facilities
* Physiotherapy clinic and spa
* Sports psychology labs
* High performance laboratories including high altitude, movement analysis, power-analysis labs, etc.
ASPIRE ZONE
A majestic symbol of Qatar’s lasting commitment to sport, The Aspire Zone is spread over a 250-hectare site in Qatar’s capital, Doha. Established in 1995 to become a “centre of excellence” for sports events, education and training, today it is a hub for world sport as well as the home of the Aspire Academy, which is recognised globally as one of the best specialized sporting academies. The Academy offers a world class training environment with supporting infrastructure and advanced technology and training facilities.
