There has been a great deal of activity recently, as well as the time to get the blog updated is lacking. It is now the weekend as well as while I surface a book chapter for an upcoming book (it is going to be a excellent one, stay tuned!), I feel influenced to take a break as well as compose few notes while sitting outside as well as enjoying the views.
First of all, let’s talk about work. We held the 4th annual congress of the association of sports Institutes in Asia (if you want to understand more about this organisation you can checked out all the appropriate info here). It was an chance to discuss with our Oriental colleagues some specific elements of exactly how athletes shift from youth to junior to senior, exactly how to implement innovation to support athletes as well as exactly how to finest prepare them for a long career in sport. It was a excellent possibility to share experiences as well as understanding as well as plan few activities of typical interest. I spoke about exactly how research study can assist sports together with Dr Marcus Lee from the Singapore Institute as well as it was fascinating to see exactly how we are all trying to do similar things dealing with similar difficulties Worldwide. We had excellent professionals likewise contributing to our discussions as well as providing their insights on specific areas (see details here). I hope this organisation grows as well as provides increasing networking as well as knowledge-sharing opportunities. Also, I hope it will ended up being a catalyst for exchange programmes, joint training camps as well as competitions as well as coaching seminars on specific issues.
Right after the conference, we had the Swimming Camp organised by the Qatar Swimming Federation with the Olympic Council of Asia (details here). We supported the camp with some testing activities as well as it was excellent to see exactly how much swimming skill there is in Asia which will ideally equate in more world class performers in years to come. The participants were extremely impressed with our facilities as well as the excellent organisation from the Qatar Swimming Federation. This event was run together with the FINA Swimming world cup event in Doha.
In the exact same week, we had our graduate squash player Abdulla Al Tamimi contend in the world championships right here in Doha with some excellent performances exiting in the 3rd round (and ending up being the very first Qatari player to every reach this level) after a extremely close match with the number 3 in the World.
Abdulla is a excellent example of what it is possible to accomplish if you work difficult as well as I anticipate further rising in his ranking if he continues to train as well as establish like he is now. Abdulla is a super-nice young man, well respected in the squash neighborhood as well as a excellent ambassador for Qatar as well as it is always a enjoyment to work with him.
Qatar is now a sporting destination, every month there are lots of events to go to as well as I am looking ahead to watch some matches of the imminent Football clubs’ world cup in December in one of the new stadiums for the 2022 world Championships.
On a personal note, I am still recuperating from my recent calf injury as well as handled to go into a Triathlon in the team event so I might swim as well as bike. ideally I can be back doing triathlons on my own in December.
Few final notes on the latest happenings in the world of sport. The Nike Oregon job debacle as well as the Richard Freeman enquiry. nothing surprises me anymore, the world of high performance sport is unfortunately full of examples like the ones subjected in these two cases. While they may seem different, they have similar elements which I will try to discuss in a next publish when I stop shaking my head as well as I compose a blog article with some opinions.
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