The Peninsula Hails QOC Great Achievements, Impressive Continuous Successes

Doha, August 30 (QNA) - Qatari English-language The Peninsula newspaper underlined in its editorial Monday the great achievements and the impressive continuous successes achieved by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) within its organized plans and foresight for the future. In this regard, the Qatari daily said that HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani had honoured the medal winning athletes for winning the accolades. While the well deserved celebration continues for the State of Qatar's historic performance at the recently-concluded Games in Tokyo, the QOC has launched an evaluation of team's participation on both technical and administrative levels to maintain its dominance in future tournaments, which is the right strategy, the newspaper said. The paper pointed to HE the QOC President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani's interview with the local media recently, in which His Excellency affirmed that Qatar's achievements in Tokyo will serve as a "springboard" for Qatari sport and declared it as a "starting point", which means Qatar is now targeting a rich haul of medals in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. HE Sheikh Joaan was also satisfied with performance of women, who enjoy equal opportunities to practice sports, the newspaper stated, stressing that with the full support, the female athletes also have a bright future and the day is not far when they will start winning Olympic medals for the country. The Qatari daily added that the State of Qatar participated in Tokyo Olympics with 15 athletes and those who were not able to win medals didn't come back empty-handed as they returned with invaluable experience by competing at the top level, which will help the country in developing the skills of these promising athletes and building a new generation of stars and formidable teams. In conclusion, The Peninsula said that the State of Qatar has shown improvement in each Olympic Games since making debut in Los Angeles and with the QOC under the wise leadership of Sheikh Joaan headed in the right direction the national athletes will have the perfect platform to reach new heights in global competitions including the Paris Games. (QNA)