QNA
First Vice President of Qatar Olympic Committee and the President of Qatar Fencing and Weightlifting and Asian Weightlifting Federations Mohammed Yousef Al Mana has said Qatar is capable of hosting the Summer Olympic Games anytime after successful hosting of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
In an interview with Qatar News Agency (QNA), Al Mana said Qatar can host the Games even if it is starting tomorrow through the fully equipped hotels, stadiums, halls, transportation process and other technical and logistic facilitations.
He said that FIFA World Cup is a testimony for this capability of Qatar which was magnificent in all aspects.
He added while Qatar is ready to host the Olympics such hosting has various matters, whether in terms of political, economic or sports, and Qatar must start and should have 100 percent correct file, specially that the country has a problem with the technical and economic files, Al Mana pointed out.
Al Mana said that if Qatar did win to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2036, it would be entitled to organise 2040 Olympic Games, since this matter is not merely an objective to lead, but a right for every single Qatari citizen and resident on this country, he said.
Commenting on the preparations to host the 2030 Asian Games, Al Mana underscored that the State of Qatar is henceforth ready to host the event from all aspects, adding that there is no problem on such matter, as no further effort or enormous work will be required as was the case before hosting the 2006 Asian Games.
He pointed out that the matter is only contingent upon the organisational and logistic aspects, confirming that organising the Asian Games this time will not consume further effort, task or funds similar to what happened in the previous time.
He confirmed that what had been accomplished by Qatar in organising the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 had not been achieved by any country in the past, whether at the level of world cups or Olympic games.
In addition, Al Mana stressed that the policy pursued by the Olympic committee under the leadership of H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani underpins the cultivation of sports values and awareness, and affords the right to all people in order to practice sport, not merely to win the medals or a sporting tournament, but to be primarily reflected on the people’s health, specially that the primary objective of sports is to maintain sports health and awareness that are correctly based on competition in a transparent manner.
He pointed out that one of the plans of the Olympic committee entails the continuation of the momentum that was achieved after the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 tournament for the sake of making Qatar the capital of sports, not only in the region, but in the entire world.