Bukheit bags Al-Marzouq Cup title
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 4: Several horse races for various cup titles were held over the weekend.
In the late Khaled Al-Marzouq Cup, the horse ‘Dharuri’ from Suruur Stable clinched the first place in the 1,600 meters race, followed in second place by the horse ‘Bukheit’ (Daiya Stable) and the third place went to ‘Sharq’ (Marikhe Stable). Marzouq Khaled Al-Marzouq, representative of the late Khaled Al-Marzouq’s family, presenting the title cup to the winning stable.
In the Al-Anba Newspaper Cup, the horse ‘Ghosh’ (Daiya Stable) won the 1,200 meters race, followed in second place by ‘Thuraya’ (Abu Shaiba Stable) and the
The IAAF said Russia’s anti-doping agency (RUSADA) still needed to meet two criteria — access to samples of Russian athletes in a Moscow lab and full financial compensation for investigation and legal costs — before the ban is lifted.
Russia’s reinstatement has been rejected on numerous occasions by the IAAF and should it again fail to meet conditions in the coming months, it could risk missing out again on sending a team to next September’s world athletics championships in Doha, Qatar.
The European indoor championships are even earlier, in Glasgow in March, and take place before the next IAAF Council meeting has a chance to meet to discuss further developments later that month.
Since 2015, some individual Russian athletes have been allowed to compete internationally as neutrals provided they met certain criteria that showed they had operated in a dopefree environment.
“If the Russians can and will release the (drugs) samples is up to them. I hope they will deliver the data by the end of this year,” said Rune Andersen, head of the IAAF’s task force on Russia, sitting next to IAAF President Sebastian Coe.
“We have received no assurances that it will be delivered to us directly. The assurances have been given to WADA and WADA has set a deadline of Dec 31. We will have to rely on receiving the data from WADA.”
The IAAF said the athletics integrity unit must confirm it has been given the data.
“All of the data and access to the samples that it needs to determine which of the Russian athletes...have a case to answer for breach of the IAAF anti-doping rules,” the IAAF said in a statement.
“The task force hopes that RUSAF and the Russian authorities will now take all steps necessary to meet these conditions as soon as possible.
“The task force stands ready to meet as soon as these conditions have been
Winners celebrate after winning the Cup title.
third place went to ‘Laheeq’ (Fanar Stable).
In the 1,000 meters race, the horse ‘Zain flash’ (Safeer Stable) came first, followed closely by ‘Ezzullah’ (Mulla Stable) in second place and in third place was ‘Barraq’ (Daiya Stable).
In the 1,800 meters race, the horse ‘Tawfeeq’ (Daiya Stable) won the two rounds race; whereas the horse ‘Bahees’ (Daiya Stable) won in the 1,400 meters race.