INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS MEETS IN AMMAN

The third Amman International Athletics Championships for clubs will be held at Amman International Stadium this weekend.

The event will welcome over 190 athletes from six countries including Lebanon, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Palestine and Jordan.

The event, hosted by the Jordan Athletics Federation, has grown year-on-year and this biggest edition yet will provide an interesting insight into the form of the region’s top athletes ahead of this summer’s Asian Games in Indonesia.

Kuwait has sent athletes from two clubs - Kazemah and Al Arabi – with Iraq doing the same with Karni and Ramadi represented.

Lebanon's Haras Jumhori, UAE's Ahli, and Aqsa and Al Qudos from Palestine will also be taking part.

Athletes from 10 Jordanian clubs are registered including Arabi, Umm Qais, Abeen and Ableen, Jerash, Shabab Dulail, Shabab Naqh, Qadseh, Jubaiha, Amman and Amman Munadam.

According to Abdulhakin Asayrah, the Event Manager, the venue is ready and he expects a high level of competition as most of athletes competing are a part of their national teams.