Qatari World 400m Medalist Haroun Dies Aged 24

Qatari 400 metre runner Abdalelah Haroun, who won a bronze medal at the 2017 world championships, has died in a car crash in Doha aged 24.

The Qatar Athletics Federation announced the development on Saturday describing Haroun’s death as a loss to Qatar sports and athletics and the world at large. The federation’s secretary general, Mohammed Issa al-Fadala, said:

_He was in a rehabilitation programme after recovering from an injury (in preparation) to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics._

The Qatar Olympic Committee tweeted a black-and-white picture of the athlete holding a bouquet of flowers and the Qatari flag on Saturday and captioned:

_Team #Qatar sprinter and world 400m bronze medalist Abdalelah Haroun died today._

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Haroun, of Sudanese origin, first represented Qatar in 2015 – stealing the spotlight in his early days by recording remarkable times over 400m.

He finished in third place at 44.48 seconds at the IAAF World Championships in London in 2017, behind South African winner Wayde van Niekerk and Bahamas athlete Steven Gardiner.

Haroun also won silver at the World Indoor Championships in 2016 in Portland and gold at the Asian Games in 2018 in Jakarta.

More: Pindula News; Al Jazeera