‘Deeply saddened’: Qatar’s star sprinter Haroun dies aged 24
The Peninsula
Doha: The entire sports fraternity in Qatar and the World Athletics mourned the death of star sprinter Abdalelah Haroun, who passed away today at the age of 24.
Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) announced the death on its Twitter handle without specifying the cause of his death, with World Athletics saying the former world junior champion ‘has died in a car crash’. Tributes poured in on the social media soon after the announcement. “We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. Sincere condolences and great sympathy to the family of the deceased and to the Qatari sports family,” QOC Secretary-General Jassim Rashid Al Buenain tweeted today.More Related News