Wednesday 30 / October / 2024
Paris: Oman’s youngster sprinter Ali al Balushi is all set to shine in his Olympic Debut at Paris 2024 Olympics. The 22 year old will compete in the round one of the Men’s 100 meter event which will start 13:55 (Oman time) at Stade de France.
Ali will eye to deliver his top show as he will be the last athlete from Oman’s to perform in this current Olympic Games after the three athletes concluded their campaign. It is expected that the competitions will be very tough as the sprinter across the world ranking will attend and compete for the Olympic medals. Al Balushi’s spirit and previous records made him in a perfect status to show his best in style in this prestigious and top profile sporting event. He will seek for top desired level and breaking his best personal beside achieving new record.
Al Balushi is underway in his daily warm up sessions at the main track to adapt to the environment and prepare for the Olympic challenge. Coach Fahad al Mashaykhi scheduled the training sessions at the same time as the competition to help Ali adjust and perform strongly.
Advancing in the race
Oman’s domestic runner Ali al Balushi said that he will focus in his Olympic debut to reach the utmost rounds and stage in this competition and set new personal records to add his in my athletic achievements. “ Olympics is a significant milestone that helps me to gain more technical and physical experience. It allows athletes to observe and learn from the world's top athletics stars, benefit from direct technical interaction and compete against them. I will work hard to deliver a commendable performance in this essential Olympic event,” he added
Intensive Preparation for Olympics
The actual preparatory and technical program for al Balushi started in August 2023. He focused in 60m indoor race during a training camp in Turkey last January as he broke Omani’srecord with a timing of 6.58 seconds. He had attended Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Iran where he won first place clocking a time of 6.50 seconds to set both Omani and Gulf records. He had several camps domestically from March to April beside some international athletics meets including the Grand Prix in Dubai and few camps in Europe including two camps in Greece, one in the Czech Republic and one in Germany achieving his best time of 10.17 seconds.
Sprinter Ali had participated at the West Asian Championships in Iraq last May and it is followed by camps in France, Italy and Antalya in Turkey during July. Then, he had competed at Arab Youth Championships in Egypt where he managed to win two gold medals with timing of 10.00 seconds in the 100m event and 20.68 seconds in 200m.
