Yael Arad met with the chairman of the World Swimming Federation, Hussein Al Musallem from Kuwait and the chairman of the Qatari Swimming Association at the World Swimming and Aquatic Championships held in Doha, Qatar.
During her stay at the championship, Arad was invited to join the official delegation of the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach together with the Olympic champion in fencing, IOC member Britta Heidemann, Keith McConnell, the professional director at the IOC, James McLeod, the director of Olympic Solidarity, and Pera Miro, the special advisor for foreign relations.
Arad is visiting Doha together with Gili Lustig, CEO of the Israel Olympic Committee, a visit against the background of extraordinary efforts led by the Israel Olympic Committee for the departure of the swimming and fencing delegations to Qatar, with the backing of senior political figures and the Israeli security services and in cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee, the Israeli and International Swimming Association and the committee The International Olympian.
Bronze medal with colleagues in Qatar, photo: Israel Olympic Committee
As part of a very successful week for Israeli Olympic sports, open water swimmer Matan Roditi (10 km) obtained the ticket to Paris by finishing in 10th place at the World Championships in Doha. Israeli swimmers Anastasia Grubenko, Denis Loktev and Daria Kolobeti receive pleasant and professional hospitality in Qatar.
Arad next to Bach, photo: Israel Olympic Committee
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Yael Arad, Chairman of the Olympic Committee in Israel: "The stay here in Qatar with an Israeli delegation during the war emphasizes the power of Olympic sports in the world and the ability even in such times to demonstrate sporting brotherhood.
The rise of Israeli athletes these days in the international arena is part of the national resilience and rests on the strength given to us by the fighters on the front and the determination that the families of the abductees demonstrate in the fight to return our loved ones."
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