Sprinter who won bronze at World Championships in London dies ‘in car crash’ aged 24

<div></div> <p>A Qatari sprinter who won bronze at the 2017 World Championships in London has died at the age of 24, the country’s Olympic Committee has said.</p> <p>Abdalelah Haroun, a former world junior champion, is believed to have died in a car crash, according to World Athletics.</p> <p><a href="https://news.sky.com/topic/qatar-4444" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Qatar</strong></a> Athletics Federation chairman Mohammed Issa al-Fadala said Haroun had been killed in an incident in the country’s capital, Doha, according to reports.</p> <p>The committee announced the runner’s death on social media but no further details about the circumstances have been given.</p> <p>Born in <a href="https://news.sky.com/topic/sudan-6985" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Sudan</strong></a>, Haroun gained eligibility to represent Qatar in 2015, World Athletics said, and competed at the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics, reaching the semi-finals.</p> <p>In 2017, he ran the 400 metres in 44.48 seconds to finish third at the World Championships in London, behind winner Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa and Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas – and became the first Asian world medallist for the event.</p> <p>“It is a very special moment for my country,” he said at the time, “and an honour to take the bronze medal with me.”</p> <div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-tweet"> <div class="sdc-article-tweet__inner"> <div class="sdc-article-tweet__content" readability="29.855421686747"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="5.6867469879518"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that Qatari sprinter Abdalelah Haroun – 2017 world 400m bronze medallist and a former world junior champion – has died in a car crash at the age of 24.</p> <p>— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics/status/1408744982010372097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2021</a> </p></blockquote></div> </p></div> </div> <p>Haroun was also the national record-holder, with a personal best time of 44.07 seconds, according to World Athletics.</p> <p>Fellow athletes were among those paying tribute on Twitter.</p> <p>Qatari high jumper Mutaz Barshim called Haroun a “hero” and said he was “good of heart”.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/news/2021/06/26/sprinter-who-won-bronze-at-world-championships-in-london-dies-in-car-crash-aged-24/">Sprinter who won bronze at World Championships in London dies ‘in car crash’ aged 24</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/news">Patabook News </a>.</p>

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