And Qatar hosts the tournament for the first time in the Middle East with about 650 athletes.
And launched the world indoor championships in Paris in 1985 with the participation of 69 countries only, the number rose to 147 in the latest version in the Spanish city of Valencia in 2008, and held for the fourth time outside the capitals of Europe after the U.S. Indianapolis in 1987 and Toronto, Canada in 1993, Maebashi, Japan in 1999.
The annual event is the most important and biggest tournaments after Qatar hosted the Asian Games in late 2006, which was attended by a record number of athletes was about 13 thousand.

Did not witness the first day of the distribution of any medal in the competitions of the 26 prescribed in the tournament, limited to the Qualifying competition.
The men's event:
Briton Dwain Chambers, placed second in the latest version top qualifier for the semi-finals of the 60 meters, recording 59 ر 6th, and the right of the two U.S. Kimunz Trail (61 ر 6) and Mike Rodgers (69 ر 6) and country Samuel Francis (63 ر 6) and Oman's Barakat Al-Harthy (69 ر 6).
In the playoffs for the 60-meter hurdles, he faced Liu Jiang champions struggle to qualify to the final solutions after the third in the group, recording 69 ر 7th behind Yevgeny Borisov (74 ر 7) and the German Helge Schwarzer (76 7).
Jiang and participates in the first major tournament since withdrawing from the race's 110-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics the summer of 2008 because of an ankle injury on impact underwent surgery.

In the 800-meter race, qualified Sudanese principals Ismail Ahmed Ismail (1.46.69minute) and Abu Bakr al-Kaki (1.47.48min) champions easily to the final, where he is likely that the two top Ihsadda day after tomorrow.
And out of competition for the American Nick Simmonds ruled out after getting out of line for him.
He holds the famous Danish Wilson Kipketer record for this race and $ 67 ر 42 of 1 minute was achieved in 1997 in Paris.
The women's event:
Russian Yelena Isinbayeva started defending champion seeking to compensate for disappointing world championships in the open air in Berlin last year to eventual runners-final pole vault competition registered in the best attempts 4.55 meters.
The Isinbayeva stated that it "will not forget the loss in Berlin, and it seeks to achieve a record here in Doha."

It will be Brazil's Fabiana Maurer, the bronze medalist from the previous series, which recorded 4.45 m of the most prominent competitions Isinbayeva in the final.
Has passed the Croatian Blanka Vlasic, who won the high jump competition in the last edition in Valencia, Spain in 2008, qualifying but it remained far from her personal best in the hall of 2.05m.
Vlasic also holds the world title in the open air, set in Berlin last year and a 2.06m were also won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Recorded in the Croatian qualifier 1.92 m, it will face strong competition in the final round of the Kazakh Marina Itoafa and Spanish Ruth Beitea.
And the index to jump higher registered in the name Swedish Kajsa Bergqvist in 2006 and has 2.08m.

And still the world record for holding this race since 1982 and is up to Cecchep Jarmila Kratuszewilova (49.59 s).








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