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Five Qatari referees to officiate at 2007 Fencing Grand Prix

DOHA, January 17: Five International referees from Qatar will officiate at the 4th edition of Qatar International Fencing Tournament – Epee Grand Prix for Men starting here from 19 till 21 January 2007.

The tournament will be held for Senior in Individual and team events at Hall of Sport, Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence in Doha, Qatar.

The five-member referees are Zamal Al-Shammari, Yahya Bahsal, Ahmed Ghuloom, Khalid Suwaid and Khalid Johar.

Qatar's 20-member epee fencing squad includes Abdulaziz Al-Amodi, Mohamed Al-Dossary, Khalid Al-Hamadi, Adel Al-Jilani, Jabor Al-Mohannadi, Dawood Al-Shukaili, Fahad Al-Yami, Nasr Al-Saadi, Mohamed Al-Tiri, Ahmed Amir Hossein, Mohammad Ahmed Basahl, Abdullah Ebrahimi, Ahmed El-Siddiq, Saad Hamad, Ali Hassin, Abdulla Jamaan, Mohammad Ali Mirzaei, Abdulrahman Najm Aldeen, Ali Ibrahim Sayari and Abdulla Yahya Qasim.

The tournament is open for all fencers holding a FIE license for the 2007 season and/or those subject to a request of license made by their federation.

ANTI-DOPING CONTROL

Anti-Doping Control will be done at the end of the tournament under the responsibility of the competition official physician. The test will be done for the 4 finalists.

The 1st and 2nd are tested automatically, one fencer will be drawn between the other two semi-finalists. Concerning the Team Events, the anti-doping control will be done on one fencer per team drawn by lot, from each of the four teams having the best overall classification.

OBSERVER

An FIE observer as well as a delegate from the referee commission will be present.