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Qatari runner Abdalelah Haroun dies at 24

Published:Sunday | June 27, 2021 | 12:12 AM
In this Tuesday, August 8, 2017 file photo, Qatar’s Abdalelah Haroun celebrates after winning the bronze medal in the men’s 400 metres final during the World Athletics Championships in London. He died yesterday, the Qatar Olympic Committee said. He wa
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In this Tuesday, August 8, 2017 file photo, Qatar’s Abdalelah Haroun celebrates after winning the bronze medal in the men’s 400 metres final during the World Athletics Championships in London. He died yesterday, the Qatar Olympic Committee said. He was 24.

DOHA, Qatar (AP):

Abdalelah Haroun, a Qatari runner who won bronze in the 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships, died yesterday, the Qatar Olympic Committee said. He was 24.

The committee announced Haroun’s death on its social media accounts but did not specify how he died.

World Athletics said the former world junior champion “has died in a car crash”.

Born in Sudan, Haroun gained eligibility to represent Qatar in 2015, World Athletics said.

Haroun ran the 400m in 44.48 seconds to finish third at the 2017 Worlds in London, behind winner Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa and Steven Gardiner of The Bahamas.

Haroun also competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, reaching the semi-finals.