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FROM LEFT: IOC Trophy recipient for Oceania, Catherine Alice Wong of Fiji, IOC Trophy recipient for Europe, Ona Baboniene of Lithuania, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, World Trophy recipient, Ahlam Salem Mubarak Al Mana of Qatar, IOC Trophy recipient for Asia, Boossaba Yodbangtoey of Thailand, IOC Trophy recipient for Africa, Djene Saran Camara of Guinea and IOC Trophy recipient for the Americas, Marlene Bjornsrud from the US pose after the 2013 IOC Women and Sport Awards ceremony in Lausanne, yesterday. CENTRE: Al Mana Pioneer, President of Qatar Women’s Sports Committee (QWSC), which is in charge of women’s sport development in Qatar, holds her World trophy after receiving it from Rogge. RIGHT: Al Mana poses with her trophy. The IOC described Al Mana as a ‘a pioneer for women’s rights’ who ‘has played an active role in popularising sports among schoolgirls’ in Qatar. The IOC also said Al Mana played an ‘integral role’ in the participation of four Qatari female athletes at last year’s London Olympics, the first time Qatar sent women athletes to the Games.
