International. With the first IAAF World Championships in the Middle East in Doha a year away, organizers unveiled the cooling system at the transformed Khalifa International Stadium.
For the first time, an outdoor stadium has been equipped with an air conditioning system that negates the treacherous heat conditions that athletes would have experienced during the world championship.
About 40 degrees Celsius were experienced in it, but the AC nozzles, which covered the entire stadium, threw a cool wind inside, reducing the temperature to 24-26, providing ideal conditions for athletes and fans.
Organizers claimed that the air conditioning system at Khalifa Stadium, which has a capacity of 48,000 people, will only make the weather pleasant and the wind, in no way, adversely affect the competitions.
The plan is to block the nozzles when the competition is active, to ensure that the wind rises in the air, rather than going in a straight line.
However, the system will need to be shut down when the javelin throw competition is activated, as it can help or hinder the throw.
The Asian Championships in Doha next year will serve as a test event before Worlds.
"Everything we do here will be a test for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Success is for Qatar, so everything needs to be coordinated," said Dahlan Al Hamad, IAAF vice president and director general of the Local Organising Committee. (LOC).
"The most important thing is to take care of the athletes. This will surely be used by other nations. World championships always have different temperatures. We will continue to update the member federation."
Saud Abdul Ghani, a professor at Qatar University's Faculty of Engineering, said: "It will be the safest event for the IAAF. We can control the air and control how cool it can be. We can make the air dry, wet and cool." "We put this as a legacy for the world to learn from this experience."
Ghani played a key role in the development of the cooling system.
Qatar's 400m mountaineer and 2018 Asian Games champion Abderrahman Samba gave their approval to the new technology.
"During practice, I had felt the strong wind, but when it was blocked during the competition, there was no wind, just perfect for competitions," he said.
