Sportsmen and sports experts stressed that the system of division, in which the appropriate category is determined, in which athletes compete with their peers from the level of disability itself, achieves the justice that lies at the heart of the humanitarian message of the Olympic Games. Focus on sports competition insofar as it gives athletes the chance to become involved in society.
"The essence of the Special Olympics is to encourage those who are interested in integrating into society, regardless of the identity of the winner or the winner of the Special Olympics," they told Emirates Today as they attend the Special Olympics World Games (Abu Dhabi 2019) In order to ensure the continuity of encouraging this segment to pursue sport as a successful method of achieving integration. The most important of these is the system of division that the committees set up Organization prior to the start of the sessions , In which the athletes are sorted according to the level and degree of disability, and put the athlete in the appropriate category with peers of the same degree, especially that the current system allows a maximum rate of variation in capacity up to 15% ».
"This category of athletes is very sensitive to the different geographic and climatic factors, as well as psychological burdens imposed by long travel and away from friends and family," the experts said.
"The current system of division of the Special Olympics, which is based on the athlete's ability based on its ability in the right category, is fair enough, and the current system is the result of long experience," he said.
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