The second edition of the West Asian Paralympic Games, which will be hosted by Jordan with the participation of 700 athletes, will continue until Saturday.Hussein Youth City witnessed the opening ceremony, which was attended by delegations of the 12 participating countries presented by the UAE.
“The UAE's presence was very special at the opening ceremony with the presence of the Head of Mission, President of the UAE Sports Federation for People of Determination, Member of the International Paralympic Committee, Mohammed Al Hamli, and Vice President of the Emirates Sports Federation of People of Determination, Chairman of the Board of Trust of the Disabled Club, Dr. Tariq Bin Khadim, Secretary General of the Emirates Sports Federation Theban Al Muhairi, and Chairman of the Dubai Club for the people of determination, Thani Balqad, and a number of members of the Emirates Sports Federation of people of determination ».
The team of people of determination today enter the competition strongly, and looks forward to collecting medals, and count on the brilliance of more than one player and players during the athletics competitions that will start tonight, as everyone hopes to shine a number of players of power lifters, where yesterday afternoon held the technical meeting of the power lifting competition, which begins The official competitions will be held at the Martyr Rashid Al-Zyoud Hall, with the participation of 32 quarters and eight quarters, representing the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
The team had launched the participation in the tournament, yesterday evening, through the wheelchair basket and game Albuccia. The technical meeting of the table tennis competition, which starts this morning, was held in the hall of the Faculty of Physical Education of the University of Jordan with the participation of 37 players representing the UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Iraq and Kuwait.
For his part, the Olympic champion Mohamed Khamis, who leads the team strengths in the tournament on their readiness as players to compete in a high spirit after the good camps in preparation for a season will be long and arduous, said Mohammed Khamis: «From my experience I confirm that the young players will shine in the tournament, and we are on time With the emergence of more than one player on the podiums in the current version in Jordan ».
We hope to succeed on the technical level
Chairman of Dubai Club for People of Consciousness, Juma Al-Raqqad, congratulated the West Asian Paralympic Federation led by UAE's Dr. Abdul Razzaq Bin Rashid, on the successful launch of the second edition of the West Asian Paralympic Games. The third edition, which will be hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2021, continues to be a success. He said: “We hope that the outstanding success will continue on the technical side in this edition, so as to lead to the development of the team players, especially at the youth level. We aim from this great participation to prepare our players well and give our youth the opportunity to launch strongly through these very important games to prepare the teams. For the future, we are confident that the achievements of the people of determination will continue. ”