BAHRAINSPORTS
DECEMBER 2013
BAHRAINIS AIM
FOR ISLAMIC
GAMES GLORY
Text: JUAN DELA CRUZ
Pictures: AHMAD AL OJAIMI
T
he Bahrain delegation at the third Islamic Solidarity Games attended the
flag-hoisting ceremony at the third Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang,
Indonesia.
Bahrain’s flag was hoisted as the
national anthem was being played,
marking the Bahraini delegation’s arrival for the event. The kingdom’s team
is being headed by Bahrain Olympic
Committee member Abdulhakim Al
Shino.
The flag hoisting ceremony was
held by the tournament's organising
committee and featured a speech by
Ahmed Najib, the representative of
South Sumatra province's assistant
governor. Gifts and memorial trophies
were also exchanged at the event.
During his speech, Najib welcomed the Bahraini delegation and
wished success to them and all the
participant countries.
To conclude on October 1, this 10day event is being organised under the
slogan, "Unity and Harmony".
The opening ceremony, meanwhile, got underway yesterday at
the Jakabaring Sports Complex with
around 1,759 athletes and 624 officials
taking part.
There are 13 sports that will be
competed. The sports are athletics,
aquatics swimming, archery, badminton, basketball, football, karate, taek-
wondo, tennis, volleyball, volleyball
beach, weightlifting and Wushu.
Participating nations are Algeria,
Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Guyana,
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives,
Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria,
Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Uganda, the UAE and Malaysia.
Bahrain is competing in three
sporting disciplines – athletics, karate
and taekwondo. The karate team will
be the first to compete at the Games
today, when the players will be divided
into their respective weight categories.
The Bahrain karate team had
several training sessions since their arrival in Palembang. Being coached by
Mohamed Larbi Boumezbeur, the team
consists of Noora Ahmed, Mustafa Al
Shaikh, Bashar Al Sanjar, Mohamed Al
Shaikh and Sara Al Sabah.
In athletics, triple-jumper Mohammed Yousef arrived at Palembang along with his coach Vladimir
Brigadniy and administrators Saad
Al Buainain, Mohammed Hassan and
physiotherapist Eid Hassan and started
his training programme. 8
PROUD REPRESENTATIVES
The Bahrain parade at the opening ceremony in Palembang.
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