BAHRAINSPORTS
DECEMBER 2013
SIZING UP HIS OPPONENT
Hisham Al Hashmi in action in the
men’s under-58kg category.
The remaining Bahraini athletes
include former world champions Maryam
Yusuf Jamal are Youssef Saad Kamel,
Belal Mansoor Ali, Mimi Belete Salem,
Ali Khamis, Hassan Mahboob, Dejene
Regassa, Genzeb Shumi, Shitaye Eshete
Mubarak and Tareq Mubarak Taher. The
athletics event is scheduled to take place
from September 25 to 29.
The taekwondo team, who also arrived
at the sports village in Palembang and also
kick-started their preparations, is being
managed by Tawfeeq Nuwaiser of Jordan.
Spearheading Bahrain in taekwondo
will be five of their best martial arts fighters, namely Hamad Al Binkhalil, Hesham
Al Hashimi, Fahad Al Bosta, Mohammed
Ahmed and Fajar Al Binali, who is due to
join the team training in the next few days.
Their events will be held from September
28 to October 1.
MIXED FORTUNE
“Bahrain’s participation
in the Games is part of
the BOC strategy and in
line with the directives
of its president Shaikh
Nasser bin Hamad
Al Khalifa, to actively
be part of regional,
continental and
international sporting
competitions.”
– ABDULKARIM AL SHINO
BOC BOARD MEMBER
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t h e g a m e sports magazine
Bahrain had mixed fortune on the first
day of the Third Islamic Solidarity Games,
being held in Palembang, in Indonesia.
The nationals kick-started their campaign in karate, where two women players
were seen in action. Sara Al Sabah won
her first kata fight against her Palestinean
opponent 5-0, but lost her next clash to an
competitor from Morocco 4-1.
In the same event, Bahrain’s other
entrant Noora Ahmed lost her first two
encounters to an Indonesian participant 0-4
before going down 0-9 to an Azerbaijan opponent to crash out of the tournament.
Being coached by Mohamed LarbiBoumezbeur, the karate team also includes
Mustafa Al Shaikh, Bashar Al Sanjar and
Mohamed Al Shaikh.
Bahrain is also competing inathletics
and taekwondo. The taekwondo team have
been training for three days before the
competitions start on September 28.
The taekwondo team is being managed
by TawfeeqNuwaiser of Jordan who named
five of their best martial arts fighters.
They are Hamad Al Binkhalil, Hesham
Al Hashimi, Fahad Al Bosta, Mohammed
Ahmed and Fajar Al Binali, who is due to
join the team training in the next few days.
The athletics delegation has also arrived in Palembangand are due to begin
training today. The team, comprising coach
Vladim