Athletics team achievement hailed

Manama 

 Bahrain’s disabled athletics team returned from Doha after competing at the 52nd GCC Disabled Athletics Championship held recently.

The team won 22 medals including 4 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze at the end of the event and coming fifth overall which was organised by the GCC Disabled Sports Organising Committee.

Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) general secretary Abdulrahman Askar visited the team at the Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation (BDSF) premises at Isa Town Sports City in Riffa to congratulate them on this achievement.

During the meeting Askar noted that the remarkable results and their advanced level of performance and ability to compete at a high level at regional and international championships.

Askar conveyed the greetings and congratulations of His Majesty the King Representative for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Supreme Council for Youth and Sports chairman and committee president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa to the athletes.

Also present were BOC acting Sports Affairs executive director Abduljalil Assad, BOC Sports Associations section head Hamad Al Baker, BDSF vice-president Jassim Al Sindi, board member Sabah Al Thawadi and national coach Adel Al Asfoor.

Saudi Arabia finished top of the medals table, followed by UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.