Stage set for Arab cross country races

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The stage is set for the 24th Arab Cross Country Championships, which will be hosted by Bahrain tomorrow under the patronage of Supreme Council for Youth and Sports first deputy chairman, General Sports Authority president and Bahrain Olympic Committee chief His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

A total of 181 athletes representing 14 countries are set to take part in the event, which will be held at Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club in Sakhir.

The event will feature races in the senior men’s and senior women’s categories, and will also hold events in the youth and juniors age groups. The races are scheduled to be held from 9 am until midday, and then again from 4.30 pm onwards.

The Bahrain Athletics Association (BAA) hosted a Press conference yesterday to announce details of the meeting, which the BAA is organising in cooperation with the Arab Athletics Federation.

The competition’s official technical meeting will be held today at Golden Tulip Hotel in Manama.

The countries participating are Jordan, the UAE, Algeria, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Yemen and Bahrain.