Particular Olympics World Video games Berlin 2023 kicked off yesterday at Messe Berlin, generally known as Berlin ExpoCenter Metropolis. The primary day of the video games noticed Particular Olympics UAE athletes take part in Rhythmic Gymnastics, which is among the 20 sports activities UAE athletes are taking part in in the course of the video games.
The UAE delegation is the most important from the MENA area and includes 167 people, together with 72 athletes with Mental and Developmental disabilities and 31 unified companions. Accompanying them is a devoted group of technical, medical, and administrative workers.
Throughout the opening ceremony, which befell on the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Particular Olympics Worldwide organised an act of unity and inclusion by means of the Athletes’ Parade. Taking part delegations had been requested to carry water from their homeland. As delegations entered the ceremony location, an athlete headed to the Particular Olympics River to pour the water they introduced from their house international locations. Particular Olympics UAE athlete Ghanem Al-Maamari represented the UAE throughout this exceptional second, carrying water collected from Al-Ain Oasis.
Particular Olympics UAE athletes might be transferring throughout Berlin in 17 areas, to take part within the 20 totally different sports activities, together with swimming, badminton, bowling, athletics, seaside volleyball (males), volleyball (ladies), basketball, biking, equestrian, and powerlifting.
Talal Al Hashemi, Nationwide Director of Particular Olympics UAE, stated, “We’re prepared for the video games, particularly after the in depth preparations and coaching camps we held all year long. We’re delighted to be representing the UAE on a worldwide stage, and unfold its message of inclusion, dedication, and tolerance, which is the legacy of the World Video games Abu Dhabi 2019.”
Particular Olympics UAE adopted the slogan “The Highway to Berlin” in its preparations for the Video games. The coaching journey commenced in January 2023, marked by a collection of intensive coaching camps. Three of those camps befell inside the UAE. Along with UAE-based coaching, the groups additionally educated overseas. The Girls’s Unified Soccer Crew travelled to Japan for a week-long coaching camp in January.
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