Damascus-SANA
Twenty days separate us from the launch of the most important international sporting event, represented by the Olympic Games, which officially start on the 23rd of this month and will continue until the 8th of next August, with the participation of eleven thousand athletes from various games.
Syria's ambition in the Olympic Games is the same as the ambition of the countries participating in the games to achieve good results, climb to the podiums in the largest international forum and win medals.
In a statement to SANA, Muhammad Al-Hayek, member of the Executive Office and General Administration of the mission participating in the Olympics, said that the competition to achieve medals will not be easy, but qualifying for a major sports tournament such as the Olympics is an achievement in itself and that every athlete in the world aspires to, expressing his happiness with the participation of one player and five players in this World sporting event.
Hayek added: “This participation enjoys great support from the sports leadership and the Syrian Olympic Committee because of the importance of these major global events in the map of global sports. We also look forward to participating in the Olympics as a basic commitment that falls within the Syrian sports strategy to be present in international forums in various types of sports competitions, and out of concern for At the same time, participation and friction and achieving the desired results.”
Al-Hayek explained that our participation in the Olympics came at the expense of a large number of countries in a number of games, especially in light of the reduction in the number of participating players as a result of precautionary measures due to the outbreak of the Corona epidemic globally, hoping that our players would follow the example of our hero Ghada Shuaa, who previously won a historic gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Pointing out that the Syrian participation in the Tokyo Olympics is not limited to the sports aspect only, as the Olympic Games constitute an opportunity for global convergence and cultural exchange and acquaintance among the peoples of the world.
The Olympic Games will see 339 competitions in 33 sports at 41 different venues including Japan National Stadium, Tokyo Stadium and Yokohama Stadium. There are five new Olympic sports in Tokyo 2021: baseball, softball, karate, sports climbing, surfing and skateboarding, and nine new mixed events have been introduced to the program. Olympic Games in seven sports: Judo (mixed teams), triathlon (mixed relay), athletics (4 hit 400m relay), archery (mixed), table tennis (mixed doubles), archery (10m air rifle mixed team, 10m air pistol mixed team, and trap team mixed) and swimming (4 times 100m medley relay).
Syria will participate in the Tokyo Olympics with five players and a player, table tennis player Hind Zaza after winning the gold in the West Asian Championship in 2019, and Majd Al-Din Ghazal in athletics, the high jump competition, by coming in sixth place according to the world ranking and the jockey Ahmed Hamsho through which the general ranking of the countries of the seventh group within the Federation groups International equestrian and weightlifter Maan Asaad in the plus weight 109 kg, who won three silver medals at the Asian Weightlifting Championships that took place recently in Uzbekistan, while the two swimmers Ayman Kalzieh participate in the 200m butterfly race and Muhammad Maso in the triathlon based on their selection from the two international federations for the two games.
Hana Sokoor
