Motorcycle racer Salman Mohammed will take part in the Dakar Rally, which will kick off on Sunday and run until January 15 in Saudi Arabia.
Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) secretary general Mohammed Hassan Al Nusuf received Mohammed who is stepping up preparations for the 2021 edition.
He expressed the committee’s support to all champions representing Bahrain in major events, in line with the directives of His Majesty King Hamad’s representative for Humanitarian works and youth affairs and Supreme Council for Youth and Sport (SCYS) chairman Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and SCYS first deputy chairman and BOC president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
Mohammed became the first Bahraini motorcycle racer to take part in the Dakar Rally which was held in Saudi Arabia last year.
The second edition of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia will rev into action on Sunday morning, setting off from the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, and returning to the city on January 15.
Spread across 7,646km, the 12 stages will cross some of Saudi Arabia’s most demanding and untouched terrain as competitors perform a full loop around the kingdom.
Al Nusuf praised the key role of Bahrain Motor Federation, chaired by Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa, in supporting motorsports in the kingdom.