Bahrain will be participating with its largest-ever delegation for a continental age-group event in the third Asian Youth Games, the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) announced tonight.
A record 356 individuals, including 204 athletes – 150 boys and 54 girls – will be competing in the mega multi-sport event, which is to be held under the royal patronage of His Majesty King Hamad.
The kingdom’s squad flying the Bahrain flag at home also includes 130 coaches, administration members, and support staff, along with 22 officials from the BOC.
This year’s Asian Youth Games officially gets underway with the opening ceremony on Wednesday next week, and it will feature more than 4,300 athletes representing 45 National Olympic Committees from across Asia, who will be competing in 26 sports – all of which will feature some of the kingdom’s best rising talents.
Meanwhile, a number of officials from the participating delegations began arriving in Bahrain today. Amongst those reaching the kingdom were team members from Iran, the Maldives, Jordan, Thailand, and Indonesia, to name a few.
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