YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES – The first group of Bahrain’s delegation members at the fourth Youth Olympic Games arrived in Dakar, Senegal for the multi-sport event, which gets underway on Saturday.
The officials were headed by Bahrain Olympic Committee executive director of operations and the kingdom’s Chef de Mission in Dakar Ahmed Abdulghaffar.
Bahrain are set to compete with four athletes in three sports, including Ritej Araoud in fencing, Ali Hussain and Sara Alqarooni in swimming, and Ali Mohammed Zaman in wrestling.
They are part of a field of around 3,000 athletes, aged 15 to 17 years old both young men and women, who will be representing more than 200 countries from around the world. Saturday’s opening ceremony will be held at the 50,000-capacity Stade Abdoulaye Wade du Senegal.
There will be a total of 25 sports.
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