All you need to know about Saudi Arabia’s participation at 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

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All you need to know about Saudi Arabia’s participation at 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

All you need to know about Saudi Arabia’s participation at 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

Saudi Arabia's delegation for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games includes seven athletes who will take part in athletics, table tennis and equestrian events. (Saudi NPC)

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23 Aug 2021 10:08:41 GMT9

The seven-member delegation will represent the Kingdom in athletics, table tennis and equestrian events at the games starting tomorrow

Ali Khaled

The seven-athlete Saudi Arabian delegation for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games are in the final stages of preparation for the tournament, which will run from Aug. 24 until Sept. 5 in the Japanese capital.

Taking part over the next two weeks will be Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi, Fahad Al-Junaidel, Ali Al-Nakhli, Hassan Doshi, Sarah Al-Jumaah, and Al-Hanouf Abu Hamed in athletics; Maryam Al-Muraisel in table tennis; and Ahmed Al-Sharbatly in the equestrian event.

Last Sunday, the Saudi National Paralympic Committee held a presentation ceremony in Riyadh for the athletes during which Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz Al-Mugairin, president of the NPC, told Sports 24 TV: “In the past, there was only participation from the said athletes. Now our targets have changed. Now it’s about achievement.”

The recent 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games saw Saudi karate star Tarek Hamdi return home with a silver medal, and there are hopes that the Kingdom’s Paralympic athletes can add to that success.

Here is the schedule for all their initial participations with the potential for more action depending on their individual progress and the nature of the event.

Maryam Al-Muraisel

Sport: Table Tennis

Participation: Individual (Aug. 25 — 10 a.m. KSA), Individual (Aug. 26 — 3 a.m. KSA)

Ahmed Al-Sharbatly

Sport: Equestrian

Participation: Individual Jumping (Aug. 26 — 9 a.m. KSA), Dressage (Aug. 30— 9 a.m. KSA)

Ali Al-Nakhli

Sport: Athletics

Participation: 100m (Aug. 27 — 1:20 p.m. KSA), 200m (Sept. 4 — 4:24 a.m. KSA)

Sarah Al-Jumaah

Sport: Athletics

Participation: Shot Put (Sept. 1 — 1:04 p.m. KSA)