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Roadmap for Western Asia triathlon federation - Sheikh Fahd Al-Jaber

head of the Kuwaiti Triathlon Committee Sheikh Fahad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah
head of the Kuwaiti Triathlon Committee Sheikh Fahad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah

KUWAIT, March 17 (KUNA) -- A roadmap has been drawn up for the executive measures to be taken for launching a federation for triathlon for West Asia, said head of the Kuwaiti Triathlon Committee Sheikh Fahad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah.
The proposed federation will seek to develop the multiple-stage competition and increase triathletes as well as organize continental and international contests, Sheikh Fahad Jaber added after a meeting for the Asian Triathlon Confederation with representatives of West Asian federations.
The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in Kuwait.
Initially, an agreement will have to be concluded with the Asian Confederation, in the next general assembly, to amend its statute to allow the formation of affiliate federations on the continent, north, south, east, west and center.
Today's discussions were attended by representatives of six west Asian nations, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait. Other members who did not attend blessed the steps to be adopted by the attendees.
Sheikh Fahd Al-Jaber expressed hopes that the efforts would help promote the sport that has been enjoying rising interest in the region.
He also appreciated support by the OCA chairman Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah.
For his part, head of the Bahrain Triathlon Association Shaikh Saqr bin Salman Al Khalifa said the meeting offered a chance to exchange ideas and expertise among members of the regional federations with the aim to promoting the sport.
He added that they also sought to intensify triathlon competitions in the region.
The Bahraini Association organizes many triathlon competitions through the year, with an international one in December that attracts triathletes from 50 countries, Shaikh Saqr said.
Chairman of the Lebanon Triathlon Federation Mahmoud Deep pointed to coordination between the West Asian countries and the Asian Confederation to promote triathlon in the region. (end) fsa.abd.mda