Date : 09/06/2008
KUWAIT, June 8 (KUNA) -- The Olympic committee organizing Beijing 2008
approved Sunday names of Kuwaiti athletes who would participate in the
upcoming Olympics next August.
Head of the Kuwaiti delegation in the Olympic village Yousif Bu-Scandar
told KUNA that the high organization committee met with representatives of
participating west Asian states in Dubai in the past few days, saying that the
meeting was held in accordance with article 39 of the International Olympic
Committee's (IOC) decree.
Zaid Al-Mutairi, Abdullah Terqi, Nasser Al-Muglad, Ali Al-Zankawi, Mohammad
Al-Azmi, Mohammad Madoh, and Ibrahim Al-Hassan would represent Kuwait in
shooting, athletics, swimming sports, and Ping Pong competitions, stated
Bu-Scandar, adding that 10 administrators would accompany the athletes.
The identifications would be sent by the end of June, concluded the Kuwaiti
official. (end)
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