(MENAFN- Arab Times) KUWAIT CITY Oct 12 (KUNA): Kuwait's disabled team will head to Incheon city South Korea on Sunday to participate in the Asian Paralympic games due to kick off Oct 18 to 25. The Kuwaiti delegation consists of 35 staff members and players who will participate in basketball archery fencing and athletics head of the delegation Nasser Al-Ajmi told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
The basketball team will start competing against teams from Iran Malaysia Thailand and Hong Kong on Wednesday while the rest of the teams will start the competitions after the opening ceremony of the tournament said Al-Ajmi who's also the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kuwait Disabled Sports Club. Al-Ajmi also noted that two Kuwaiti female athletes Saja Al-Azmi and Basma Al-Najim will participate in the athletics games including the Javelin throw and Shot Put. Meanwhile Al-Ajmi noted that he would attend the meeting of the Asian Paralympic Committee as Chairman of the West Asia Paralympic Federation to be held on the sidelines of the tournament aiming to develop sports for the disabled in the continent.
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