KUWAIT: The Third Local Disabled Sports Tournament began Monday at the grounds of Kuwait Disabled Sports Club in the shooting, athletics and target ball for the blind and visually impaired, and will continue for three days. Results of the first day of competition resulted in Majed Al-Dhaye winning first place in the discus throw for the physically impaired sitting category, while Mohammed bin Jubail took second and Yousuf Khalaf took third place. In the shot put standing event Rashid Al-Mohsen ended in first place, Abdallah Al-Haraz second and Abdelrahman Al-Qallaf third.

Meanwhile, in the shot-put sitting Nasser Saleh ended in first place, followed by Abdelrahman Al-Kandari and Abdelrahman Al-Mutairi. Abdallah Al-Seif won first place in the discus throw, standing event, while Hamad Hajji was second and Dhari Butti in third. The 300m for the T33 category Ahmad Al-Mutairi won first place, Nasser Saleh second. In the shooting standing category Atif Al-Dousary first, Mohammad Ajeel second and Fahad Al-Muwaizri third. In the target ball game Al-Nasser team defeated Tahreer by the score of 7-5. In the women javelin event Al- Batool Al-Shatti won first, Hanaa Bilal second, and Sarah Al-Mutairi.

Member of the Board of KDSC, Chairman of the Sports Committee Anwar Al-Mutawaa said competitions of the first day were really hard, adding that this tournament is yet another important stage to prepare athletes for international events. He said the tournament which included all age groups came out with a very good technical level in all three games and noticed that there was an outstanding performance by younger players, and lauded athletes, cooperation with officials, as he thanked the referees for their major role in officiating 12 groups in the javelin event, 4 groups in athletics, 3 groups for running and three for the target ball.

Kuwait Athletics Team Captain Hamad Al-Adwani lauded the idea of organizing such events for its role in discovering younger skilled athletes and developing them, while at the same timekeeping athletes fit and ready for events, and not relying on training only.

By Abdellatif Sharaa