PARIS: Kuwaiti athletes participating in the Paris Olympic Games are putting the final touches to their preparations for the sporting spectacle that will officially get underway on July 26, the Kuwaiti National Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
Shooter Khaled Al-Mudhaf booked his ticket for the Olympics by way of his third place finish in the men’s singles trap contest at an Azerbaijan-hosted world championship, while his compatriot Mohammad Al-Daihani’s bronze medal in the Asian skeet contest secured his berth at the Olympic Games.
Kuwait’s national swimming team is also set to contest the Olympics, with head coach Ayman Al-Enezi confident that his athletes Lara Dashti and Mohammad Al-Zubaid are well prepared for the event after the pair had gone through an extensive training program, with Dashti singled out for her "seriousness and concentration.”
The swimming head coach heaped praise on Dashti’s "determination” to propel her homeland to the upper echelons of sports at the grandest stage of them all, pointing out that she is set to make her second appearance at the Olympics, having made her debut at the previous edition in Tokyo.
On Al-Zubaid’s preparations, the head coach revealed that the swimmer was put through a rigorous 45-day training regimen in Turkey’s Mediterranean coastal province of Antalya, in which he displayed similar "seriousness and focus” as his compatriot Dashti. Kuwait is fielding a contingent of nine athletes to the Paris Olympic Games, all of whom will be contesting a number of sports running the gamut from swimming and shooting to rowing and fencing. — KUNA