French Ambassador Patrick Durel received today, Monday, the details of the Olympic and Paralympic Committee participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A statement by the Olympic Committee stated that 'French Ambassador Durel praised the achievement made by the athletes participating in the Paris Paralympics by achieving five colored medals, despite the strong competition witnessed by the Paralympics,' noting that 'the Iraqi participation was very distinctive in "Paris 2024." It added that "the French Ambassador expressed his great happiness with the distinguished level and important position achieved by the promising weightlifter Ali Ammar Yasser, and his competition with an elite group of the most prominent and strongest athletes in the world in weightlifting," praising the Achievement of the champion Najla Imad, in the Paris Paralympics, by being crowned with the gold medal in table tennis. Durel explained that "Iraqi sports are going in the right direction, and that the Iraqi champion , whose fame has reached the entire world, deserved all forms of honor she received because she drew the path to glory and gold with one hand, defeating all her competitors in the Paralympics.' Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Thursday, October 17, 2024