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Saudi Paralympic Weightlifting Team Participates in World Championship in Georgia

Saudi Paralympic Weightlifting Team Participates in World Championship in Georgia
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Saudi Paralympic Weightlifting Team Participates in World Championship in Georgia

Saudi Paralympic Weightlifting Team Participates in World Championship in Georgia

The Saudi Paralympic weightlifting team is participating in the World Championship in Georgia, aiming to qualify for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

The championship is being hosted in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, from June 20 to 26, 2024, with more than 330 weightlifters from 65 countries.

The Saudi delegation is headed by Dr. Fawzia Hubani, a member of the board of directors of the Saudi Arabian Weightlifting Federation and chair of the women's committee, SPA reported.

The delegation includes weightlifters Adnan Nour Saeed and Aseel Hawsawi, who prepared for the championship with a 24-day training camp in Borjomi, Georgia.

Their training was supervised by coach Ali Mohammed Al-Yami and administrator Fathi Sadaqah, who attended the technical meeting of the championship yesterday, where they reviewed the competition's rules and procedures.

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Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia Grouped Together in Third Round of Asian World Cup Qualifying 

Japanese former footballer Shinji Okazaki holds up Australia's name during the 2026 World Cup qualifying draw for Asian Football Confederation teams in Kuala Lumpur on June 27, 2024. (AFP) 
Japanese former footballer Shinji Okazaki holds up Australia's name during the 2026 World Cup qualifying draw for Asian Football Confederation teams in Kuala Lumpur on June 27, 2024. (AFP) 
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Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia Grouped Together in Third Round of Asian World Cup Qualifying 

Japanese former footballer Shinji Okazaki holds up Australia's name during the 2026 World Cup qualifying draw for Asian Football Confederation teams in Kuala Lumpur on June 27, 2024. (AFP) 
Japanese former footballer Shinji Okazaki holds up Australia's name during the 2026 World Cup qualifying draw for Asian Football Confederation teams in Kuala Lumpur on June 27, 2024. (AFP) 

Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia will face each other in the third round of Asia’s World Cup qualification for a third cycle in a row following Thursday’s draw in Kuala Lumpur.

The three powerhouses, with 19 World Cup appearances between them, have been placed in Group C with Bahrain, China and Indonesia.

Asia’s automatic allocation has increased from four teams in 2022 to eight in 2026. The top two from each of the three groups of six will qualify for the World Cup, while the six teams that finish third and fourth will progress to the fourth round of qualification to play off for two more places.

Group A consists of Iran, which has appeared at the last three World Cups, and Asian champion Qatar, the 2022 host seeking to qualify for a first time. Uzbekistan can make a first appearance, as can Central Asian neighbor Kyrgyzstan. The United Arab Emirates made it in 1990, while North Korea qualified in 1966 and 2010.

South Korea will record an 11th successive World Cup appearance if it can finish in the top two of Group C. Of the five opponents for the 2002 semifinalist only Iraq, in 1986, and Kuwait, in 1982, have made it before. Jordan, Oman and the Palestine round out the group.

The third round will kick off in September and end in June 2025.