ASEAN Para Games 12 flag-raising ceremony held
Phnom Penh (VNA) – The flags of sports
delegations to the 12th ASEAN Para Games were
raised at the Morodok Techno national sports complex in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, on June 2, marking the official presence of the 11 sports
delegations to the regional sport event.
Deputy Director of the
Vietnam Sports Administration Nguyen Hong Minh, who is also head of the
Vietnamese sports delegation, joined heads of 10 other delegations to
the event.
Speaking at the ceremony, Hun Many, President of the
Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC) and Deputy Chairman of
the National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia (NPCC), extended warm
welcome to
the participating delegations.
The 12th ASEAN Para Games, slated for June 3 - 9, is set to feature more than 400 competition categories of 14 sports.
The
opening and closing ceremonies of the 12th ASEAN Para Games will be
broadcast live at three locations in public areas in the capital city.
Cambodia has completed preparations for the 12th ASEAN Para Games at seven locations in Phnom Penh.
According to the National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia (NPCC), seven
venues for 14 sport competitions at the Games include Morodok Techo
National Stadium, Olympic National Stadium and Union of Youth Federation
of Cambodia (UYFC), National Sports Training Centre, Royal University
of Phnom Penh (RUPP) and Naga World II.
The Morodok Techo National Stadium on the outskirts of Phnom Penh is the
venue for eight events, namely athletics, swimming, wheelchair
basketball, sitting volleyball, table tennis, badminton, blind football
and volleyball for the disabled.
The Vietnamese sports delegation
to the event consists of 164 members, including 122 athletes. The
Vietnamese athletes will compete in eight out of 13 sports at the
tournament, namely track-and-field, swimming, weightlifting, badminton,
table tennis, chess, judo, and boccia.
Vietnam is set to win 50-55 gold medals and named among the top four countries in the medal tally at the event.
At
the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, last year, Vietnam
claimed 183 medals, including 65 golds, 62 silvers and 56 bronzes,
ranking third on the medal tally./.