School Mini Olympic attracts 3,204 participants

School Mini Olympic attracts 3,204 participants 02 : 51 PM - 26/02/2018 Manama, Feb. 26 (BNA): The organizing committee of next month’s 5th School Mini Olympics has confirmed a record-breaking 3,204 students from 57 government and private schools to participate in this year’s event. Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) is organizing the fifth edition of the Mini Olympics, scheduled to run from March 8 to 22, and will also feature a record-breaking 20 sports in total compared to last year’s 14, including six new competitions. This year, to be organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, will feature team sports such as football, 3-on-3 basketball, volleyball and handball. The remaining activities are table tennis, athletics, cricket, hockey, swimming, water sports, cycling, fencing, tennis, badminton, gymnastics, judo, karate, taekwondo, jiu jitsu and karting. Sports Federations section head Fadi Humaidan said the organizing committee also approved the venues for each sports, including the Bahrain Football Federation grounds (boys football), Riffa Football Club (girls football), the Bahrain Basketball Association hall (boys basketball), Bahrain Sports Federation for People with Disabilities (girls basketball), Bahrain Volleyball Association (volleyball), Bahrain Handball Association (handball) and Isa Sports City (cricket). The remaining venues are the Bahrain Volleyball Association (hockey), the National Stadium (athletics), Bahrain Swimming Association (swimming), Bahrain Maritime Sports Association (sailing), Sakhir area (cycling), Bahrain Fencing Association (fencing), Isa Sports Hall (table tennis), Khalifa Sports City Hall (gymnastics), Bahrain Tennis Federation (tennis), Khalifa Sports City (badminton), Bahrain Table Tennis Association (taekwondo, judo, karate, jiu jitsu), Bahrain International Circuit (karting).