Bahrain's National Handball team continues training in preparation for the Asian Games

Manama, Aug. 13 (BNA): Bahrain’s National Handball team is continuing to train for the Asian Games, which will be held in China next month.

The training is led by Icelandic manager Aron Kristjánsson and his coaching team consisting of Assistant Coach Asam Abdullah, Goalkeeping Coach Ahmed Mansoor and Fitness Coach Ahmed Al Shaikh.

The training sessions focused on physical training and tactics, especially since the team will take part in a training camp in Europe at the end of August.

The National Handball team were the runners up and silver medalists last year in the Asian Games, which was held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The team aims to grab the title this season especially after the great results achieved by the team in recent years, mainly at the Tokyo Olympics (Tokyo 2020) which made them one of the 12 best National teams worldwide and an ambassador of the continent in the handball tournament in the Olympics and their results in the previous World Cup.

The team is also preparing to compete in the Asian Qualifiers for the Olympics (Paris 2024), held in Doha,Qatar.

The team will be competing in Group 2 against the likes of Iran, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Japan and Kazakhstan.