On my responsibility…numbers races

SME-Written by: Ali Al-Basha
In international, Olympic and continental tournaments, priority and public follow-up always appear to be given to individual games. At the expense of collectivism, with the exception of football, and the number of colorful medals in the harvest is measured, which are captured by speed races against the clock, weightlifting, martial arts, and Roman wrestling.
• Therefore, in the current Asian Games in China, we see a mass presence in individual races. With the start of the athletics races (yesterday), attention began to be drawn to the numbers that could be achieved at this forum, in which champions with a global and Olympic presence, including athletes from the Kingdom of Bahrain, participate.
• Always rely on record numbers; Either to improve them or to record continental qualifying records, and therefore the champions come to the competitions loaded with advance international preparations, or through lengthy camps, and therefore the eyes of the world are eagerly following speed competitions against the clock; As it precedes the French Olympics.
• We focus here on athletics to win colorful medals in the name of the Kingdom of Bahrain. This is a natural thing because our athletes have finished in first place and climbed the podium, and so they are followed, whether by the fans who follow these races, or by competitors from outside the continent who will compete with them in the Olympics.
• Therefore, the focus in such participations must be on quality and not quantity. What is important is the number of medals that will be won, as well as the numbers that will be improved, and therefore the champions are always in continuous international participations; Either waiting for the World Championships or the Olympics, participating is not a waste of time.
• There is no doubt that preparing Olympic champions requires strenuous effort and years that may reach eight before putting them into competitions, and this requires a lot of effort and money. Because champions come to compete and break records, and their countries seek to achieve the qualifications for a future Olympics.
• In any case, as we continue the harvest that we are waiting for from athletics, *starting with the 10,000m gold medal for champion Viola Gembegomba,* hopes are pinned on our handball team (the Warriors) to win a medal no less than gold, and it is the only one among our teams in team sports that is pinned on it. Such hopes.