Fatou Sanneh, a Gambian paralympic athlete has returned residence with two medals she gained on the simply ended World Paralympic Athletics Grand Prix in Tunisia, after profitable her first bronze medal.
Hagi Drammeh, an government member of the Gambia Nationwide Paralympic Committee, stated Fatou’s efficiency has been steadily progressing over the previous years.
“This primary worldwide victory that she gained speaks volumes of her resolve and tenacity to combat to the very finish, a trait that deserves commendation in gentle of the quite a few setbacks she suffered in previous competitions,” he stated.
Mr Drammeh stated one other Gambian athlete within the individual of Malang Tamba, additionally went with the group however suffered a significant setback after he picked up an harm and couldn’t win a medal in a class he was extremely rated to win.
“The Gambia is on monitor to qualify in all of the worldwide Paralympic sporting actions. It’s now the duty of the authorities and the general public to make sure that Paralympic sport is given the due consideration it deserves. The efficiency of the group in Tunisia is worthy of a nationwide celebration and if Paralympic athletes in The Gambia are given extra assist when it comes to correct coaching amenities and different logistics, they’ve the potential to lift the flag of the nation,” he famous.
The simply ended World Para Athletics held in Tunisia is the primary in a sequence of competitions meant to pave manner for athletes to qualify for the Paris Video games that’s set to happen later this yr.
The World Paralympic Athletics Grand Prix is a large sporting platform for folks with disabilities. This yr the occasion befell in Tunisia, the place about 300 and fifty-eight athletes from forty-two international locations internationally, participated.
The Paralympic video games are for the in another way abled folks, and had been formally launched after World Struggle II, to help the massive variety of injured warfare veterans and civilians throughout wartime. The game is supposed for an inclusive world and the Paralympic Motion oversees the supply of the Paralympic Video games and to assist members to allow such athletes obtain sporting excellence.