Bahrain plans race for International Olympic Day

The 2018 Olympic Day, which is celebrated all over the world, will be staged in Bahrain on Friday, July 20, the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) announced yesterday.

This year’s event, scheduled to tip off at 5.30pm near the Bahrain Football Association premises in Riffa, is organized by the BOC in cooperation with the Bahrain Road Runners (BRR), which is under the Bahrain Athletics Association.

BRR will be conducting 3km walkrun races around the BFA football pitches’ dedicated track to celebrate the occasion. It is open to everyone and registration will take place from 4pm onwards at the venue on Friday.

Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant secretary general and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) secretary general Abdulrahman Askar said the committee is putting the finishing touches on this edition of the event.