Warm welcome for Cross Country team

Manama: Bahrain’s national cross country team were given a warm welcome on return from Tunisia yesterday following their impressive first-place finish at the recent Arab Championship, winning 11 medals in total, including 2 gold, 3 bronze and 3 silver in the singles events and 3 in the team category.

Leading high-ranking sports officials were at Bahrain International Airport led by Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) general secretary Abdulrahman Askar, who congratulated the team on their well-earned victory.

Askar said the achievement reflects the Kingdom’s leadership’s support to the Bahraini sports sector as part of a series of accomplishments at various levels and the role of the technical and administrative crews.

He commended the support and directives of His Majesty the King Representative for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Supreme Council of Youth and Sports chairman and BOC president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa to the team.