The Moroccan athletes taking part in the Paralympic Games 2024 in Paris were presented this Tuesday, August 20, in Rabat, by the Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for People with Disabilities (FRMSPSH), in coordination with the Federations involved.
Morocco is taking part in the 17th Paralympic Games, scheduled from August 28 to September 8 in Paris, with a delegation comprising 38 athletes.
The Moroccan athletes will compete in para-athletics (motor and visual impairments), wheelchair tennis, para-powerlifting, para-taekwondo, para-road cycling and cecifoot.
“The qualification of 38 athletes for the Paris Paralympic Games remains the fruit of the efforts deployed by these champions and by the Federations, while highlighting the primordial role of the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports, which ensures that the right conditions are in place for the good of the champions,” said FRMSPSH Secretary General Mustapha Fkeoui.
Fkeoui urged the competing athletes to follow in the footsteps of previous editions and put in fine performances, raising the national flag high and demonstrating once again the considerable progress made by Morocco in the field of sport for people with disabilities.
For his part, FRMSPSH Technical Director Said Lamrini expressed his pride in the performances of Moroccan athletes in all categories, who shone at the various continental and world events.
He noted that preparations had gone smoothly thanks to the support of the Ministry, noting that the champions were determined to perform well and win as many medals as possible.
For his part, Yassir El Hanchi, President of the Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for the Blind and Visually Impaired (FRMSAM), said that Moroccan athletes would be setting off for Paris with great ambitions, aiming to confirm and surpass the achievements of previous editions, in particular the bronze medal in Cecifoot in Tokyo in 2020.
Since Seoul 1988, Morocco has won 38 medals at the Paralympic Games: 16 gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze.
Para-athletics took the lion’s share of these medals (34), with para-swimming (1988), para-triathlon (2016), para-powerlifting (2012) and cecifoot (2020) taking the other four.
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