Within the seventeenth Paralympic Video games, which can happen between August 28 and September 8 in Paris, 14 athletes from Bosnia and Herzegovina will compete in three sports activities – taking pictures, swimming and sitting volleyball.
The colours of Bosnia and Herzegovina will likely be defended by shooter Ervin Bejdić, with coach Nadžad Fazlija, the youngest participant of the Paralympic Video games, 13-year-old swimmer Ismail Barlov with coach Amel Kap, and the sitting volleyball crew that that includes Sabahudin Delalić (captain), Adnan Manko, Ermin Jusufović, Armin Šehić, Edin Džino, Dževad Hamzić, Asim Medić, Nizam Čančar, Ismet Godinjak, Stevan Crnobrnja, Safet Alibasic and Mirzet Duran, along with coach Ifetć Mahmur.
Within the firm of BH. Paralympians will likely be Ejub Mehemdović, Nedžad Salkić, Dževad Šabeta and physiotherapist Miodrag Ranđelović.
Greatest trophy BH. the nationwide crew will participate within the Paralympic Video games for the seventh time and have returned with a medal from every of the world’s largest sporting occasions for the disabled. Throughout that point, for the reason that Olympic Video games in Sydney in 2000, BH. Volleyball gamers received two gold medals (Athens 2004 and London 2012), three silver medals (Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and Rio de Janeiro 2016), and one bronze on the final Olympic Video games in Tokyo 2020.
The selector of the BiH crew, Ifet Mahumutović, mentioned on the press convention that the crew has been collectively since Could, and that he’s glad with the efforts of the gamers within the preparations, though this Olympic cycle is extraordinarily bored with them.
– I’ve to confess that that is probably the most ready and greatest nationwide crew within the historical past of sitting volleyball in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I say that emphatically as a result of I’ve been with them since 1999, and am already in my third 12 months as a selector. They’re thrice higher than once we began from scratch. They’re prepared for optimum outcomes. With slightly luck within the draw, I hope we will definitely play within the remaining – mentioned Mahmutović.
The Minister of Tradition and Sports activities in Sarajevo Canton, Kenan Magoda, mentioned that the BiH nationwide crew members returned to the largest worldwide competitions proudly.
– I’m satisfied that it is going to be the identical this 12 months after they return from Paris. Behind them is detailed, multi-year work. Their homogeneity and synergy must be an inspiration to all sports activities golf equipment and societies, to all concerned in sport. These guys give an instance of how we should always behave – mentioned Minister Magoda.
Member of the Govt Board of the BiH Paralympic Committee and official physician of BiH. crew within the video games, Mirsad Muftić mentioned that BiH Paralympians are an instance for youngsters of tips on how to love their nation.
– For a few years, the invasion, which ought to disrupt their lives, didn’t query their efforts on the sector and their struggle for Bosnia and Herzegovina. They’re an indication that glorious outcomes could be achieved with dedication, perseverance and the help of everybody who may also help. Each medal they arrive with is gold. Their cohesion, synergy and friendship, along with a deep bond to help one another all the time and at each second, is an instance of how we should always deal with our households and collectives in an effort to get higher outcomes – mentioned Muftić.
On the Paralympic event in Paris in 2024, eight males’s and girls’s nationwide groups will participate in sitting volleyball. Within the males’s event, B&H volleyball gamers will compete in group A with the groups of Egypt, Kazakhstan and France, whereas in group B defending champions Iran, Brazil, Ukraine and Germany. At the beginning of the competitors, BiH meets Egypt on August 29. The ultimate is scheduled for September 7.
On the Paralympic Video games in Paris, 549 medals will likely be awarded in 22 disciplines, and 4,400 athletes from all around the world will compete. Paralympians from Bosnia and Herzegovina have received six medals to date – two gold, three silver and one bronze.
