Paralympics To Celebrate President’s Visit

To celebrate the first visit of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parson to Fiji, the Fiji Paralympic Committee are hosting an inclusive sports event at the Nadi Sports Club today.
School students from Lautoka Special School, adults with disabilities from the Nadi branch of the Fiji Disabled People’s Federation and those from villages from the greater Nadi area will have an opportunity to try five Paralympic sports including archery, athletics, badminton, table tennis and swimming.
Also coaches, instructors and executive members of national sporting federations would be on site to introduce their sports to over 40 people with physical disabilities from Lautoka and Nadi.
PRESENCE OF HEROES
Fiji’s Paralympic heroes Iliesa Delana, gold medal winner from the London 2012 Paralympic Games and former Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports will be in attendance.
Also present is Mere Roden who represented Fiji in table tennis at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and among them are the 12 para-athletes and coaches from the Fiji Paralympic Committee across all five sports.
The president of the International Paralympic Committee, Andrew Parsons, from Brazil is visiting Fiji for the first time attending the regional conference of the Oceania National Olympic Committees taking place in Nadi this week.
The event starts at 2pm where the IPC president will visit the Paralympic Sports exhibition and visit the five sports stations to see Fiji’s new Paralympic talent being harnessed.
The IPC president will be accompanied by 25 delegates and partners from National Paralympic Committees from the Oceania region.
The Paralympic Sports Exhibition is proudly supported by the British High Commission in Suva through their new partnership with the Fiji Paralympic Committee that aims to strengthen partnerships with National Federations and support talent identification to further develop Paralympic sport in Fiji.
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