Author: daniel fountainID: 1535478942117417900Tue, 2018-08-28 21:02
JEDDAH: The General Assembly of the Asian Air Sport Federation has granted a recognition medal to Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Aviation Club, for his great efforts in including paragliding in the Asian Olympic Games.
During a meeting in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on the sidelines of the 18th Asian Games, the assembly also granted the prince the honorary presidency for supporting young people engaged in air sports.
Dr. Mubarak Al-Suwailem, president of the Asian Air Sports Federation, announced the news during a press conference in Jakarta. He expressed his joy over this great moment in air sports history. He said: “Since his visit to space, as the first Arab Muslim to do so, Prince Sultan bin Salman has been exerting his efforts to serve aviation and related sports. It is not shocking for His Highness to be behind such an amazing step.”
He added: “The Asian Air Sports Federation, based in Riyadh, had a Saudi committee and was granted the support of Prince Sultan to enlist paragliding in the Jakarta Asian Games 2018, as His Highness is always seeking to develop air sports on local, Arab, Asian and international levels.”
Sanjit Thaber, secretary general of the federation, said Saudi Arabia is the biggest supporter for air sports activities in Asia.
Paragliding was enlisted into the 18th Asian Games, currently held in Indonesia for the first time in the history of air sports.
The initiative was adopted after continuous work for three years among the Olympic Council of Asia, the Asian Air Sports Federation and the Indonesian Olympic Committee.
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