On Saturday, June 17, Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi attended, on behalf of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, the Global Forum for Inclusion, the inaugural event of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023.
According to a statement by Sbobhy, the Special Olympics World Games offers people with mental disability an opportunity to compete in a wide variety of sports to celebrate their achievements while increasing recognition of their social participation at the global level.
The first-of-its-kind forum offers an innovative, inclusive, and interdisciplinary conference format as part of the Special Olympics World Games, which has its roots in the goals of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): The full participation and inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities in society.
A great host of youth and sports ministers and senior officials from all over the globe attended the forum.
Set from the 17th to the 25th of June, the world’s largest inclusive sports event will see the participation of 7,000 Special Olympics athletes and Unified partners from nearly 190 countries, including 20 Arab states, to compete in 26 sports.
Egypt is participating in the competitions with 69 athletes in 15 sports, including football, basketball, table tennis, tennis, badminton, gymnastics, judo, horse riding, weightlifting, bowling, bocce, cycling, swimming, athletics, and floor hockey.
