“I would be very grateful if you review my individual request for entry to the Paralympic Games in such exceptional circumstances or, alternatively, describe me conditions upon which my participation in Rio Games would be possible”, the letter states.
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“We have never disappointed before and we will not disappoint in Brazil”, he said.
Khairy was confident the 21 paralympic athletes were capable of surpassing the one silver and one bronze medal won in the 2012 London Paralympic Games.
Medal winners will also receive similar incentives as the Olympic athletes namely, RM1 million (gold), RM300,000 (silver) and RM100,000 (bronze).
Two refugee para-athletes will compete at the Rio Paralympics Games, which will begin on September 7.
The IPA team will be supported by Great Britain’s chef de mission Tony Sainsbury, who said: “Pulling everything together has been a real team effort, and I am grateful to everyone who has helped and all of the partners who have come through to support the team”.
Gogochuri and Chachibaia were Georgia’s initial Paralympic athletes however Khetsuriani, Jincharadze and Tsiklauri will now join them following the complete ban of Russia’s Paralympic team.
The Malaysian paralympic contingent of 21 athletes and 19 coaches and officials will depart for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, tomorrow.
“I have already delivered on my promise since 2013 and I will certainly deliver if we get a Paralympic gold”. Russian Federation finished fourth in the Rio medal table with its 56 medals, including 19 gold.
Ridzuan clocked a personal best of 11.18 seconds in the men’s 100m in the T36 category, while Abdul Latif leapt 7.35m for a new meet record in the T20 category. She suffers from cerebral palsy and will compete in the F37 discus event in Rio.
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“I have delivered on my promise and the government will certainly deliver if any of you win a medal in Rio”.
