Singapore opens the 8th ASEAN Para Games
The opening ceremony of the 8th ASEAN Para Games was held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore on December 3.
The ceremony consists of five musical movements. The 90-minute multimedia extravaganza has been two years in the making. It features nearly 1,500 performers, volunteers and students.
The 8th Games is one of the biggest sport festivals for people with disabilities.
It is history in the making as it will be the first time Singapore hosts the Games and a multi-sports event for people with disabilities on this scale.
About 3,000 athletes will take part in 15 sports during the seven-day competition.
In the Games, Vietnam have sent nearly 130 competitors to seek for medals in nine sports.
The biggest number is in the track-and-field event with 37 competitors. There are 34 athletes in swimming and 11 in power-lifting. The team is asked to try having the best position in the ranking to win their berths at the Paralympics 2016.
It is expected that they would win up to 70 gold medals, mainly in power-lifting, swimming and track-and-field.
According to Vu The Phiet, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Sports for People with Disabilities Association, Vietnam hopes to send up to 10 athletes to Rio de Janeiro next summer. The number is four now.
The Games will finish on December 9.
The 8th Games is one of the biggest sport festivals for people with disabilities.
It is history in the making as it will be the first time Singapore hosts the Games and a multi-sports event for people with disabilities on this scale.
At the opening ceremony
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In the Games, Vietnam have sent nearly 130 competitors to seek for medals in nine sports.
The biggest number is in the track-and-field event with 37 competitors. There are 34 athletes in swimming and 11 in power-lifting. The team is asked to try having the best position in the ranking to win their berths at the Paralympics 2016.
It is expected that they would win up to 70 gold medals, mainly in power-lifting, swimming and track-and-field.
According to Vu The Phiet, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Sports for People with Disabilities Association, Vietnam hopes to send up to 10 athletes to Rio de Janeiro next summer. The number is four now.
The Games will finish on December 9.
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