ATHLETICS, POWERLIFTERS LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS TOMORROW AT ASIAN PARALYMPIC GAMES

The National Paralympic Athletics and Powerlifting teams will launch their campaigns Monday at the 5th Asian Paralympic Games, taking place in the Japanese city of Nagoya, and running through to October 24.
In Athletics, Mohammad Al-Mahdi Musleh contests the 5000m T11 category final at 2.20pm. In Powerlifting, Omar Qarada opens the national team’s participation by contesting the 49kg weight competitions at 4.30am Jordan time, followed by Mohammad Al-Radaideh in the 54kg category at 9am.
Mohammad Tarbash concludes Jordan’s participation in the 59kg weight at noon.
Table tennis star, Faten Eleimat, will compete on Monday in the round of 16 competitions for category 4+5, where she meets Japanese player, Yina Maizaki, at 5.40am Jordan time. Eleimat qualified following her victory over Kuwait’s Ahad Al-Rashidi.