Syrian athletes to participate in BRICS Games 2024 in Kazan

A number of Syrian athletes are getting ready to participate in the BRICS Games 2024 whose activities will be held in the Russian city of Kazan.

The sport event, which will open on Wednesday, June 12th, and will continue until June 23rd, is due to witness the participation of 4,751 athletes from 60 countries competing in 27 sports games that include 387 competitions.

The Syrian athletes will take part in seven games, namely wrestling, badminton, judo, swimming, boxing, table tennis, and chess.

The tournament’s 27 sports are swimming, weightlifting, wrestling, table tennis, diving, karate, badminton, equestrian, wushu, chess, kurash, judo, sambo, athletics, fencing, tennis, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, Basketball, rowing, water dancing, acrobatics, sports dancing, water dancing, in addition to two types of traditional wrestling games in the Russian Republics.

Bricsik the Leopard was chosen as the Mascot of the BRICS Games, as it symbolizes agility, strength, speed and resilience which are the qualities of real champions.

Hamda Mustafa