By NNN-KUNA,
Beijing : The Kuwaiti delegation has arrived here to participate in the 29th summer Olympic Games.
The Kuwaiti mission is headed by vice chairman and general secretary of the Kuwaiti Olympic Committee Obeid Zayed Al-Enzi.
The Kuwaiti competitors are Abdullah Al-Tirgi Al-Risheedi, Nasser Al-Muqled and Zaid Al-Mutairi for the shooting competitions, Ibrahim Al-Hasan for table tennis, Ali Al-Zankawi and Mohammad Al-Azmi for track and field, Talal Al-Enzi for judo and Mohammad Madouh for swimming.
The delegation also groups Kuwaiti Shooting Federation vice chairman Duaij Al-Otaibi, coaches, as well as administrative and media representatives.
Kuwait has been participating in the Olympics since Tokyo in 1964, followed by Mexico City 1968, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
Shooter Fheid Al-Daihani granted Kuwait its first Olympic medal when he was placed third and won a bronze medal in the 2000 summer Olympics in Sydney, the first in the history of Kuwait’s participation in the Games.