His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport, West Asian Athletics Association President and President of Bahrain Athletic Federation, stressed that the Bahraini athletes achievements over the past four years in the World U20 Championships America in 2014 and Poland in 2016, the Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea in 2014, the Indoors World Championship, the diamond league and a series Arab championships with outstanding achievements, raise the optimism for the achieving positive results in this Olympics.His Highness pointed out that since he became the leader of the Association board, he took it upon his shoulders to establish foreign training camps for athletes, providing them with the opportunities to go to many meets and championships which qualify them to compete in the Olympics. He explained that the positive results of local and global participations, confirm the Kingdom’s gradual rise in athletic sports thanks to the strategy followed by the Association to prepare athletes. His Highness also said that the Bahraini athletic sport became a strong competitor on a continental and international level, as evidenced by the outstanding results and attention to Bahraini runners and being nominated to compete in the Olympics by officials from International Association of Athletics Federations.