Africa-Press – Angola. The policy of prioritizing quality developed by the Angolan Paralympic Committee (CPA), at the level of national teams, is encouraged by the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MINJUD), according to the Secretary of State for Sports, Teresa Ulundo.
Speaking at the ceremony of handing over the Flag of the Republic to the National Athletics Team, which will participate in the World Championships in Paris (France) from the 7th to the 18th of this month, he said that the commitment to quality opens up good prospects for better results.
For her, the CPA’s idea of calling a selection with only three athletes increases even more the responsibility of those selected, who must equip themselves with the spirit of discipline, patriotism and “fair-play”.
The president of the Angolan Paralympic Committee, Leonel da Rocha Pinto, said that the members of the national team are on a list of athletes preparing to compete on the podium at the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles (USA), in 2028.
He said that now, in France, there will be only three athletes because the CPA’s priority is quality and not quantity, at a time when the objective of the event is to obtain a classification that dignifies the State’s investments in adapted sport.
He referred that the body he leads chooses to compete with athletes with the minimum required by the International Paralympic Committee, aiming for good classifications, if not the podium.
The national team goes on Tuesday night to the stage of the event, qualifying for the 2024 Paralympic Games, also to be held in France.
Led by coach José Manuel, the athletes Manuel Jaime (400 and 1500 meters for class T46-motor disability), Regina Dumbo, Juliana Moko and Emeloide Adelino (100, 200 and 400 meters, all of class T11-disability) are part of the national team full look).
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