The president of the Beninese Handisport Federation (FBH), Abdel Rahman Ouorou Barè, presented an update of the activities carried out during the past year. He also spoke about the prospects for this new year 2021. It was during a press briefing that he hosted, Thursday 1is avril 2021 at the headquarters of the executive committee in Cotonou.
Unlike many sports federations, elle à son niveau n’a pas connu une saison blanche malgré la pandémie du coronavirus. Indeed, as indicated by Abdel Rahman Ouorou Barè, the Beninese Handisport Federation has carried out several activities over the past year. Among which, PHV's participation in the JIPH through goal-ball in Savalou from 2 at 3 mars 2021, the training of potential athletes in Japan organized by the Beninese National Olympic and Sports Committee (Cnos-Ben), the meeting with Marc Lagnide, CEO of Overseas for the finalization of the marketing and communication assistance contract and a joint press briefing with FAPHB and FHB on the promotion and conservation of peace during the presidential elections in April 2021, participation of Benin in the training on powerlifting techniques in Abijan du 4 at 8 January 2020.
So he listed, the participation of Benin in the powerlifting competition in Abuja (Nigeria) of 2 at 9 February 2020, to participate in 7 webinars (IPC, Tokyo, Anti-doping medical corps, on the basketball armchair, training on the organizational strategy of NPCs organized by IPC in progress to bring the statutes of the Handisport Federation of Benin into line with those of the IPC and the transformation of this federation towards that of Paralympic sports).
Prospects for 2021 at the handisport level
"The site is vast", observed President Abdel Rahman Ouorou Barè. According to several activities are on the program. "This is a Webinar with the Handisport Federation of France on the organization of training for FHB executives in September 2021, on classification, registration of participation in the Powerlifting World Cup in Georgia, para athletics in France, para badminton in Spain and para badminton camp in Uganda, "The provisional accreditation of 7 people for Tokyo 2020 and the finalization of Benin's participation in the para-badminton world cup in Spain ”, did he declare.
To the activities mentioned, to be added "the participation of Benin in three qualifying meetings for Tokyo which are, Uganda badminton camp (with two female athletes, Boya Grace Nivelle and Hounvou Emmanuélla) in November 2021, Spain in para-badminton (with Armandine Oloukou) in May 2021, Paris in para athletics (with Feissal Atchiba) in June 2021 and Georgie in powerlifting (with Gbodja Cosme) in May 2021 ».
To finish, Abdel Rahman Ouorou Barè thanked the president of the Beninese National Olympic and Sports Committee, Julien Minavoa for his support. "The Cnos-Ben made available to the Beninese Handisport Federation the sum of 5 million CFA francs to support athletes in qualifying votes for the Tokyo Paralympic Games ”, he confided.
Damien TOLOMISSI