His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Chairman of the General Authority for Sports, Chairman of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, witnessed Friday 25 April 2025, the conclusion of the swimming challenge on Bahrain Island for a distance of 170 km (sequence), which was held on the initiative of His Highness to motivate athletes to challenge.
His Highness received the four swimmers at the finish line at the Soufotel Al Zalq Hotel, as followed throughout the race stages that were held in the sequence system with each other every three hours, where both Abdullah Attia, Fatima Al -Mahmoud, Maryam bin Laden, Donaldson Andrew managed to swim for a distance To win the challenge with great merit and competence
On this occasion, His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa praised the achievement achieved by the four swimmers after they were able to end the challenge successfully, stressing that this achievement reflects the high spirit and the great insistence of the youth.
His Highness added, “The challenge heroes and heroes have proven that armament with determination and will leads to overcoming difficulties … and that what they have done is not just a sports achievement but rather an inspiring message for all young people about the strength of determination and the importance of ambition and that Bahrain embraces such qualitative sporting initiatives enhances the status of Bahraini sport and confirms its presence in the regional and international sports scene and contributes to spreading the culture of sport and challenge all the good things And success .. “.
For their part, the swimmers expressed their pride and pride in completing this national challenge, stressing that the great support from His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa was an essential incentive for them to continue and achieve this achievement.
