Muscat: Muscat hosted the official opening ceremony of the fifth West Asia Para Video games (Muscat 2026) on Tuesday night, in a festive environment that mirrored the Sultanate of Oman’s stature as a bunch of main worldwide championships for individuals with disabilities.
The opening ceremony was held underneath the auspices of Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali al Harthy, Beneath-Secretary of the International Ministry for Political Affairs, and attended by Basil bin Ahmed al Rawas, Beneath-Secretary of the Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities and Youth for Sports activities and Youth, Chair of the Video games’ Increased Organising Committee, together with heads of nationwide Paralympic delegations, representatives of sports activities federations, a number of dignitaries, ambassadors and company.
The ceremony featured symbolic segments that mirrored the spirit of the Video games and their human message. It started with the Omani nationwide anthem, adopted by the parade of collaborating delegations, then a brief movie highlighting the journey of the Paralympic motion. This was adopted by a creative efficiency that embodied the identification of the Video games.
Speeches had been delivered by the Organising Committee and the West Asia Paralympic Federation, after which the athletes’ and referees’ oaths had been taken, the Video games had been formally declared open, and the Video games’ flag was raised.
In his speech through the ceremony, Dr Mansoor al Touqi, Chairman of the Oman Paralympic Committee (OPC), harassed that Muscat’s internet hosting of the fifth version displays Oman’s imaginative and prescient in supporting individuals with disabilities and its perception that can energy is the true driver of improvement. He defined that this version is the biggest within the historical past of the Video games when it comes to the variety of international locations, athletes and sports activities, with 11 West Asian nations competing in 9 para sports activities, giving the occasion vital technical and organisational weight.
Al Touqi praised the position of the Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities and Youth and the OPC in preparation and organisation, in addition to the technical cooperation with worldwide federations.
Badminton Outcomes
The badminton competitions noticed a number of champions topped throughout the varied singles, doubles and combined doubles occasions.
In males’s wheelchair doubles, the Iraqi pair of Abbas Ahmed and Karar Hussein received the gold medal, whereas Saudi duo Majed al Shafie and Mohammed Ahmed took silver. The bronze went to the Omani–Iraqi pairing of Ashraf al Khasibi and Mahdi Hussein.
In combined wheelchair doubles, Iraq’s Mohammed Karim and Bahrain’s Ruba Youssef claimed gold, whereas the Emirati pair Omair Younis and Siham al Rashidi took silver. In standing combined doubles, gold went to Iraqi–Lebanese duo Abbas Ahmed and Aya Youssef, silver to Iraqi–Bahraini pair Karar Hussein and Zainab Ali, and bronze to Bahrain’s Elyas al Yasi and Syria’s Altaf Sharif.
In brief-stature males’s doubles, Iraq’s Imad Adel and Saudi Arabia’s Younus al Subhi captured gold, with silver going to Jordan’s Mohammed al Tawwalbeh and Lebanon’s Reda Nabil.
In singles wheelchair occasions, Iraq’s Mohammed Karim received gold, Saudi Arabia’s Mahdi Saleh took silver, and bronze was shared by Iraq’s Hassan Wathiq and the UAE’s Siham al Rashidi. In males’s standing singles, Iraq’s Abbas Ahmed took gold, his compatriot Mahdi Hussein silver, whereas bronze medals went to Bahrain’s Elyas Abdullah and Iraq’s Abdullah Mahmoud.
In girls’s standing singles, Lebanon’s Aya Youssef received the gold, with Syria’s Altaf Sharif taking silver. In males’s short-stature singles, Saudi’s Younus al Subhi claimed gold, Iraq’s Imad Adel took silver, Lebanon’s Reda Nabil and Jordan’s Musab al Tawwalbeh shared bronze medals.
Wheelchair Basketball and Athletics Outcomes
In wheelchair basketball, Iraq beat the UAE 60–47, whereas Oman misplaced a hard-fought recreation in opposition to Bahrain 67–61.
In athletics, the joy continued with extensive participation from athletes representing numerous international locations. Within the males’s 200m wheelchair race, the UAE’s Mohammed Fahdani took first place, whereas Saudi athletes Jamaan al Zahrani and Saleh al Suwailem completed second and third respectively.
Within the males’s 200m T11 class, Iraq’s Okab Mohammed received gold, Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Aami took silver, and Oman’s Ibrahim al Amri claimed bronze.
The boys’s 1,500 metre wheelchair race witnessed full Saudi dominance, with Al Bara al Qarni taking first place, adopted by Saleh al Suwailem in second and Jamaan al Zahrani in third.
Within the males’s discus throw F11, the UAE’s Mohammed al Kaabi received gold, Iraq’s Abbas Hammadi took silver, and Saudi Arabia’s Ziyad al Khuraib claimed bronze. Within the males’s javelin wheelchair occasion, Saudi athlete Salam Haider took first place, whereas Emiratis Sultan al Shamsi and Ahmed Zwaidi completed second and third respectively.
Within the girls’s javelin wheelchair occasion, Bahrain’s Ruba al Omari received gold, Oman’s Shareefa al Hatmi took silver and the UAE’s Shaima al Rashidi secured bronze. The ladies’s shot put F37 concluded with the UAE’s Maryam al Zwaidi taking first place, Bahrain’s Maryam al Humaidi second and the UAE’s Maryam al Matrooshi third.
Goalball Outcomes
Goalball groups continued to ship robust performances on day two. Oman thrashed Syria 11–1, whereas Saudi Arabia thumped the UAE 10–0 in one other match. Qatar maintained their constructive run with a 12–2 victory over Yemen, and Iraq overcame Bahrain 14–4.
