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Pakistani delegation departs for Beijing on Thursday

The 37-member Pakistani delegation for the Beijing Olympic Games will leave for China on Thursday, to participate in Beijing Olympics Games.

The Chinese Embassy will hold a reception in honor of Pakistan contingent on July 31 at 1800 hours in the Chinese Embassy, Islamabad. The reception will be attended by all members of the contingent, senior Officers of the Ministry of Sports, Pakistan Sports Board and Pakistan Olympic Association. Thereafter, Pakistan Contingent will depart for Beijing from Islamabad Airport.

The 37-member Pakistan delegation comprised of hockey, athletics, swimming, shooting and contingent officials will participate in the Olympic scheduled to be held at Beijing (China) from August 8-24.

The men\’s field hockey team has qualified to participate in the Games after Pakistan had won the bronze medal in the 15th Asian Games held at Doha Qatar. The other sportspersons in athletics, swimming and shooting are going to participate in the Beijing Olympics with wild cards.

Pakistan, the three-time Olympic and four-time world champions, expects the country could regain its past glory in the 12-nation hockey event.

\”Our endeavor was to form a combination having experience and youth in the ranks and the team announced for the grand event is capable of fetching glory\”, said President of Pakistan Hockey Federation Zafarullah Jamali earlier.

The Pakistan hockey team gained laurels for the country in the 1960, 1968 and 1984 Olympics separately, but has seen a slump in the past years.

Pakistan is placed in group B together with Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, Britain and South Africa. China, Germany, Spain, South Korea, New Zealand and Belgium are in group A.

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