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As the global sporting spotlight will fall on Bahrain again later this year, GulfWeekly has teamed up with one of the world’s top trainers to coach the island’s sports-lovers to prepare to take part.
In Bahrain’s first foray into ITU elite competition, Sameera Al Bitar finished in the top ten in the ITU Grand Final elite women’s aquathlon in Chicago. She was also the only athlete from the Middle East to crack the top ten.
Followers of European football will have been revelling this past week in the contrasting fortunes of the larger clubs with twists and turns leading to startling results and the most closely-fought leagues in years.
Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday to equal the late Ayrton Senna’s tally of 41 Formula One victories and move 48 points clear of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg with five races remaining.
SCHOOLBOY George Axtell has been snapped up by the UK Lions hockey team to play in tournaments and it’s hoped that the field sport’s other young stars playing in Bahrain will one day take on the might of the British in a series of friendly fixtures.
Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button will continue to race for troubled McLaren next season, team boss Ron Dennis said at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday after both drivers had raised doubts about their Formula One futures.
The FIA WEC Six Hours of Bahrain makes a grand return to Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) later this year.
