Mohammed khamis khalaf

Hilton Al Habtoor City Hotel: With the Paris Paralympic Games just over a year away, the crème de la creme of Para-Powerlifting including many Paralympic champions will gather here, in a fortnight’s time, when the Emirate city stages the Dubai 2023 Para-Powerlifting World Championships from August 22 to 30.

Among the top names that have confirmed their participation are the iconic Osman Sherif from Egypt (men’s up to 59kg), Jordanian Tokyo 2020 champions Omar Qarada (men’s up to 49kg) and Abdelkareem Khattab, who shattered world record thrice at the Fazza 2022 World Cup last December in men’s up to 88 kg, besides UAE’s legend Mohammed Khamis Khalaf, the two-time Paralympic champion, competing in men’s up to 97kg category, informed the Dubai Club for People of Determination in a release on Friday.