Baghdad – WAA
The head of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee, Aqeel Muftan, revealed the details of the Prime Minister’s directives to support sports in Iraq, while announcing the allocation of 300 acres of land for the Olympic Champion Academy project.
During an interview on Al-Iraqiya Sports, which was followed by the (INA), Muftan said, “Our meeting with the Prime Minister was very fruitful,” noting that “the Prime Minister expressed his readiness to provide absolute support for all sports activities.”
He added, “We proposed a project to prepare Olympic champions for the Los Angeles Olympics,” indicating that “the Prime Minister approved the establishment of the Olympic Champion Academy.”
He explained that “the Olympic Champion Academy will be a center for creating and developing talents,” noting that “the Prime Minister directed that this project be worked on as quickly as possible.”
He added that “the Prime Minister agreed to allocate 300 dunums of land for the project,” noting that “he suggested that the land be on the Tajyat Road.”
He pointed out that “the Prime Minister agreed to allocate land to build a headquarters for the Olympic Committee,” adding: “The Prime Minister directed that we communicate with him directly without mediation.”
He said: “We will form a team to determine the need of each federation for an area of the allocated land,” noting that “the allocated land will be like an integrated sports city.”
He continued, saying: “We work in the Olympic Committee with the spirit of one team,” calling on “all federations to visit the Equestrian Federation and observe the development taking place in it.”
He added: “We have achieved a qualitative shift in the Equestrian Federation,” indicating that “there is a plan to make Ali Ammar compete for the gold and silver medals in the Los Angeles Olympics.”
Moften directed to “search for the best weightlifting coach, nutrition coach and fitness coach in the world.”
He explained that “the achievement project will be launched,” noting that “the previous budgets allocated to sports federations are almost non-existent.”
He pointed out that “the federation that obtains first place in the number of medals annually will be awarded a prize of one billion dinars,” adding: “I will direct the federations to harness their capabilities to motivate their champions for the purpose of achieving achievements.”