Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Bakr, CEO of the Quality of Life Program Center, considered the Saudi Games announced today as a quantum leap in the work of the Ministry of Sports and the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, in terms of stimulating the sports sector, identifying talent and qualifying elite athletes for regional and global competitions through the largest national sporting event announcing it in the history of the Kingdom, with mechanisms similar to those adopted for the Olympic Games. Al-Bakr explained that the Saudi Games aims to bring out talent and increase the number of elite athletes, young and young. By attracting talented young people to local sports events in accordance with international standards, evaluating their results, testing and tracking their sports results. prepare them to represent the Kingdom at regional and international sporting events and events.
Al-Bakr pointed out that the Saudi Games are part of the Elite Sports Development Program, one of the initiatives of the Quality of Life Program that the Ministry of Sports is implementing to achieve the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 goals related to two strategic goals: “promoting sports in society” and “achieving excellence in several regional sports” and globally.”
