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APC to publish athletes qualification guide for 2010 Guangzhou Games
22-3-2010

The APC is in the midst of drafting, preparing and publishing a detailed booklet on ATHLETES’ QUALIFICATION GUIDE, which will serve as benchmark for the selection of athletes bound for the inaugural Asian Para Games in Guangzhou in December.

The APC secretariat in Kuala Lumpur has embarked on a pro-active effort to publish the GUANGZHOU 2010 ASIAN PARA GAMES QUALIFICATION GUIDE in a bid to ensure and preserve the status of the prestigious Games for athletes with a disability.

Updates are currently underway and the guide is expected to be completed by end of March, and made available to member countries by March 31.

“It’s part of APC’s move to ensure that only the cream of the crop participate in the Games, so as to ensure that the prestige and standard of APG are not affected in any ways including the participation of unqualified athletes,” said APC President Dato Zainal Abu Zarin.

However, to accommodate for the lesser and smaller nations, APC is to provide wild card entries, which will be made available accordingly and subjected to quotas.

The Guide, among others, would determine the various qualifying factors and other technical regulations for the 2010 Games including current and previous achievements of athletes.

A total of 5000 athletes and officials from 41-member nations are expected to compete in the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou.

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