Dubai to stage first international Para-archery event in 12 months Monday, 22 February 2021
Para-archers are set to compete on the international stage for the first time in 12 months when Dubai plays host to the Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament.
About 70 archers from 11 countries have travelled to the United Arab Emirates to compete in the event over the next four days.
The sixth edition of the Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament, held in February 2020, was the last international competition to be held before the coronavirus pandemic caused sporting events across the world to be postponed or cancelled.
Algeria, France, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and hosts United Arab Emirates will all be represented by archers.
Paralympic archery team member Yoshitsugu Naka dies at 60 Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Kyodo Feb 9, 2021
Yoshitsugu Naka, a Japanese archer who had qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics, died at the age of 60, the Japan Para Archery Federation said Tuesday.
The national governing body of para archery said Naka had been undergoing medical treatment since last November and had died on Sunday, but did not disclose the cause of his death.
Naka was diagnosed with triple A syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by alacrima, achalasia and adrenal insufficiency, when he was 31.