{"id":821730,"date":"2026-07-23T22:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821730\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:13:11","slug":"khorfakkan-club-for-the-disabled-introduces-tandem-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821730\/","title":{"rendered":"Khorfakkan Club for the Disabled introduces tandem cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: normal;\">The announcement was made yesterday in the presence of Abdullah Saleh Al Naqbi, Chairman of the Club&#8217;s Board of Directors, and Engineer Ali Abdullah Makhlouf Al Naqbi, Member of the Khorfakkan City Municipal Council, along with senior officials from government departments and institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Sport overview and event highlights<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal;\">During the event, male and female athletes were introduced to tandem cycling, how it is practiced, its technical rules, race categories, and its safety and security requirements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal;\">The sport relies on a tandem bicycle ridden by a sighted pilot alongside an athlete with a visual impairment. It requires a high level of coordination and harmony between the two, and its competitions are held under the umbrella of the International Cycling Union.<\/p>\n<p>Strategic goals and leadership perspectives<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal;\">Al Naqbi affirmed that the introduction of tandem cycling is part of the Club&#8217;s strategy to introduce specialised sports, expand the range of Paralympic sports, and provide an integrated sporting environment that contributes to developing athletes&#8217; abilities and preparing them in accordance with best practices, thereby enhancing their opportunities to compete and achieve success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal;\">Dr Louay Saeed Alay, Vice Chairman of the Club&#8217;s Board of Directors, said that the inclusion of tandem cycling represents a valuable addition to the sports programme and reflects the Board&#8217;s commitment to providing specialised training programmes that contribute to discovering talents, developing the skills of male and female athletes, and preparing them to participate.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The announcement was made yesterday in the presence of Abdullah Saleh Al Naqbi, Chairman of the Club&#8217;s Board&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-821730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}