A 112-member contingent of Bangladesh Special Olympics team left Dhaka for Germany to participate in the Special Olympics World Games Barlin’ 2023 beginning on June 17 at the Olympics Stadium in Berlin.
Some 7,000 athletes from 170 countries will compete in 24 disciplines of sports in the nine-day meet.
Prior to the mega games, Bangladesh team will participate in the three-day hosts town programme in Frankfurt from June 12-14 before flying to Berlin on June 15.
Bangladesh contingent, comprising 79 athletes, 23 coaches and 11 other officials, will compete in eight disciplines of sports and expected to return home on June 28.
In the last Special Olympics Games held in Abu Dhabi in 2019, Bangladesh have secured 22 gold, 10 silver and six bronze medals.