Sports Desk
ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, official airline partner of Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, has delivered the World Games Flame of Hope to the UAE capital. The flame was carried in a specially designed cradle yesterday on a Boeing 787-9 aircraft sporting the airline’s new Special Olympics livery, which proudly displays the images of four UAE Special Olympics athletes along its fuselage. The flight was flown by Captain Fouad Almarzouqi from the UAE, and Captain Spiridon Nakos from Greece.
The Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019 will take place between 14– 21 March
Around 7,500 athletes from more than 190 nations are coming to the UAE to participate in the World Games in March; the largest sports and humanitarian event in 2019.
