The Preparations in the Olympic Village in Beijing for the opening ceremony, which will be held on Saturday (at 15:00 Israel time), are coming to an end. Thus far a confirmation of arrival was received from of Tourism Minister Ruhama Avraham, the President of Germany, the Prime Minister of South Korea and probably Iran's president.The largest delegation to be expected is the delegation of China who will consist of over 500 athletes.
The weather forecast at the opening ceremony is expected to be partly cloudy and no rain is expected.
44,000 volunteers are scatter over 2,170 stations will help residents of the Olympic Village in various fields.
Hundreds of volunteers will be located also outside the village and will provide information, advice, translation services, emergency services and so forth. Many guests are expected to arrive to the Paralympics Games.
The horse (Lankoas) with which Omer Ben-Dor is to ride, is recovering from the flu which has beset upon him and is expected to be eligible for competition.
The head of the Israeli delegation for the second time is Moses Matalon.
Acting as the Chairman of the Beit Halochem, to which numbers about 50.000 members, he opened sports facilities across the country, to all disabled members and also raised a sum of 4 million NIS thus allowing adequate preparations of delegation to Beijing.
As known, the Israeli government did not comply to the demand of the Israeli Sports Association for the Disabled to increase the financial support which currently stands on 900.000 NIB. This issue is to be debated at the High Court in a legal.