ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2016 SPORTS 39 Relief from medical conditions, health benefits offered Leading Swiss medical shoes, KyBoot, launched in Kuwait KUWAIT CITY, May 30: Millennium Medical Group launched KyBoot, a leading Swiss based medical-shoe brand in Kuwait Rehm hopeful on Tuesday under the patronage and in the presence of HE the Swiss Ambassador to Kuwait, Aldo De Luca. The event was also Rio City planning attended by the inventor of the KyBoot, Karl Muller, and his team. The branch is located at Dalal Complex in Salem Al ticket give-away Mubarak Street, Salmiya. The medical KyBoot shoes’ — walking RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30, (AP): on air — is designed in accordance with the Tickets sales for the Rio de Janeiro highest medical standards using unique Paralympic Games are lagging, but light-weight substance to provide not only they are getting a big boost from an comfort and easy movement, but also health unexpected source — the city of benefits. The technology uses an air pillow Rio de Janeiro. in the base of the shoes made of polyure- Philip Craven, the head of the thane with advanced features, locking air International Paralympic bubbles in it. The air pillow is flexible in Committee , told The Associated order to give you the perfect movement. Press in an interview that 33 per- Speaking at the event, inventor Karl cent of 2.5 million tickets had been Muller said the feet play an important sold, compared to 67 percent of 6 part in a man’s anatomy for a healthy Karl Muller & Switzerland ambassador Aldo De Luca with some Millennium A group photo showing Millennium Medical Group board members with the million Olympic tickets. body. “The KyBoot has been designed to Medical Group board members cutting the inauguration ribbon. Swiss ambassador & Karl Muller. He said the stimulate the feet in such a way as to city govern- energize the feet while standing and ment of Rio de walking.” Further he noted that the spe- Janeiro was cial substance used to manufacture buying a large KyBoot is soft and supple and enables the chunk of feet to move effortlessly in comfort, in Paralympic addition to lending strength to the legs. tickets. He Although the shoes are made of soft estimated substance, it has been built to last. Tests about 500,000, have proven their durability through a number the intensive use. city hall The strength-building capacity of the declined to Rehm shoes is attributed to its design which confirm. bears an effect on the leg muscles. In a state- Moreover, feet coordination also ment to AP, it said it was buying improves, which increases walking speed tickets “for students of municipal and the firmness of each step. Wearing schools,” but did not give a num- the Kyboot alters the forces acting on ber. The plans will be announced your ligaments, muscles, tendons and on Monday, the day the countdown joints. This has a positive effect on your clock reaches 100 days for the posture and gait. Paralympics. The launch was attended by the head Two years ago at the World Cup, Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes criticized and board members of Millennium Karl Muller receiving artist Nabeel Shuail, guest at the inauguration Karl Mueller showing the Swiss ambassador the shoe-base-airbag technology. Medical Group, the dealers of KyBoot. Representatives of other international brands and medical doctors from a range tomers many choices in high-quality ser- rently on track for GCC-wide expansion branches to extend its visions and goals KyBoot in Kuwait and is confident about PARALYMPICS of specialties were also present. vices and solutions that are cost-effective, from Kuwait, and is aiming to establish in the health domain. the brand’s success owing to its quality Millennium Medical Group offers its cus- practical and hi-tech. The group is cur- an intricate network of international The group is the sole distributor of and beneficial effects on health. expensive ticket prices that shut out many residents of Rio, which Worried Gasol wants more Zika details ahead of Rio has a stark divide between the rich and poor. Paes promised at the time to give away 1.2 million tickets for the Olympics, but failed to deliver. This is partly because the pur- Farah to focus on racing not ‘Zika’ virus chase price could have reached $10-15 million. Local Olympic organizers said they could not EUGENE, United States, May 30, 2016 awareness and inform about something afford to give away tickets due to a (Agencies): Reigning 10,000 metre that we are not talking enough about tight operating budget that depends Olympics Roundup world champion Mo Farah says predic- and which is a big unknown,” the on ticket-sales income. tions of traffic chaos didn’t ground the 35-year-old told a news conference on The price tag for the Paralympics London Olympics to a halt and the Zika Monday. should be much lower, perhaps in virus shouldn’t stop the Rio Games from “The Olympics can be an opportunity the range of $1-2 million. This is Kimani sets for 3rd Oly: She Johnson-Thompson books place: selecting him for next season’s team. being a success. for this virus to spread. I want the health because Paralympic tickets are started running on the plains of her Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson is Now 34, Hudec won downhill silver at The 33-year-old Farah, who is consid- of sportsmen, fans and their families that much cheaper, and the city seems native Kenya and today trains in dark relieved after booking her place at the Rio the 2007 world championships before sus- ered the most dominant long distance will travel to Rio to come first. taining knee and back injuries. to be buying far fewer. Balkan forests. Now marathoner Lucia Games in August and says she is setting runner in the world, said he is trying to “It wouldn’t surprise me if certain The Paralympic Games seem to Kimani is set to become Bosnia’s first her sights on a first Olympic heptathlon He tied with Bode Miller for super-G bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, giving focus on getting ready for the Olympics athletes decided not to take part in order have avoided the problems with athlete to compete in three Olympic gold medal. and not worry about health problems that not to put at risk their health and that of doping that are dogging the games. The 23-year-old accumulated the 6,200 Canada its first Alpine medal in 20 years. points needed for Olympic qualification at He also won two World Cup races. The might arise. their families.” Olympics. Her unusual journey is propelled by “Before the London Olympics there Asked if he was among them, Gasol a love story, which began in 2004. the Hypo-Meeting in Goetzis on Sunday to Canadian team says Hudec’s achievement “We don’t believe we’ve got a Kimani, then 23, was an unknown run- join compatriot Jessica Ennis-Hill in the “is nothing short of remarkable, and we was a lot of things said like ‘they weren’t said: “I am evaluating it like any other major problem in positive doping ner among a number of Kenyans tak- Rio lineup. will continue to embrace Jan as he embarks ready and the traffic was going to be bad’ athlete or person that is considering results, but it’s something we’re ing part in the Salzburg marathon. The Austrian event, won by Canada’s on this next chapter.” (AP) and there was none of that. It was the going to Rio. watching very, very closely,” The amateur footballer and hair and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, was Johnson- ❑ ❑ ❑ best Olympics ever,” said Great Britain’s “Some of my team mates are looking Craven said. beauty student had completed her first Thompson’s first major outing since a knee Farah who plans to take his family mem- to start a family in the near future and The International Olympic operation in October. Anderson, Mellouli win: American marathon a year earlier, “for fun”, on Haley Anderson and Ous Mellouli of bers with him to Brazil. they cannot risk the health of their future Committee announced recently the advice of a cousin. One of eight “The feeling is one of relief more than “All I know is my family and I are all children or wives.” that up to 55 athletes have tested anything else,” she told British media. Tunisia won distance freestyle titles children in a poor family, she finished Sunday night at the Speedo Grand going,” he said after winning his fifth ❑ ❑ ❑ positive for doping in a reanalysis seventh in that debut race and won a “I’ve got a lot to work on between now career 10,000 metre race at the of samples from the past two and then but this is my first time back after Challenge. cash prize. Anderson won the 800-meter free in 8 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon at The World Health Organization’s Zika Summer Olympics. “That was really motivating, so ... I surgery and I know exactly what I need to the weekend. response programme is only 13 percent work on. minutes, 37.93 seconds to go with the 400 The IOC keeps samples of previ- started training,” she tells AFP. free she won Friday at William Woollett An open letter by 150 doctors and funded, “severely” compromising efforts ous games for 10 years. Also on the track in Salzburg was Johnson-Thompson, who finished sixth to combat the virus that is increasingly at Goetzis with 6,304 points, recorded Aquatic Center.