The ISSA leadership has concluded a successful visit to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, highlighting the achievements of athletes from its 57 NOCs and signing Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with four international federations.

ISSA President HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal was in Paris with Secretary General Nasser Majali, strengthening the organisation's relationships with International Federation and NOC leaders.

At the Olympic Games, which ended on Sunday 11 August, ISSA athletes won a total of 84 medals, with Uzbekistan leading the way with eight gold medals. 

This is an increase of seven medals compared to the 77 won at Tokyo 2020. Iran and Azerbaijan also excelled with three and two gold medals respectively, placing three ISSA members in the top 30 of the global medal table.

For the first time, Albania won two bronze medals in wrestling, demonstrating the growing strength of theISSA in the Olympic arena. These outstanding performances highlighted the potential of sport within the organisation.

In addition to its presence at the Games, the ISSA made significant progress in its transformation by signing Memoranda of Understanding with International Federations in renowned sports such as volleyball, taekwondo, karate and Muay Thai in preparation for the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

These agreements establish principles for the inclusion of these sports in the upcoming Games, promoting peace, diversity and humanity.

The ISSA continues to set new standards for its multi-sport event and to collaborate on educational programmes and the fight against doping, match-fixing and violence in sport. The organisation plans to sign more MoUs in the near future to strengthen its people-centred sports movement.