Jamaica will, for the first time have the benefit of coaches from China in seven sporting discipline.

A letter of exchange sealing a technical cooperation project on sports was signed yesterday between Minister of Sports Olivia grange and his Excellency, Niu Qingbao, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of china to Jamaica. It sees Jamaica benefiting in the sporting disciplines of swimming, synchronized swimming, badminton, gymnastics, volleyball, football and basketball.

During the project, which runs between 2018-2020, Jamaica will send a group of approximately 138 athletes, coaches and other support personnel to china for a stay of two months, during which time they will experience training and competition in china.

The project which also includes the provision of equipment is being funded by the Chinese government to the tune of us 7million dollars.