UAE national team players in six games: arch and arrow, golf, karate, swimming, judo and billiards, won 43 new colorful medals during the 13th day of competitions of the first Gulf Youth Games “Emirates 2024”, which the country is hosting until the second of next May under the slogan “Our Gulf is one…our youth is promising.”
Thus, the UAE strengthened its lead in the general ranking of the participating countries with 274 medals, while Saudi Arabia won 30 new medals, continuing to occupy second place, Kuwait maintained third place, Qatar came in fourth place, then Bahrain and Oman.
Results and medals
Today’s 13 competitions witnessed the brilliance of the UAE national bow and arrow team, which led at the end of the competitions at the Sharjah Police Officers Club with 22 colored medals, including 10 gold, 7 silver, and 5 bronze, ahead of the Qatar team, which came second with 6 medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver, and a bronze, and the Saudi team third with 5. Medals, including 4 silver and one bronze, followed by Kuwait fourth with one bronze.
In karate, the UAE team won 5 medals (two gold and 3 bronze) on the final day of individual kata and team kumite, raising its overall tally to 23 medals, followed by Kuwait in runner-up with 14 medals, Saudi Arabia third with 9 medals, and Qatar in fourth place with two bronze medals.
In judo, the Saudi team won the judo championship, which concluded at the Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi. “Al-Akhdar” topped the list with 7 medals, including 5 gold and 2 silver, and the Kuwaiti team came in second place with 8 medals, including 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze. In third place was the bronze, and the UAE team came in third place with 8 medals, including a gold that went to player Saif Al-Hammadi in the underweight competition. 60 kg, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals.
In swimming, the UAE national team won 8 new medals in the swimming competitions held in the Mohammed bin Zayed Sports City Center swimming pool, raising its tally to 18 colored medals, 4 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze, bringing our team to fifth place in the overall standings.
The Qatar national team maintained the top spot in the overall standings, followed by the Kuwait national team, then Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and then Oman in sixth place.
In the billiards competition, the Saudi national team excelled in the singles and doubles competitions with 9 balls, and Bahrain in the 8-ball competition, as part of the billiards championship competitions that were held in the Izone Club hall in Dubai. UAE billiards won 3 bronze medals.
Our team dominates the golf crown
Our national golf team dominated the podium by winning the first three places at the individual level, and won the team gold at the conclusion of the competitions at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Our team won the gold medal after finishing the competition, with a total of 22 strokes above par, with a total of 670 strokes. The Omani team won the silver medal, with 102 strokes above average, with a total of 750 strokes. The Saudi team won bronze, with 157 strokes above par, with a total of 805 strokes.
The Emirati superiority was complete at the individual level, as Rayan Ahmed won the gold medal, Mohammed Skaik won the silver medal, and Thomas Nesbitt won the bronze.
Qatar and Kuwait win the basket 3 vs 3
The Qatar team won first place in the 3-on-3 basketball game, at the Al-Thiqa Club for the Disabled in Sharjah. The Saudi team came in runner-up, and Kuwait came in third place. In the women’s competition, Kuwait was crowned first place, Saudi Arabia runner-up, and the UAE (A) team came in third. The winning teams were crowned by Sheikha Rawda bint Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, accompanied by Major General Ismail Al Gergawi, President of the Emirati and Arab Basketball Federations, Qais Al Dhali, President of the Asian Rugby Confederation, member of the National Olympic Committee, Dr. Ghassan Tashkandi, President of the Saudi Basketball Federation, and Muhammad Saad. Al-Moghaisib, President of the Qatari Federation, Chairman of the Gulf Basketball Coordination Committee, Dr. Tariq bin Khadem, President of Al-Thiqa Club, and Abdul Latif Al-Fardan, Vice-President of the UAE Basketball Federation.
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