The UAE sports delegation concluded its participation in the 33rd edition of the Olympic Games, hosted by the French capital, Paris, until August 11, with the participation of 10,500 male and female athletes from 200 National Olympic Committees, competing in 32 sports through 329 competitions held in 35 sports facilities. The UAE participated with 14 male and female athletes, competing in five different games: equestrian, judo, athletics, cycling, and swimming.
The UAE delegation concluded its participation in the Paris Olympics according to the schedule of the five sports, as the rider of our national show jumping team, Omar Al Marzouqi, concluded his participation among the best 19 riders in the final stage out of 75 who participated in all stages of the individual competition, recording eight faults with a time of 83.38 seconds in 19th place, as the youngest rider in the tournament with a historic first participation in the Olympic forums. The show jumping team also concluded its participation in the team competition through the qualifying round competitions in 18th place with a total of 72 faults, with a time of 249.47 seconds.
At the swimming level, Maha Al Shehhi participated in the 200-meter freestyle race, achieving a time of 2:17.17 minutes, 20 hundredths of a second less than her previous record, in 28th place overall, and Youssef Al Matrooshi, who recorded a time of 50.39 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle race, came in 44th place, breaking his previous record of 50.43 seconds, while the national team runner Maryam Al Farsi concluded her participation in the tournament in ninth place in the second round of the 100-meter race with a time of 13.26 seconds, achieving a new personal record.
Our national cycling team player, Safia Al-Sayegh, ended her participation in the road race in the Olympic Games without achieving any result, due to her not completing the race, which was 158 km long, with the participation of 96 players.
The national judo team also ended its participation in the tournament with six different weights through Bashirat Khorudi in the 52 kg weight category, Narmand Bayan in the under 66 kg weight category, Talal Shavili in the under 81 kg weight category, and Aram Grigoryan, who was very close to qualifying for the semi-finals of the under 90 kg weight category, after presenting honorable levels and winning the first and second matches. Zafer Aram also participated in the under 100 kg weight category, and Omar Marouf in the over 100 kg weight category, who was eliminated from the round of 16 due to some refereeing errors after defeating the Algerian champion in the round of 32.
For his part, Vice President of the UAE Athletics Federation, Fahad Abdullah bin Juma, stressed that the participation of runner Maryam Al Farsi in the Paris Olympics is a step in the right direction to qualify Olympic champions at the highest levels to represent the UAE in international and Olympic championships.
“Maryam Al Farsi’s participation in itself is an important achievement that represents a solid foundation for working on the development programmes adopted by the Federation since it took over the reins of power. We were keen to provide the necessary requirements to give her the opportunity to participate in the Olympics and demonstrate her capabilities, as we realise that reaching this stage enhances her ambition and contributes to establishing an honourable image of the Emirati girl and benefiting from the great experience with the elite champions around the world,” he explained.
He added: “We are proceeding with implementing the Federation’s plan, headed by Major General Dr. Mohammed Al Murr, which aims to expand the base of practicing the “mother of games” in the country, and attract new talents and resources that have the ability to represent the UAE in major forums, in an effort to increase the number of male and female players for upcoming participations at all levels.”
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