Abu Dhabi (Etihad)
The judo team will return at dawn tomorrow, Monday, from Kazakhstan, after the successful participation in the Asian Judo Championship for elite champions, which was held in the city of Nur-Sultan. Fifth in the overall ranking “Asian” and first “Arab”.
The judo team was crowned the “Arabs of Asia”, after winning gold in the under 100 kg, bronze under 81 kg, fifth in two weights and seventh in weight, while Japan came at the top, followed by Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan “golden” for each, such as The harvest of our team, which ranked fifth, outperforming ancient teams in the field of the game, and therefore the new achievement is wonderful by all standards, and is added to the record of a series of recent foreign achievements.
Mohammed bin Thaloub Al Derei, President of the Wrestling and Judo Federation, renewed his happiness with the impressive results of the UAE Judo this season at the external level, and represents an investment in the interest that the youth and sports sector finds from the wise leadership, in light of the continuous unlimited support and generous care for promising talents in all fields, in addition to the efforts of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council. , which contributed to the presence of the UAE sport in the international external sports forums, which reflected the name of the Emirates, and raised its flag fluttering high among the advanced nations in those fields.
Ibn Thaloub indicated that the first judo team enters an internal camp after its return today in Dubai, and will last for 4 days, until the date of departure on August 12, to Turkey, as part of the country’s delegation to participate in the fifth session of the Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkey until August 18, provided that He rests for 10 days before the Budapest camp in Hungary for 3 weeks, after which the team will move to the Georgia camp until next October 2, in preparation for the World Judo Championships, which will be held in Uzbekistan from 2 to 12 October, before hosting the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Judo Championships, from 21 to 23 October.