2024-03-15 22:08:51
Reda Saleem (Dubai)
More than 3,000 male and female athletes are participating this evening in a running race at the Meydan Track, as part of the activities of the 11th edition of the “Nad Al Sheba Sports Tournament,” which is held under the slogan “Limitless Capabilities,” and continues until March 31, and includes 9 sports games.
The race is held over distances of 4, 5, and 10 kilometres. It is the open category of the 10 kilometer race for male and female citizens, and the open category for men and women. It allows the participation of national and club players, police teams, the armed forces, civil defense, and fitness and athletics coaches. The 5 kilometer race includes the community category, male and female citizens, and the category Open for men, category for senior citizens and residents, men and women, aged 50 years and over. The 4 km race includes open junior categories designated for young men and women, aged 13 and 14 years, and male and female youth, aged 11 and 12 years.
On the other hand, the UAE champions won 7 colored medals in the tournament’s fencing championship, in which 127 male and female players from 14 countries participated. Emirati Khaled Mubarak won the gold medal in the Arab saber for the men’s/international category, while his teammates won three silver medals. Three bronze medals, while Tunisia came in second place with two medals, and Saudi Arabia came in third place with one gold medal, equal with Egypt, then Estonia with one silver medal.
Engineer Sheikh Salem bin Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi, President of the Emirati, Arab and Asian Fencing Federation, Saeed Hareb, Secretary General of the Dubai Sports Council, Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the tournament, Nasser Aman Al Rahma, Assistant Secretary General of the Dubai Sports Council, Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the tournament, and Hassan Al Mazrouei. The course director crowned the first-place winners in various competitions.
On the other hand, the UAE team qualified for the semi-finals in the “Nad Al Sheba Padel Challenge 2024” tournament, which is held in the padel hall at the Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex. Despite its loss in the last match, it qualified alongside the Iranian team, the leaders of the first group, and the Netherlands. Leader of Group Two, with Kuwait.
The Dutch team defeated the Qatar team with a score of 3-0, as the duo Joop de Kroon and Julian Prinz ended the first round by defeating the duo Mohammed Abdullah and Abdulaziz Al Kuwari with a score of 6-1 and 6-2, and in the second round the duo Bart van Abstal and Mino Nalten defeated the duo Mohammed Saadoun. Al-Kuwari and Mohammed Al-Kanji won 6-0 and 6-1. In the third round, the duo of Jort Notenbohm and Thijs Roper defeated the duo of Rayan Abdullah and Jabour Al-Mutawa with a score of 6-0 and 6-1.
The Iranian team topped the first group, after defeating the Emirates team with a score of 2-1, where the Iranian duo Farshed Shahi Mohammadarza Kazemi ended the first round by defeating the duo Abdullah Ahli and Omar Bahrozyan with a score of 6-4 and 6-4, and in the second round, the Iranian duo Aria Rogani won. Hami Golestan defeated the duo Salem Al-Houli and Mohammed Al-Janahi with a score of 6-4 and 6-1. In the third round, the Emirati duo Faris Al-Janahi and Abdullah Al-Abdullah defeated the duo Amirsina Saleh and Sajjad Zarian with a score of 6-3 and 3-0.
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