Kuwait: Ali Al Dhaheri and Ahmed Jamal Al Din
Today, Tuesday, the national swimming team will inaugurate its participation in the third Gulf Games hosted by the sisterly State of Kuwait during the period from 16 to 31 of this month, with the participation of more than 1,700 athletes from the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, and the UAE is participating in it with 285 male and female athletes participating in 16 individual games The delegation is accompanied by 39 trainers, 24 administrators, and 12 specialists and therapists.
The national swimming team starts its competitions at the Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Aquarium Complex, with Youssef Al-Matrooshi, Salem Ghaleb, Omar Al-Hammadi and Hussein Al-Hammadi.
The men’s and women’s national athletics team will compete on the second day of the tournament tomorrow in Ahmed Al-Rashdan’s field, track and field. Ahmed Hassan will compete in the discus competition. Mayouf Hassan Mayouf will participate in the 800m race, Khaled Khalil Al-Badawi in the 3000m steeplechase, while Fatima Al-Hosani will participate in the discus throw competition, Latifa. Al Kaabi in the triple jump competition, Mahra Abdul Rahim in the 400-meter hurdles competition, Al Marzouki in the 800-meter competition, and the relay team (100 x 4) consisting of Latifa Al Kaabi, Fatima Al Balushi, Mahra Abdul Rahim, and Abeer Al Balushi.
The national shooting team will begin its participation in the Gulf Tournament in 3 competitions held in the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Complex, where Ahmed Al-Hammadi, Dhaher Al-Ariani and Yahya Al-Muhairi participate in the dirt competition by throwing on 75 dishes, while the trio Ahmed Abdullah Al-Amiri, Amin Taher and Muhammad Kamel In the 10m air pistol competition, the shooting competitions also witness the “50m 3 modes rifle” competition by Ibrahim Abdullah, Sultan Hassan and Salem Al Yamahi.
The shooting competitions are held in the tournament according to the new amendments to the law of the International Shooting Federation in the dirt or skeet competition, and the best 8 shooters qualifies in the semi-final and final system, where 4 shooters compete in the first groups and 4 in the second group, with the first and second of each group qualifying to the final round. To compete for the top three positions, while it was usual in the previous system, the best 6 shooters qualified for the finals, competing among themselves to hit the dishes, to determine the top three positions and the colored medals.
At the level of team games, our national basketball team will play its second match in the session, by meeting its Saudi counterpart in the Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah Complex hall at five in the evening, Kuwait time, six UAE time.
The national cycling team arrives today in Kuwait in preparation for participating in the third Gulf Games. The men’s and women’s national cycling team will compete during the period from 19-24 on Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah Bridge. The delegation of the UAE cycling team in the Gulf Games includes coach Abdullah Suwaidan and Sana Madrassi, assistant coach, Hamad Al Tunaiji, the administrative official, in addition to 8 male players: Youssef Mirza, Muhammad Al-Mansoori, Muhammad Al-Mutaiwee, Saif Mayouf, Khaled Mayouf, Jaber Al-Mansoori, Ahmed Al-Mansoori and Walid Al-Naqbi. Salman, Sheikha Issa and Zahra Hussein.
And Eng. Azza bint Suleiman, Assistant Secretary-General for Administrative and Financial Affairs of the National Olympic Committee, discussed with Khaled Al-Marshoudi, Consul in the UAE Embassy in Kuwait, ways to support our sports delegation participating in the third Gulf Sports Games.
During the meeting, which was held using visual communication technology, Bint Suleiman stressed the importance of joint coordination with the country’s embassy in Kuwait, as it has become an approach followed by the National Olympic Committee during all the forums, benefits and sports courses in which it participates in the name of the UAE, in order to facilitate the mission of the entire participating delegation. .
Abdul Malik Jani, Chairman of the Futsal Executive Committee, thanked and appreciated the sisterly State of Kuwait for hosting this great Gulf event, which includes a large number of players and games, which confirms Kuwait’s ability to organize and host major tournaments and sporting events, praising the efforts of the National Olympic Committee and its decision to participate The largest number of athletes in various games in the Gulf championship, which reflects the keenness of the Olympic Committee to advance the sport of the Emirates by attending all sports forums to highlight the status that sports have reached in the country.
Jani indicated that the Futsal Executive Committee was keen to participate in the third edition of the Gulf Games through the participation of our national team in the tournament, stressing the team’s readiness and ability to appear in the required honorable image, which reflects the distinguished level that the game has reached in futsal in the country. .