The Asian and Pacific Senior Judo Championships, hosted by Fujairah at the Zayed Sports Complex, continued under the supervision and organization of the Fujairah Martial Arts Club in cooperation with the Asian Game Federation and the Emirates Wrestling and Judo Federation, and its activities will continue until the 23rd of this month, with the participation of 286 male and female players from 39 Asian countries, and yesterday's results resulted. About our national team player Victor reaching the semi-finals and approaching the podium, after he succeeded in overcoming three players in the second morning opening round by defeating the Chinese player Kyung Deg Balascor the Golden, after he started his career in the tournament by defeating the Turkmen player Shatalik and the player Li Wing « Hong Kong”, while he lost the match to reach the gold medal against Uzbekistan’s champion Toriv Balascor gold according to the list of the International Federation, after they tied in the official time of the tournament, and the tournament witnessed the loss of Bahraini player Reem Sultan Ann Shangrim in the under 73 kg weight, and the victory of Australian Calvin over a national team player. Al-Shabab Khalifa Al-Hosani, and in the strongest confrontations in the morning period, the Iranian player Muhammad Mohammadi won the Golden Score, Ali Makhmadov (T. Pakistan) to reach the semi-finals.
Kazakhstan leads ت
As for the teams, the Kazakhstan team led the opening round with one gold, two silver and two bronze medals, thanks to the brilliance of its player, Yerlan Sarkistov, who won the gold in the under-66 kg competitions at the expense of his compatriot silver Zumknov, and the silver of the player and Tija Berdakh, and the Japanese team came in second place with the gold of player Luga Genki, along with Silver and two bronze, and in third place, DPRK, with gold from Kim Jin, along with bronze, Uzbekistan in fourth place with gold from Diora, and in fifth place with China by Li Yanan, who won the first gold in the tournament.
This morning, the third round of the championship will resume, through heavyweight competitions at the men's and women's level, and witness the participation of our player Ali Hassan Al-Darmaki in the weight above 100 kg, and the player Evan in the weight of under 100 kg.
Honor and Appreciation
On another line, the Asian Judo Federation honored Mohammed bin Thaloub Al-Dari, President of the Emirates Wrestling and Judo Federation, during the opening ceremony of the championship, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, in appreciation of his efforts to support and develop the game and his contributions in establishing the values of tolerance and love among members of the game At the Asian and global levels.
Kuwaiti Obaid Zayed Al-Enezi, Vice President of the International Federation and President of the Asian Judo Federation, confirmed that honoring Mohammed Al-Dari with the Asian Sports Tolerance Medal coincided with the UAE Year of Tolerance initiative, to be a translation of that humanitarian message he is keen on, and his continuous contributions to the establishment of Olympic values and his encouragement of fair play and equality among people.
For his part, Mohammed bin Thaloub Al-Dari confirmed that the Asian honor confirms the confidence of the continental and international sports institutions in the UAE and its pioneering initiatives, considering the honor to all the sports family in the country, which confirms, with the dawning of the sun every day, that it is a country of friendship, tolerance and peace, and will remain a stop for peace advocates, whose foundations he laid The late founder of the state, God willing, Sheikh Zayed, may his soul rest in peace, and our wise leadership is following in his footsteps.