UAE players continued their march of excellence in the competitions of the second day of the Fujairah International Open Taekwondo Championship, which is organized by the Fujairah Martial Arts Club at Zayed Sports Complex in Fujairah under the supervision of the International Federation of the Game and the Emirates Taekwondo Federation, with a record participation of 2,100 male and female players distributed on 80 teams representing 45 countries from different continents the world.
The UAE champions were able to win four colorful medals, most notably the gold won by Fahd Abdul Razzaq from Sharjah Self-Defense Club under 68 kg, in addition to two silvers won by Yasser Samir from Fujairah Martial Arts Club under 48 kg, and Abdullah Zuhair from Sharjah under 73 kg, while Badria Mohammed was crowned From Fujairah with the bronze medal under the weight of 46 kg, the players of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Uzbekistan came to the fore after they succeeded in presenting distinguished performances that deserved to achieve many advanced results, most notably the gold under the 48 kg weight, which was won by the Uzbek Khor Moro, while the Saudi Muhannad Abdullah achieved bronze. The Korean Cho Wongo-wen, President of the International Federation, confirmed his happiness with the great participation of players of both sexes and expressed his admiration for the continuation of the Fujairah Championship, which lights its eighth candle at this distinguished and wonderful technical level, and said that the sport of Taekwondo is witnessing a qualitative leap in the UAE and the Middle East thanks to the Fujairah championships, which contributed to the development of Great, wishing that this tournament would be present every year on a regular basis and thanked His Highness, the Crown Prince of Fujairah for his outstanding support to the game and his contribution to the He also thanked the Emirates Federation and the Fujairah Martial Arts Club for their good supervision and organization, and Zhou Weng indicated that the International Federation was very pleased with the wonderful organization by the Emirates of the Grand Prix and the World Taekwondo Championships that Fujairah hosted last year, as well as awarding a championship Fujairah International has placed it under the umbrella of the International Federation, wishing all the participants success and that the tournament achieve its desired goals.
For his part, Ahmed Hamdan Al Zeyoudi, President of the UAE Taekwondo Federation and Chairman of the Organizing Committee, expressed his pride in the remarkable success achieved by the Fujairah International from year to year, and said: We are very happy for the Fujairah Championship at a high organizational and technical level that led to a prominent development in the game of Taekwondo at the state level through Winning a large number of medals and supplying the national teams with players capable of taking the podiums. He thanked His Highness the Ruler of Fujairah and His Highness the Crown Prince for the attention, generous care and continuous support of the sports movement. He also thanked the International Federation of the Game and the General Authority for Sports Welfare for the cooperation and all those in charge of the championship.
For his part, Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Owais, President of the Sharjah Self-Defense Sports Club, confirmed that the distinguished organizational and competitive performance of the Fujairah Open International Taekwondo Championship made it a world championship parallel to the best tournaments, pointing out that his club is proud of being the most expensive international medals it achieved in the last version and looks forward to the best in the current version.