Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah and Honorary President of the Emirates Taekwondo Federation, the competitions of the seventh edition of the Fujairah International Taekwondo Championship will start at nine o’clock this morning, 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 Federation of The Emirates Taekwondo activities will continue until February 3, with a record participation of 1257 male and female players, distributed among 80 teams representing 40 countries from different continents of the world.
Ahmed Hamdan Al Zeyoudi, President of the Emirates Taekwondo Federation and Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee, confirmed the completion of all preparations for the launch of the seventh edition, which will be the best in terms of record participation, organization and strength of competition compared to previous championships. He also thanked the General Sports Authority for cooperation and hosting the tournament at Zayed Sports Complex in Fujairah.
For his part, Abdulaziz Buhendi, Director of the Office of the General Sports Authority in the Eastern Region, announced that, coinciding with the "Year of Tolerance", the Zayed Sports Complex in Fujairah continues to host many events this year within the framework of the great attention paid by the wise leadership to sports, describing the complex as one of the largest sports facilities in the region. A beacon and pride for all athletes and the culmination of the efforts of many years. A number of participants expressed their great admiration for what the complex contains of the latest international specifications as well as distinguished service facilities, and the lists of participants were filled with many stars and champions, led by the Uzbek champion Nikita Rafavovich, ranked first in the world in the weight of 74 And the Russian Larn Vladischev, the third seed in the 87th category, the Moldavian Aaron Cook, the previous title holder, the Jordanian Ahmed Abu Ghosh, the gold medalist in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the American Steven Lamden, the Belgian Jawad Al-Ashhab, along with the player Milica Mandic from Serbia, the Brazilian Aris Silva, the French Rahaya and Jane, in addition to the Egyptian Hedaya. Bronze-medal winner Malak and Moroccan champions Wiam Deslam and Hakima Meslahi Wang And our national team.
Nader Shaweesh, technical director of the Fujairah Martial Arts Club, explained that the tournament includes 100 weights distributed over five categories of "men, youth and juniors" and is supervised by 70 international referees led by Belgian Abdel Haq Shabibi, Vice-Chairman of the Referees Committee of the International Federation, while the international will be Maher Mukabla, who is one of the judges of the edition. of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, as an observer of the tournament.
The first day’s competitions include promising talent competitions from 6 to 9 years and from 9 to 11 years for boys and girls, while tomorrow the official opening ceremony will be held in the presence of the sponsor of the tournament and will last for about an hour and include performances by the Korean teams of the International Taekwondo Federation, then the final match of one of the weights and honoring the strategic partners This will be preceded by the men’s and women’s competitions in the morning period, while the weighing process will be conducted for the men’s and girls’ competitions, which will be held on the third day of the competitions.