Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, the East Coast Bride will host the sixth edition of the Fujairah International Open Taekwondo Championship (juniors - youth - men), which is organized by the Fujairah Martial Arts Club under the supervision of the International Federation of the game from 16-18 February in the Complex Zayed Sports in Fujairah, with the participation of more than 600 players representing 28 countries from different continents of the world, led by the UAE, which participates with 150 players representing the national team and a number of state clubs, as well as the Arab and Gulf countries, the Czech and Nepalese teams, as well as many stars and champions of Asia and Europe.
This came during a press conference held by the organizing committee yesterday at the Royal M Hotel in Fujairah, in the presence of Abdulaziz Buhendi, Director of the Office of the General Sports Authority in the Eastern Region, Ahmed Hamdan Al Zeyoudi, President of the Emirates Taekwondo Federation and Executive Director of the Fujairah Martial Arts Club, and Nader Abu Shawish, Technical Director to review the latest preparations and the most prominent participants in the event.
At the beginning of the conference, Al-Zeyoudi offered his highest thanks and gratitude to His Highness, the Ruler of Fujairah and his Crown Prince, for the attention, generous care and continuous support of the sports movement, which gave Fujairah momentum and strength in the field of hosting and organizing many world championships, in addition to the concerted efforts between all devices and facilities within the emirate, stressing The completion of all preparations for the launch of the sixth edition, which will be the best in terms of organization and strength of competition compared to the previous tournaments and will achieve many of the desired goals, especially after the tournament was awarded the classification (C2), which is one of the high international classifications to become the first in the Gulf and the second on the level of the Asian continent, and the winning players enjoy positions The first with double classification points, enabling them to participate in the “Grand Prix” championships and the World Taekwondo Championship for teams that will be hosted by Fujairah next December, as well as contributing to the technical return of the championship and spreading the sport of Taekwondo in the countries of the region and developing the level of clubs and national teams by creating opportunities for friction and exchange Real experiences, especially as it brings together many teams and game champions of the sexes yen..
For his part, Abdulaziz Buhendi announced that, coinciding with the "Year of Zayed Al Khair", the Zayed Sports Complex in Fujairah will continue to host many events this year, after the first phase of the project was launched within the framework of the great interest of the wise leadership in sports in the country, describing the complex as one of the largest facilities Sports in the region and a beacon and pride for all athletes and the culmination of the efforts of many years.
The organizing committee revealed the most prominent international players participating in the sixth edition, led by the Jordanian champion Ahmed Abu Ghosh, the gold medalist in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and the Egyptian Hedaya Malak, the bronze medalist in the same Olympics, as well as more than 50 world champions, most notably Uzbek Nikita Rafavovich, ranked first in the world in weight. 74, Russia's Larn Vladischev, the third seed in the 87th category, and Moldavian Aaron Kwok, the previous title holder.
Nader Shawish explained that the tournament includes 100 weights distributed in five categories of "men, youth and juniors" of both sexes, in addition to the cubs’ category, which was adopted in the tournament for the first time under the age of 8 and 11 years, and the aim is to accommodate the number of athletes practicing Taekwondo of these ages. And also to encourage them to enter early international competitions in order to enhance their sportsmanship in a way that they can perform better in the future.