Yesterday evening, the curtain came down on the competitions of the fourth edition of the Fujairah International Taekwondo Championship (juniors - youth - men), which was highly praised by the International Federation for the game, for its good organization and strong levels of the participating players, who numbered 550 male and female players, representing 58 countries. from different continents of the world.
And the battles of the last day, which were right to hold the conclusion through a strong and exciting competition to win the first places, resulted in the UAE players winning 34 colored medals, including gold, 11 silver and 22 bronze, as follows: In the 49 kg weight, the player Abdul Rahman Al Ketbi was crowned, From the Sharjah Youth Center with gold, while his colleague Firas Abdullah won the second place and the silver medal, and in the weight of 45 kilograms Anas Hussein won the silver, and Jamal Muhammad Al-Bronze, both from Sharjah, and in the weight of 47 kilograms, Sayed Rahma won the silver medal, and in the weight of 53 kilograms Ahmed was crowned The Maghreb from the Black Tiger in Ajman won the silver, while his colleague Saif Kayani from Fujairah won the bronze. In the junior open weight, Hussam Omar from the Black Tiger (Ajman) won the silver, while Amer Ishaq and Khaled Desouki from Sharjah won the bronze. As for the girls’ competitions, they were crowned Nagham El Desouki from Fujairah Martial Arts Club won silver in the weight of 47 kg, while her colleagues Nagham Abdel Bari and Sumaya Kamel won bronze, and in the weight of 52 kg, Sahar Karkar won silver, and in the weight of 55 kg, Reem Mustafa won from Ajman Silver Club. And her colleague Arwa Rafeeq won the bronze.
As for the rest of the results of the final day, they were as follows: In the girls’ category, the gold went to the Jordanian Rama Abu Al-Rub in the weight of 52 kg, and in the weight of 55 kg it was to the Ukrainian Valeria, and in the weight of 59 kg to the French Amina Bint Hasina, and in the weight of 63 kg Sweden's Sepia Lina, Norwegian Hogen 68 kg, and Uzbek Open weight Osipova, while in the women's competitions, Jordan's Lina Dabuki won the first place in the 44 kg weight, and in 46 kg, the Kazakh Dinareh won first place, and her compatriot Zhandilonev won gold in the women's weight category. 49 kg.
In the men’s competitions, the Egyptian Issa Seif won the gold in a weight of 74 kilograms, and the Swedish Elias Al-Maliki won first place in the weight of 63 kilograms, and Ali Al-Yasiri from Bahrain in the weight of 68 kilograms, and in less than 73 kilograms Loay Al-Abadi from Jordan won first place, and in Less than 78 kilograms went to the Kazakh Chingis, and in the open, the Palestinian Muhammad's Bazaar was crowned with the gold. Many gains
During his speech at the beginning of the closing ceremony, Ahmed Hamdan Al Zeyoudi, Vice President of the Fujairah Martial Arts Club and Director of the Tournament, expressed his happiness with the resounding success and great gains achieved by the championship for the fourth year in a row, thanks to the splendor of the organization and the spirit of enthusiasm and determination that everyone showed, which bodes well. The championship continues annually, especially as it has become the largest and largest classification tournament held under the umbrella of the International Taekwondo Federation at the level of the Arab world and the Asian continent, praising the great interest in the tournament by His Highness the Ruler of Fujairah and his Crown Prince, as part of their keenness to support the teams national, and work on the flourishing of various sports, especially the individual games, which serve as a gateway to winning world, international and Olympic titles, extending congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all parties that contributed to the success of the global event.
President of the International Referees Committee: The tournament deserves 9 out of 10
Shakir Shalbat, Chairman of the Referees Committee of the International Taekwondo Federation, announced that the fourth edition of the Fujairah Taekwondo Championship has been a great success, pointing out that it deserves an evaluation of 9 out of 10 in the organizational and competitive aspects. He added that this degree is considered very excellent when any party addresses the organization of a championship with a classification (G2). From the first time he succeeded in this way, and I can say that Fujairah is able to organize a championship with a greater classification in the future.
He pointed out that the reasons for evaluating the tournament to this degree are due to several factors, including the venue of the competitions, which meets all the conditions for success to hold major tournaments, the number of participating international players and the multiplicity of their nationalities and participating countries, in addition to the volume of media coverage that we have seen, which is commensurate with the world championships, especially since it was not limited to On the Arabic language, but spread to other languages, which we saw through the brochure issued by the Organizing Committee in English. It was the best guide and a complete archive for the tournament. It was rich in technical and organizational information. He considered the infrastructure in Fujairah and the place of residence of the participating delegations, which contributed to everyone obtaining equal competition opportunities as well. The presence of international sports leaders for the championship reflects the extent of interest in the Fujairah Championship.