The activities of the Olympic camp began yesterday in Fujairah to select the taekwondo referees who will participate in judging the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, which is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, and organized by the Fujairah Martial Arts Club and under the supervision of the International and UAE Federations of Taekwondo and Karate, and the camp will continue until the 27th of This month, with the participation of 100 referees representing 35 countries from different continents of the world, 20 referees will be chosen for the Olympics in Brazil, in addition to the presence of 5 referees from the Emirates: Eid Fairouz, Zayed Al Suwaidi, Rashid Mubarak, Abdullah Sorour and Ismail Al Hammadi. Ahmed Hamdan Al Zeyoudi, director of the Fujairah Martial Arts Club, thanked His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, for the generous care, support and continued interest in all aspects of sports, and comes in Taekwondo, considering the establishment of the current camp as an opportunity for the best rulers of the world to prepare optimally for the upcoming Olympics, stressing that the Fujairah Arts Club The combat team is doing everything in its power to make the current Olympic camp a success and achieve its desired goals.
For his part, the Swede Shakir Shalabat, Chairman of the Referees Committee of the International Federation, expressed his satisfaction and happiness with the good organization and the high and high level preparation that preceded the launch of the camp paragraphs.