Yesterday, the delegation of the Taekwondo team for girls in the Fujairah Martial Arts Club, and the representative of the UAE national team, left the country for the Jordanian capital, Amman, to participate in the Al-Hassan International Taekwondo Championship, which will be held from the fifth to the eighth of this July. Besides Fujairah Martial Arts, the Sharjah Youth Center is also participating. , In addition to players from the youth of Fujairah.
The delegation of the national team is headed by Nader Abu Shaweesh, the official of the International Relations Committee in the Taekwondo Federation, next to Zubaida Al Yamahi (administrative), and the participation of Fujairah players and their representation of the national team in the first international participation is the most prominent event of Emirati women’s taekwondo, represented by nine players: Badriya Muhammad, Suad Rashad, Maryam Rashad, Fatima Issa, Shamma Hassan, Rawan Muhammad, Aisha Mubarak and Athba Ali Basem, in addition to coach Mariam Mustafa. The Hassan International Taekwondo Championship is considered one of the strongest tournaments in the world and is classified (G1) and has the participation of more than a thousand players from different countries of the world.
Brigadier General Ahmed Hamdan Al Zeyoudi, President of the Emirates Taekwondo Federation, praised the selection of nine players from the Fujairah Martial Arts Club to represent the country in an international championship for the first time and urged them to perform high and honorable, commit to sportsmanship and make the best technical and physical efforts to represent the UAE in the best way, pointing out that international participation will have An important role in supporting and developing women's taekwondo, and participating in this ranked tournament will add to them many benefits.
For his part, Nader Abu Shaweesh, technical director of the Fujairah Martial Arts Club, described participating in the international championship as an opportunity for UAE girls to confirm their outstanding ability in various types of sports, especially combat, noting that just going through the experience is an achievement of the goals set to support women's sports, however, he did not rule out achieving The team's international medals.