2024-04-23 21:43:29
Abu Dhabi (Etihad)
The UAE took its tally to 168 colorful medals, following the chess, football, badminton and cycling teams added 13 medals, including 58 gold, 62 silver and 48 bronze. In the medal table, Saudi Arabia continues to occupy second place with 57 medals (27 gold), 18 silver and 12 bronze. » Kuwait ranked third with 57 medals (“14 gold, 21 silver and 22 bronze”). The Sultanate of Oman strengthened its position in fourth place with 42 medals (“16”). gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze), and Bahrain came in fifth place with 36 medals (9 gold, 11 silver and 16 bronze), then Qatar came in sixth place with 21 medals (9 gold, 5 silver and 16 bronze). The U-17 national team won the gold medal in football, following beating their Kuwaiti counterpart 2-0, during the match which took place at the Al Nahyan Stadium.
A double for our national team was scored by Ali Hassan Al Jasmi in the 50th minute and Adel Khamis Moubarak (85th).
Our national team finished its participation with 6 points, tied with the Omani and Kuwaiti teams with the same score, but “Al-Abyad” prevailed in the direct confrontations, while the Omani finished in second place and the Kuwaiti in third place.
At the end of the competitions, the organizing committee crowned the winning teams of the first three places, and the crowning ceremonies took place in the presence of: Mohammed bin Hazam Al Dhaheri, Secretary General of the Football Federation, Amal Bushlakh , member of the organizing committee. of the Gulf Youth Tournament, member of the Football Federation, and Ibrahim Al-Assam, member of the organizing committee, chairman of the media committee, Kholoud Al Dhaheri, member of the organizing committee, and Fahd Al Hosani, member of the board of directors of the Football Federation.
Chess champions won 9 new medals out of the 12 distributed at the Individual Rapid Chess Championship, including 3 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze, bringing our team’s total in the “Game of Smarties” to 21 colored medals, including 10 gold. 5 silver and 6 bronze.
The badminton competitions concluded at the Zayed Sports Complex in Fujairah, with the holding of a team competition, and the Saudi team won the gold medal, following beating the second team from the Emirates by 5 points, 75 -70, following a marathon match in which the players of both teams performed well, bringing the “Green” score to 8 medals, including 4 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.
Our team concluded its tournament campaign with seven medals at the individual, mixed doubles and team levels, as follows: one gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze, the Bahraini Red won one silver and 4 bronze, while the Kuwaiti team won one gold and one bronze. two bronzes.
UAE riders increased our team numbers at the tournament by winning two new medals on the first day of cycling competitions. The team won the gold medal in the team time trial for the youth category, while the Saudi team won the silver medal. , and the Bahraini team won the bronze medal.
Rashid bin Humaid: Record harvest
Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Vice President of the National Olympic Committee and Chairman of the Supreme Committee of the tournament, confirmed following crowning the chess champions that the major Gulf event had achieved great success, through the testimonies of the participants in the tournament, whether they were players, administrators or technicians, and there is a state of satisfaction with the organization and services provided during the event.
He explained that the tournament revealed young Emirati talents and managed to win medals, which represents the beginning of great achievements, because achievements start at the local level, then in the Gulf, then at the Asian and international levels. Participation and interaction with athletes. The Gulf also provides our heroes with multiple experiences and hones their skills. This step will be the start of the global trend.
The Chairman of the Supreme Committee of the tournament highlighted that the UAE champions won a record number of medals, with a big difference compared to the rest of the Gulf teams, which bodes well for the fact that we have administrative skills and strong federations that work to develop their players and achieve good results with them, and we hope that the UAE champions will continue to achieve achievements at the continental and global levels.
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