Ali Maali (Dubai)
The story of the father and three sons imposed itself on the international fencing stadiums, where Dr. El-Sayed Sami, and his sons, Ahmed, Muhammad and Mahmoud became an exciting phenomenon in the international fencing stadiums, where the father and sons climbed to the global podiums and their necks were decorated with gold medals in a phenomenon that we can call unique in the world fencing.
In the recent World Championships in Dubai, which took place in Hamdan Sports Complex, the father, who is the coach of the Egyptian national team, with his two sons Mahmoud Mohamed, climbed to the golden podium and crowned the Pharaohs team first in the world under 20 years, and this sports family came from the city of Tanta in Gharbia Governorate, which is far from The city of Cairo is 100 km away, to make a beautiful history not only for Egyptian sports, but also for Arab sports.
In Dubai and during the World U-17 and 20-year championship, the star of this golden family emerged, with Mohamed El-Sayed and his brother Mahmoud, under the leadership of coach father Dr. El-Sayed Sami, winning first place in the fencing sword, excelling with them, along with the other duo in the team’s ranks: Muhammad Yassin and Muhammad Jaber, and this time The first in the world for a father and two of his sons to climb to the golden platform in the world of fencing.
Father El-Sayed Sami is a professor at the Faculty of Physical Education at Tanta University, technical director of the Egyptian national team, Mohamed, 18, and Mahmoud, 16, who won the world gold by defeating the American team.
Wants. Mr. Sami (54 years old) said that what he presents with his children is already a global phenomenon, because no coach and his sons have won so many world titles and gold medals, noting that the next goal is not only the World Cup, or world championships, but will be the Paris 2024 Olympics. a legitimate goal.
Mr. Sami said: “During the period from December 2021 until February 2022, we achieved many global achievements, namely: winning the individual and team gold in Uzbekistan in the World Cup and the same in Bahrain, and the team gold in Belgrade, Serbia, as well as the first in Africa.”
He added, “Before Mohamed and Mahmoud starred, they were preceded by Ahmed, the eldest son, who won the first bronze medal in the history of Egypt in the Senior World Cup in Kazan, Russia 2021.”
He said, “Egyptian fencing has become a school in the game world, whether in terms of coaches or players, thanks to the wonderful policy pursued by the Federation’s Board of Directors led by Abdel Moneim Al-Husseini, President of the Egyptian Federation, Vice President of the International Federation.”
He continued, “I feel great pride with my sons on the podiums, which is a feeling of imagination, and such matters have greatly increased the shares of arms trainers for Egypt, and it is sufficient to indicate that the largest number of arms trainers in America are the Egyptians, especially since we surpassed them in the match.” final.”
He added, “The history of Egyptian fencing is long, but the leap and crowning of medals came at the hands of the local Egyptian coach, although there are many foreign coaches who took over the task, but in recent years the Federation has used the people of confidence and local experience, and this contributed to building bridges of positive work among the members of the apparatus. Technical, players and game association.
The golden coach gave advice to the Emirati player and families in the field of the game, saying: “In order to create a hero in this game, it is necessary to spend initially on the game in terms of equipment and tools, establishing external and internal camps, and participating in various international tournaments, and of course this is relatively expensive, but it is a very important step. On the way to reach the world, and this is what I made with my children.”
He added, “The land of this game is fertile in the UAE, through the presence of capabilities and stadiums, as well as the presence of the presidency of the Asian Confederation, as well as the presidency of the Arab Federation for an Emirati figure, which is another motivation for further development.”
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