Dubai (Union)
The first batch of the delegation of our national youth and youth fencing team left yesterday evening for the Uzbek capital, “Tashkent”, to participate in the Asian Junior and Youth Championship, which started this morning and will continue until the third of next March, with the participation of more than 350 players representing 18 countries.
Engineer Sheikh Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, in his capacity as president of the Asian Confederation, is scheduled to inaugurate the activities of the tournament, which is the first of the federation’s championships to be held under his presidency in the new electoral cycle.
The statement issued yesterday by the Fencing Federation confirmed that Eng. Sheikh Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, President of the UAE and Arab Federations and President of the AFC, will head the delegation of the national team participating in the tournament, which includes 21 players and players, including 9 under 17 years old, and they are: Saleh Al Balushi, Masoud Al Muhairi, and Sultan Al Abri Issa Al-Zarouni, Muhammad Al-Muhairi, Faris Al-Balushi, Al-Hayyam Al-Baloushi, Laila Al-Sayari and Ezza Al-Kaabi, in addition to 12 players and players under the age of 20, who are: Mohammed Al-Mazmi, Hamed Al-Mazmi, Shehab Al-Jaabi, Khalifa Al-Kaabi, Ahmed Mubarak, Sultan Al-Abri, Shamma Al-Shehhi and Zainab Al-Hosani, And Sheikha Al-Zaabi, Fajr Al-Mazwaqi, Nourah Al-Buraiki, and Shahd Khurram. The delegation is accompanied by coaches Osama Adel, Sergey Pinel, Georgy Liminov, and administrator Nevin Suleiman.
Engineer Sheikh Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi stressed that our team’s preparations have continued over the past months, whether through daily training and periodic gatherings, in addition to international participation in many international tournaments in European countries, including Spain, Ukraine, Bulgaria and others, as well as external camps organized by the Federation with the team. Egyptian in Cairo. Regarding the tournament’s competitions, Sheikh Salem Al Qasimi stressed that the Asian Championship is one of the strongest international tournaments, due to the participation of many champions of the game from developed Asian countries, such as Japan, China, Korea and others, which have world champions in various weapons, expecting fierce competition for the tournament’s competitions, and said: We have great confidence in our players to achieve outstanding results so that Emirati fencing is always present in all international forums, especially that our sons and daughters have the determination and determination that makes us optimistic about achieving results that meet expectations.
