An unprecedented achievement for the UAE Judo in the Opening of the Arab Judo Championship -Jordan

Ahmed Jasem, Hareb Jumaa and Saeed Al Naqbi are the Golden Heroes

Al Derei: The Arab Youth Title is the Starting Point of the Journey and a Reflection of the Leadership’s Support

By the end of the championship held under the patronage of Prince El Hassan bin Talal, the UAE Team was crowned with the men and youth titles in the Arab Championship for the national teams and clubs represented by males and females.

The championship was kicked off yesterday at the Arena Hall at Amman Al Ahliyya University. The competitions witnessed the participation of 315 male and female players from 17 countries, namely: UAE, Djibouti, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya and Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon in addition to Jordan, the host country.

Noteworthy, the Kuwaiti national team ranked second with two golden medals. Jordan was placed third with one golden medal. The Algerian and Syrian teams also won ne golden medal.

It all started when Harib Abdul Rahman Juma’a won the gold over 100 kg after beating the champions of Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Ahmed Jasim Al Tumairi won the golden medal of under 60 kg category by defeating the champions of Algeria, Jordan, Iraq and Syria in the final match.

Saeed Al Naqbi won the golden medal in the under 73 kg weight category, surpassing the champions of Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Palestine and Jordan in the final match. The championship competitions continued yesterday at the men’s singles level, and the men’s team will play today, Friday, its matches at the team level.

On this occasion, H.E. Mohammed bin Thaloub Al Derei, President of the UAE Wrestling and Judo Association, congratulated the UAE mission for their distinguished achievement. He hailed the achievements of the UAE youth team who won the Arab Youth Championship as an unprecedented achievement for UAE Judo.

He stated: “This would be an incentive for the rest of the team members to achieve more desired positive results during the competitions and in its remaining weights despite the strength of the championship competitions. These competitions include many strong candidate teams.”

Al Derei stressed that the coronation of the young team was a fruitful reflection of the support and direct care of the wise leadership in the sports segment and athletes.
“This achievement also reflected the integrity of the plans and programs recently developed by the UAE Association with its interest in the youth sector,” he said.
He expressed his pride and honor of the Board of Directors for this important achievement, which will inevitably contribute to motivating many athletes in judo and other games, and will also support the march of development of the UAE sport during the coming days.