A New-fangled Accomplishment Achieved by the UAE Sports The UAE Men’s Judo Team Wins the Gold Title in the Arab Judo Championship – Jordan.. Al Derei: The New Achievement Makes Us Proud and We Look forward to Progress to a New Stage

The UAE National Judo Team succeeded in adding a new title to the UAE sports by winning the title of the Arab Judo Championship for the men’s category with 3 medals (two gold and one bronze) and the fifth place in the under-73 kg weight category. The new achievement was realized following winning the gold medal in the under 73 kg weight category for youth yesterday.

The two players, Majo Maarouf and Nojzari, won the gold medals, and Khalifa Al Hosani won the bronze medal. Meanwhile, the young player Saeed Al Naqbi ranked fifth after winning the gold medal in the under 73 kg category yesterday.

Clinching the new golden achievement and the Arab golden title were achieved following playing against big teams who participated in the Arab Judo Championship for men and women teams.

The competition was held at the Arena Hall at Al Ahliyya Amman University under the patronage of Prince Al-Hassan bin Talal and would continue until 31st March 2022 with the participation of 16 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.

H.E. Mohammed bin Thaloub Al Derie, President of the UAE Wrestling and Judo Association, was keen to contact Mr. Nasser Al Tamimi, Secretary-General of the UAE Wrestling and Judo Association and the Secretary General of the International Judo Federation, representative of the International Judo Federation in the tournament, and Mohammed Jassim Al Sajwani, Assistant Secretary and Member of the Arab Judo Federation and Head of Mission.

Al Derei congratulated the players, coaching teams and admin staff for this newfangled achievement, which is to be added to the series of distinguished results achieved by the team during its current championship and winning the title of the Arab Championship for Youth and Men as well.

He stated: “These honorable results are the reflection of the great technical level of the team members they exhibited during this tournament. They are armed with determination, strength of mind and the desire to overcome challenges with sights set to win the title and raise the name of their country high through the Arab sports event. I wish the men, women and youth teams all the best of success to achieve more victories for UAE sports.”

On this occasion, the mission players expressed their thanks, appreciation, and pleasure by Al Derei’s phone call and stressed that the achievement is attributed to the care and support that the team received from the wise leadership and the efforts and follow-up of the President of the Association personally.

They all added that the team looks forward to continuing to reap the achievements in the upcoming tournaments, in a way that enhances the progress and prosperity of the UAE sports has already reached in various fields.

H.E. Mohammed bin Thaloub Al Derei, President of the Association, directed to honor the UAE judo champions for their new achievement.