The General Secretariat of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Innovation, one of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, has announced the allocation of a session at the Al Habtoor Hilton Hotel The young creative heroes who won medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016 and the 2018 Youth Olympics in Argentina, as part of the award's efforts to support young Arab athletes and motivate them to achieve more achievements and Olympic and global titles, especially the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Speakers include: Olympic taekwondo champion Ahmed Abu Ghoush of Jordan, gold medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016, Olympic fencing champion Enas Boubakri of Tunisia, bronze medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and Mohammed al-Asiri of Saudi Arabia, gold medalist in karate at the Olympics. Youth in Argentina 2018, Ahmed Al Jundi from Egypt, the modern pentathlon champion, gold medalist at the 2018 Youth Olympics, Fatima Zahra from Morocco, the winner of the Taekwondo gold at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and equestrian champion Omar Al Marzouki from the UAE. The silver medal at the Olympics itself.

“The Award's invitation to young athletes to participate in the conference is a continuation of the award's efforts to motivate Arab creative athletes and increase the number of Arabs from Olympic and international medals,” said the press release. A message to all young and emerging athletes about the importance of training to develop talent, competitiveness and win in international sports forums, as well as the role played by the athlete in his society and his honorable representation of his country. These young athletes in one conference with Olympic legends and international figures led by Karl Lewis, Kirsty Coventry and Mohamed Rashwan, together with the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Tunisia and the UN representative, confirms the natural status of the champion and qualifies him to be in one sports forum with these influential international figures in sport » .

The statement added: “The General Secretariat of the Award has invited invitations to the leaders of sports federations and institutions and workers in the sports sector and universities to attend the conference and benefit from what will be presented by all speakers and in various topics related to the slogan of the conference and achieve its objectives. In addition to the opportunity for the sports audience in the country and the athletes in the Arab countries to benefit from the sessions of the conference and what will be presented during it, where the conference will be broadcast live via channel T Dubai Sports, Abu Dhabi Sports, as well as through social networking accounts and official website of the award ».

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