The 14th edition of the Fazaa Fi Fi Al-Hayari championship, organized and supervised by the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Center for the Revival of Heritage, at the Hamdan Sports Complex, enters the final stage after the curtain fell to the qualifiers yesterday, with the participation of a large number of stars in the three categories of professionals, Gulf and youth, representing 12 countries. According to the tournament system, the top 10 in each category qualify for the final rounds.

The results of the professional category resulted in the Croatian top branco, who previously won the professional title and broke world records, ranked first in the professional category and was the first to qualify for the finals after achieving a time of 9:33:66 minutes, and the Croatian players took control of the following positions and booked their places in Finals where Velgano Zanko came in second with a time of 8:33:34 minutes, the third was fellow countryman Goran Kulak with a time of 8:29:21 minutes, the fourth was their teammate Bodamir Sobat, fifth Polish Matuse Jan Malina (champions of last season) and sixth South African Christopher Erling , And the seventh Egyptian Ali Mahfouz, Eighth South African Hans-Dieter Boseger, and the ninth Yemeni Ismail Mansour, Egyptian and X Tamer Adel.

The Omani Ibrahim Al-Sulaitani succeeded in the leadership of the Gulf class, after he won the first place with a time of 8:10:50 minutes, and came in the second place of Kuwaiti Hassan Al-Sharah with a time of 6:36:97 minutes, and the third Saudi Tariq Al-Zuhairi with a time of 5:33:80 minutes, and the fourth Kuwaiti Abdullah Al-Omran, the fifth Omani Abdullah Al-Farsi, the sixth Omani Khamis Al-Araimi, the seventh Saudi Suhaib Al-Zuhairi, the eighth Omani Omar Al-Oraimi, the ninth Saudi Mohammed Al-Balawi, and the tenth Saudi Abdul Rahman Al-Balawi.

In the junior competition, 10 players qualified for the finals, the Kuwaiti Ali Al Sharah, who led the qualifiers, recording a time of 3:29:52 minutes, and citizens dominated the rest of the centers, where came in second place Suhail Hashem Al Marzouqi with a time of 3:10:97 minutes, and the third Hamad Mohammed Al Marzouqi With a time of 2:50:43 minutes, the fourth Sultan Al-Suwaidi 2:27:27 minutes, the fifth Hamdan Al-Askar, the sixth Abdulaziz Abdel-Marzouki, the seventh Hamad Abdullah Al-Zarouni, the eighth Muhammad Karam, the ninth Marwan Al-Ghafli, the ninth Nasser Hashem Al-Marzouki, and the tenth Khaled Omar Al-Bishr.

The Director of Championships Department at the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Center for the Revival of Heritage Souad Ibrahim Darwish expressed her happiness at the continuation of the tournament annually, stressing that the increase in the number of young people compared to the previous versions, to constitute 42% of the total participants in this tournament, is evidence of the role played by the center to maintain On the heritage heritage and its transfer to the young, and the championship has become a destination for professionals and has become known at the level of many countries.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the tournament, Hamad Al-Rahoomi, said: “The event annually witnesses a great momentum at the level of participation, and the tournament has become known to everyone who practices diving, in addition to the diversity of categories that opens the door for everyone to participate, whether young people, professionals or citizens, and the tournament depends on recording numbers And from one year to the next the numbers increase and over the course of 14 years the numbers are broken annually, and we measure the success of the championship through the numbers that are achieved and the participants who are keen to participate annually ». He added that the championship started in the sea with one category and after that it developed significantly and reached three categories, and that its establishment in Hamdan Sports Complex is like conveying a tourist image of the establishments in the country, especially that the complex is one of the establishments that we are proud of in the world, in addition to managing the championship electronically Underwater photography, and in the organization we have reached the professional level, and electronic devices that define all the arrangements for the participants.

Al-Balushi: I strive to be a hero

Emirati Ibrahim Jassim Al Balushi (Junior category) expressed his happiness at participating in the tournament, and said: “This participation for the third year in a row, and my experience in the first year was good, which prompted me to continue, I received encouragement from my family, and I always participate in the championship, and of course I wait for all A year of qualifying for the final rounds, and although I participated for three years, I have not won any position, and in the future I look forward to being a diving champion in the Emirates. ”

Ibrahim (15 years old), who is studying in the ninth grade, added: "The championship is great and the organization is good. We do not face any problem in training or qualifying, and even if I leave the qualifiers, I will be in the finals in order to follow the stars of the world in diving."

Marzouki: I was lucky

Hamad Mohammed Al Marzouqi, one of the stars of the youth’s championship, says: “I achieved a distinguished level in the past years, and I participate for the fourth time, and last year I succeeded in achieving the second position, and this year I aspire to win the first place, and the ambition is boundless, and I follow closely the world champions participating in Tournament, and I aspire one day to be like them. ”

Regarding his pre-tournament training, he said: “I train before the tournament for a month, and I remember one and a half minutes in the first post, and now my numbers have increased, and with the intensification of training for a longer period I started to achieve goals, I was lucky because my older brother practiced diving, and I followed in his footsteps, Today I consider it a sport better than swimming. ”

- Increasing the number of young people is an indication of the role the center plays to preserve the heritage.

- The event is witnessing a great momentum, as the championship has become known to everyone who practices diving.

Souad Darwish:

"An increase in the junior category to constitute 42% of the championship participants."

Hamad Al-Rahoumi:

"The event is witnessing a qualitative and professional jump in work."