Olympic champions Mohammed Al Qaid and Sara Al Sinani are holding the UAE's hopes of winning the first gold medals at the World Athletics Championships for the People of Determination, which will be unveiled today, and competed for their titles since the seventh of this month, 1500 athletes from 120 countries. Al-Qayed defends his world record in the 800m wheelchair race in the T34 category, and raised his current tournament to the third medal after the silver of the 400m and bronze 100m, while Sanani, the first Olympic medalist in the history of women's sports The UAE, which achieved in Brazil 2016, made its debut in the «World Cup Dubai», competing for the title shot shot in the category «F33». The UAE's hopes of increasing the medal yields are also counting on Aisha Al-Khalidi, who will compete alongside her teammate, Sara Al-Sinani, before the World Cup, Maryam Al-Zeyoudi, takes the lead in the F-40 shot put.

Marcus jumps to the hat-trick in the long jump

The German, Marcus Rehme, hat-trick and his third consecutive victory, in the World Cup for the people of determination, in terms of the long jump competitions for the category «T64», after he succeeded in capturing the gold medal and Rehim first place in Dubai, with a jump of 8.17 meters, leading a difference Dmitry Faudi of France finished second with 92 centimeters, while South Africa's Mpumelito Mlong came third with a leap of 7.07 meters. Reham commented on his seventh golden win in the history of his participation in the World Cup, and the third in a row, saying in a press statement: «The defense of my title is the goal I aspire to, this medal gives me the achievement of hat-trick respectively, and the seventh in my career in the World Cup, I am proud of this achievement and look forward to investing this momentum in achieving the next goal of winning a medal in Tokyo 2020. ”

Tunisia maintains the lead of Arab teams

The Tunisian team maintained its top position in the Arab teams by finishing ninth in the overall standings with 10 medals (five gold, two silver and three bronzes). Mohamed Naguib and the silver of the women paid shot put to the category (F52) with the player Nassima Saifi, the latest bronze 200 meters category "T51" with Mohammed Rahal, to advance the "warriors of the desert" to the ranks of Arab teams, and the 15th place in the championship.

China are close to clinching the title by retaining, for the sixth day in a row, the overall lead with 52 medals (23 gold, 20 silver and nine bronzes), comfortably ahead of Brazil with 36 medals (14 gold, eight silver and 14 bronze). .

Al Kaabi sets a new record

The young player in the national team, Mohammed al-Kaabi, set a new personal number in the shot put competitions in the category «F36», with a throw of 12.66 meters.

Although the 23-year-old Al Kaabi is only seventh in the overall standings, 3.6 meters from the Russian, Vladimir Sverdov, who came in first place with a new world record, but Kaabi is among the talents pushed by the Union of People of Determination to gain the experience of friction elite Stars of the World, as part of the Al Ittihad program to build future generations of sport for people of determination, complete the journey of current stars, the size of Mohammed Al Qaid and his colleagues from the list of the UAE Olympic champions.

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