The national team of the under-21 junior jujitsu team won medals for the second day in a row at the World Jujitsu Championship which is currently being held in Abu Dhabi at Mubadala Arena, Zayed Sports City, from 16 to 24 November, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office.

The UAE champions raised their tally to 39 colored medals, having won five medals yesterday, by three gold, silver and bronze.

Zayed Alkatiri won the gold in 56kg, Omar Al Fadhli in 62kg, Mohammed Ali Al Suwaidi in 69kg, while silver in the same category, Dhiab Al Nuaimi in 56kg, and bronze Saeed Al Hajj.

In addition to the results of the second day, the number of medals: 12 gold medals, 11 silver, in addition to 16 bronze medals, to maintain the national team to lead the overall standings with these results, which came in first place, followed by Russia with 14 medals (six gold, two silver and six bronzes) Poland came in third place with six medals (four gold and two bronze), then Poland in fourth place with five medals (two gold, two silver and bronze), while Belgium came in fifth place with nine medals (gold, four silver and four bronze).

The winners were crowned by FIA President Panayiotos Theodoropoulos, Vice President of the Jujitsu Federation, Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee of the tournament, Mohammed Al Dhaheri, Board Member of the UAE Jujitsu Federation, Yousef Al Batran. Joaquim Thomfart, International Federation of Jojetsu, a number of national federation presidents and AFC executive office officials, as well as ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps of participating countries.

For his part, Mohammed Al Dhaheri expressed his full satisfaction with the good results achieved by the UAE champions over two days, pointing out that «these achievements confirm that the UAE is moving in the right direction, and that the gains achieved by the UAE is not only organizational, but also technical and promotional to the UAE, as The global capital of the jujitsu, where our players were well-thought for them, and provided impressive performance over the first two days ».

Al Dhaheri said: “Regarding the organization, we are proud of the testimonies and feedback we receive daily from the participating delegations. We have not received any complaints so far, and here I would like to thank all the teams in the tournament, whether from within the Federation or volunteers or government departments that cooperate with us. I also thank the crowd who attended the two-day fights, and the parents who stood behind their children and supported them, and we expect the achievements and medals to continue in the coming days until the end of the tournament on the 24th. ”

He added: "We congratulate our brothers in the Sultanate of Oman on the National Day, and wish them continued development and renaissance under the leadership of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, and we use this occasion and this world championship to convey our good feelings towards the brotherly Omani people." The Union General Supervisor of the national teams, Yousef Al-Batran, the results of the UAE youth and youth team in good, stressing that «the players did what they have in the first and second days, but the rest of the categories awaited a great task, and our confidence without limits, and we accept only podiums, and we want to The joy of Naga is complete H organizational achievements on the ground and medals decorate the breasts of heroes, as always used to them ».

He said: «The results achieved by young people, and the global leadership so far, confirms that the future of the game in the UAE is fine, and that the strategy set for the deployment and development of the game achieves its goals, and yet we learned from working with the President of the Asian Federation and the UAE First Vice President of the International Federation, Abdul Moneim Al Hashemi, That ambition must be renewed after each tournament, and we seek more at every occasion, and that the number one on top of the world is the desired goal, under the support and patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. , For sports in general, and for "Especially the jujitsu."

Yousef Al Batran congratulated the brothers in Oman on the National Day, wishing them continued development and prosperity, and expressed his happiness at the deep fraternal relations between the leaderships in the two countries as well as between the UAE and Omani peoples.

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Gold medal won by the UAE champions, with the conclusion of the second day of the World Jujitsu.

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November, the closing date of the World Jujitsu Championship is being held in Abu Dhabi.

Alkatiri: I have had difficult struggles

"I am very happy to be able to win the gold," said champion Zayed Alkatiri, a 56kg gold medalist. "This medal is the culmination of my great efforts during the last period. The UAE is on the podium, which is the most important achievement for me, and I will continue to strive to improve my level until we reach the Black Belt in the future. ”

Al-Suwaidi: My focus was on gold from the start

Mohammed Al Suwaidi, the 69kg gold medalist, said: “I was honored to represent my country in the tournament, which occupies a special place for me, as it is held on the land of the capital of tolerance Abu Dhabi. I have to concentrate on the qualifying stage and focus on winning to the end, which I have been able to achieve, and of course, today's gold brings me one step closer to my most important goal of advancing and representing the men's team. ''

Fadhli: I reject the idea of ​​content with what I have achieved

“I cannot say in words how proud I am to get the gold, to climb the podium and play the national peace,” said Omar Fadhli, the national team's national team star. Today, my career started in the under-15 category, then under-18 years, and I graduated in belts until I had the privilege of representing our team today in the under-21 category. "The effort to return the beautiful given by the homeland."