Omar Al Fadhli succeeded in breaking the world record, which he set for himself last year, by combining the two world gold jujitsu in the youth and adult categories in one year, where he repeated the achievement, yesterday, for the second year in a row at the World Jujitsu Championship, currently held in Abu Dhabi, Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Executive Office of Abu Dhabi, with the participation of 69 countries from different continents of the world, after winning the World Championship for adults, which is the second in the current tournament Three days ago.
With this achievement, Omar Al Fadhli is the only player in the world to combine the gold medals of youth and adults in two consecutive years in the weight of 62 kg.
Rising champion Zayed Al Katheri also managed to register his name in letters from Noor as the first player in the world to combine the gold and youth gold in the weight of 56 kg in one year, when he was crowned, yesterday, weight gold for adults in the competitions that started at 9 am in the swap Arena.
The two gold medals achieved by Omar Al Fadhli and Zaid Alkatheeri raised the UAE balance in the championship to 43 colored medals, including 16 gold, 11 silver, in addition to 16 bronze, which puts the UAE in the first place in the world ranking in the competition (NWAZA) after the seventh day of the tournament, which It is organized by the International Federation of Jiu-Jitsu, in cooperation with the UAE Federation, from 16 to 24 November.
The event was attended by the President of the UAE and Asian Federations, First Vice-President of the International Federation, Abdel Moneim Al Hashimi, the President of the International Federation, Greek Panayiotos Theodoris, the Vice President of the Emirates Jujitsu Federation, Chairman of the Supreme Organizing Committee, Mohammed Salem Al Dhaheri, and the Board Member of the Emirates Jujitsu Federation Executive Director, Fahad Ali. Al Shamsi, Board Member of the Emirates Mwai Tai Executive Director, Tariq Al Muhairi, and a number of IJJ Executive Board officials.
For his part, Abdul Moneim Al Hashimi congratulated the UAE heroes on the unprecedented achievements, stressing that it is the best gift presented to the homeland in the celebrations of the National Day, and that the heroes of the jujitsu are always keen on their presence in national events achievements and initiatives, because one of the goals of the sport jujitsu is to promote the feelings of belonging to the country and his leadership.
"The tournament unveiled new faces that presented themselves as champions deserving future sponsorship in various categories," he said.
Alkatiri: The struggles were very strong
Zayed Alkatiri, the world gold medalist for the 56 kg world, said that the five struggles were very strong, noting that he finished three struggles by pushing the opponent to surrender, and two points and preference, adding: «The semi-final against the Kazakhstan champion was the most difficult, given the strength of the Kazakh player, "The fight ended in a draw in everything, and then the referees decided to win, given my positive attitude."
Fadhli: The most difficult battle was against the French champion
The 62-kg world champion, Omar Al-Fadhli, expressed his great joy at his achievement.
`` All the players I have faced in the World Championship I have faced before, some of whom have defeated them and some of whom I have not defeated, '' he said, `` but the most difficult battle is the semi-final against the French champion, who adopted a lure to do his best in the first five minutes. "Finish him in the last minute after exhausting his effort."