Fares Al-Zaabi has become the first Emirati citizen to practice the sport of "Aldawathlun", which is one of the categories within the game "Althrethalon", and is currently ranked advanced in the game in the world, ranked 55 out of 313 players officially classified by the International Federation of "Althrethalon".

Al-Zaabi revealed to «Emirates Today» that he has been playing the game since 2016, as this started in Abu Dhabi as an amateur player only, before turning to his professionalism in August 2018.

The "dathlathon" includes running games for a distance of 10 km, bicycles for 40 km, then running again for a distance of five km, while in the "triathlon" there is running, bicycles and swimming.

Al-Zaabi said: «I was first discovered by a former player in the game (Iron Man), where he advised me to practice this sport. In the first post, she achieved a bronze category (20-24 years). As for his transition to professionalism, he clarified that he was made after the support he received from the specialized Spanish coach, Omar Gonzales, after his participation in the 2018 World Championship held annually in Abu Dhabi.

He continued, "I underwent a physical and technical test in Spain for three weeks with coach Gonzales, to lead me to the bronze medal in the Arab Championship in Egypt in my first post-professional game, then seventh in the West Asian Championship in Bahrain." He added, "My studies in sports science in Canada helped me to achieve this major shift in the level of professional sport (the athletes)." Al Zaabi said that his next goal is to achieve a major achievement for the Emirates in the Asian Championship 2022, in addition to planning to qualify to participate in the «Olympics 2024». He continued: "The two tasks were extremely difficult, but I am still pursuing them, and there is no impossible for the people of the Emirates," noting that his mastery of five languages, along with his previous involvement in sports while studying in Canada, was facilitated by his professionalism in the game "Aldawathlun".

- Professional game since

2018 and plans

To participate in the future

In «Olympics

2024 ».