His events and pictures made headlines in newspapers and agencies

Global interest in "Dubai Snow Sports Week"

  • "Dubai Snow Sports Week" was held at Ski Dubai in the Mall of the Emirates. Photography: Patrick Castillo

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"Dubai Snow Sports Week", organized by the Dubai Sports Council and Majid Al Futtaim, at Ski Dubai in Mall of the Emirates, on last Friday and Saturday, issued headlines, agencies, channels and international news magazines from different continents of the world, as they praised the event that is held for the first time in Region, and achieved great success and wide participation of different nationalities, ages and physical levels.

A press release from the Dubai Sports Council said yesterday, "The British newspaper Telegraph has shed light on this event, with the publication of pictures of the Snow Run."

The statement read: “CNN Arabia published an extensive article about the event on its website, which is watched by millions from all countries of the world, and pictures and news from Dubai Snow Sports Week were also broadcast on the Korean site (Yonhap News), which singled out complete pictures of the event. As well as the French Agency, Getty Images, the European News Agency, the Associated Press, the World Robotley News, Russia Today, the news pages of the global MSN and Yahoo, the European news magazine (Epin), and the Daily Breaking website. American News, the Indonesian sports newspaper D-Tech, the European Ski Planet site, and the Indian newspaper Malyala.

The Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, Saeed Hareb, Assistant Secretary-General Nasser Aman Al Rahma, and Director of Majid Al Futtaim International Skating Company, Mohammed Al-Atri, had crowned the winners of the snow jogging and skateboarding competitions, which concluded the day before yesterday.

Buti Al Nuaimi won the first place in the snow runway race, followed by Mohsen Al Ali, and the British George Crowe in third place, and in the women's category, the British Pia Hanske won the first place, followed by the Finnish Marjana Raki in the second place, and the Georgian Diana Jogi Tedz came in the first place. the third.

In the skateboarding competitions, Emirati Ahmed Talal won first place in the open age group for men, followed by Spain's Isidore Coma in second place, and Emirati Hamid Al-Ansari ranked third. In the U-16 youth category, Emirati Butti Hashemi won first place, Rashid Marwan ranked second, British Andre Zanmsky ranked third, and in the under-12 category, South African Zander Coetzi won first place, followed by American Woody Hubborn in second place. The Egyptian Omar Abu Talib came in third place.

In the open age group for women, Czech Zuzana Homolkova won first place, followed by Emirati Fatima Saif in second place, and Aisha bin Thani came third.

Highest rating

The contestants who participated in the competitions praised the organization and expressed their happiness for this unique experience of running in the snow during the summer, as they gave the event the highest rating on the Beremer Online website for sports racing, and wrote letters of thanks and gratitude. A press release said, "The activities organized by the council over the past period witnessed the participation of hundreds of beach and marine sports fans."

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