The travel of the national team swimmer and Al Wasl Youssef Al Matrooshi to Tokyo

The Board of Directors of the Swimming Federation approved the travel of Al-Wasl club and national team swimmer Yousef Al-Matrooshi to the Japanese capital, Tokyo, to participate in the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020), accompanied by Al-Wasl swimming coach Marwan Hafez. The Board of Directors also decided to participate in the Gulf Games in Qatar next August.

The Secretary-General of the Swimming Federation, Abdullah Al-Wahaibi, confirmed to "Emirates Today" that the board of directors decided to apologize for not participating in the Asian Games this year, while it decided to participate in the Gulf Games and the Arab Games that will be held in Abu Dhabi next October.

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