Swimmer Yousef Al Matrooshi bids farewell to the Tokyo Olympics

Today, the national team swimmer, Yousef Al-Matrooshi, bid farewell to the 32nd Summer Olympic Games hosted by the Japanese capital, Tokyo, from July 23 to August 8, with the participation of 11,839 athletes, competing in 33 sports, with 339 competitions in 48 sports facilities. . Al-Matrooshi participated in the third round of the 100-meter freestyle race, and scored a time of 51:50 seconds, in the category that included nine rounds, with a total of 70 swimmers. The best eight times in the final round taking place today.

The UAE is represented in the Tokyo Olympics by five players in four sports, they are: Saif bin Fattis, the shooter of our national team, who ranked 24th in the skeet competition with 117 points, and Victor Sktov, the judo player, who left from the 32nd round in the under-73 kg weight, and Youssef Al Matrooshi in swimming. The 100-meter freestyle, while our under-100-kg player, Ivan Romanco, will meet his Canadian counterpart Shadi Al-Nahhas in the 32nd judo competitions, with team runner Mohamed Hassan Al-Nubi ending the UAE's participation in the Olympic forum on the 31st of this month in the 100-meter race.

Al-Matrooshi stressed, in a press statement, that his swimming career is still continuing to achieve more, and strive to win medals and achievements in the name of the nation in the future, especially as he has finally completed his 18th year, which opens the way for him to develop and refine, and smash personal and local numbers.

He indicated that he aspires to participate in the next Paris Olympics in 2024, and the next in Los Angeles in 2028, which he will prepare for from now on, and to benefit from the first Olympic experience.

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