Ivan bid farewell to judo competitions..Nubian will compete in the last competitions tomorrow
Al-Tamimi: We apologize for not being crowned in Tokyo, and we promise you a medal at “Paris 2024”
Ivan Romanko is out of the 32nd Judo competition.
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Nasser Al-Tamimi.
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The Secretary-General of the Judo and Wrestling Federation, Nasser Al-Tamimi, confirmed that the preparation of the duo of the national judo team, Victor and Ivan Romanco, for the 32nd 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 - “it was done in the best possible way”, but the duo was unable to achieve the expected results during the competitions.
Ivan Romanco had bid farewell to the Olympics in the under-100 kg competitions, after losing to his Canadian counterpart Shadi Al-Nahhas, while Victor was eliminated from the 32nd round of the under-73 kg weight category, and there is nothing left for Emirati sports except for the participation of runner Mohammed Hassan Al-Nubi tomorrow in the 100-meter race, especially after The shooter, Saif Bin Fetais, was eliminated from the skeet competition by coming in 24th place with 117 points, and swimmer Youssef Al-Matrooshi, who finished 50th in the 100m freestyle with a time of 51:50 seconds.
Al-Tamimi said: "We apologize to the leadership and people of the UAE for not being able to achieve an Olympic medal in Tokyo," adding: "The Judo Federation family had hoped to repeat the success of Rio de Janeiro in 2016, in order to delight the leadership and people of the Emirates with a colorful medal, which will be worked on starting from Next September, according to the union’s plan for the next eight years, during the Paris and Los Angeles sessions.”
He explained: "The Judo and Wrestling Federation always considers failure the greatest incentive and motive to work, addressing negative matters and modifying them, and enhancing the positives and gains in every forum," noting that "Victor Skritov's participation, weighing under 73 kg, in the Tokyo Olympics, was distinguished, as he lost with difficulty. And seconds before the end of the match, after he was ahead, the world number two won the world championship, which was recently held in Budapest, and Ivan could not qualify for the preliminary round, after losing to his Canadian counterpart, as he suffered a shoulder injury, the year In the past, he stopped training for a while to recover, but at the same time he expressed his pride in the levels provided and the colorful medals for judo players, whether in the Asian Games or in the world championships.
Al-Tamimi added, "From now on, we promise the UAE audience to achieve a colorful medal in the next Olympic Games in Paris in 2024." He continued, "The Olympic Games have a special and different character from the rest of the benefits, especially judo, in which it is difficult to expect the champion and the loser, given the convergence of levels. , as very simple details can decide the medals for some players, while success is far from some other players, despite the strength of their level and readiness. The matter is unknown when there are the best 20 players in the world, and in the Olympic Games currently held in Tokyo. Many former Olympic champions, and world champions left the Olympic forum without achieving a colorful medal, and exited from the preliminary rounds, as well as many strong and long-standing countries in judo, such as Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia participating in all weights and have not achieved any medals so far, as The budget of preparing playersJudo in Russia $100 million for four years, at an average of $25 million for one year.”
Al-Tamimi revealed that the Wrestling and Judo Federation will start the new preparation stage from next September, where work will be booked for direct qualification cards for three athletes, in order to participate and compete for a colorful medal at the Paris Olympics in 2024, where the women's element of the judo team will be added in this forum.
The International Olympic Committee calls for non-interference in the privacy of athletes
The International Olympic Committee circulated to the National Olympic Committees and all participants in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, not to interfere in the privacy of athletes during the performance of daily exercises and to publish them on social media platforms, leaving the space to focus on their training, with an emphasis on not filming video clips, and sticking to photography only.
Cooperation between the delegations of the UAE and Bahrain
The Assistant Secretary-General for Administrative and Financial Affairs of the National Olympic Committee, Engineer Azza bint Sulaiman, met with His Highness Sheikh Isa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Vice President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, on the sidelines of the participation of the UAE delegation in the Tokyo Olympics, where the importance of strengthening means of cooperation between the two countries was emphasized. The two sides, in addition to reviewing the participation of the delegations of the UAE and Bahrain in the Tokyo Olympics, before exchanging the shields of both committees.
Nasser Al-Tamimi: “It is difficult to predict the champion and the loser in the Olympics, because the levels are close and simple details decide the medals.”
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