Swimming Federation: The costs of preparing Youssef Al Matrooshi exceeded 100,000 dirhams

The UAE Swimming Federation issued an official statement, revealing that "the costs of preparing the national team's swimmer, Youssef Al Matrooshi, exceeded 100,000 dirhams."

He stressed that this comes within the framework of the Federation's keenness to support the team's swimmer, and in cooperation and coordination with the General Sports Authority and the National Olympic Committee.

The federation said it did not seek recognition or credit for doing its duty.

The union's statement criticized recent statements issued by the "Swimming Supervisor at Al-Wasl Club", without naming him, in which he was exposed to the work of the union and that he did not support Youssef Al-Matrooshi as required.

He said that the federation secured security approvals for the swimmer's travel due to his young age, and set up "two camps before traveling to participate in the Egypt International Championship (in which he achieved eight new numbers), and before participating in the Olympic Games in Tokyo", including the costs of training in Hamdan Sports Complex, and that All this was done in cooperation and with the support of the General Sports Authority.

He stressed that the federation was not late in responding, with the support of the authority and the National Olympic Committee, to all the needs of Youssef and his companion, the coach of the national team Marwan Al-Hattawi, saying that the federation sought with all its relations to support Al-Matrooshi to be ready for Olympic participation, and he also said that he was also able to Helping him secure a job that guarantees his future, so that he can devote himself completely to the national mission.

The statement indicated that Youssef Al-Matrooshi was informed of obtaining the last payment of his pocket money in the Egyptian International Championship, and that this was the last of the late belongings of the player, and the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federation, Juma Al-Balushi, visited Al-Wasl Club three days before the player’s travel, and it was confirmed From the completion of Al Matrooshi's preparations for travel, and that he is not missing anything.

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