Al-Muhairi: The first batch will leave on the 18th of this month
12 athletes of determination represent the UAE at the "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games"
Part of the coronation ceremony of the golden quartet, Mohamed Khamis, at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games 2016. From the source
Abdullah Sultan Al-Ariani leads the shooting team at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020.
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Mohamed Al-Qayed leads the athletics team in the "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games".
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Thebian Al-Muhairi: “The list is a mixture of elements of experience and young blood.”
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The Secretary-General of the UAE Paralympic Committee, Dbyan Al Muhairi, revealed a list of 12 players, who represent the UAE in the Paralympic Games "Tokyo 2020", which begins on August 24 and will continue until the fifth of next September, in a list that combines the achievements of the champions. The two gold medalists, Muhammad Al-Qayed, Muhammad Khamis and Abdullah Sultan Al-Ariani, and the young blood who recorded their first historical presence in the Paralympic Games with Ahmed Nawad in athletics, in addition to the first appearance also for women’s shooting with Aisha Al-Muhairi, and bicycles via Ahmed Al-Mutaiwee.
Al-Muhairi told "Emirates Today", "The adoption of the list for the players and players of the team came on the qualification numbers that they achieved in their recent participation, in a list that reaffirmed the chances of the Emirati sport of determination to reap more achievements at the Paralympic level, especially that it includes stars for them. Their position on the world stage, the size of Mohammed Al-Qayed, the world record holder in the 800m wheelchair track, and Sultan Abdullah Al-Ariani, who won the shooting gold in 2012, and followed her with three silvers in 2016, in addition to the gold medalist Mohammed Khamis Al-Saei to his fourth Paralympic medal, after the two golds in Athens 2004, Rio de Janeiro 2016, and Beijing silver 2008.
He added: "The list came as a mixture of elements of experience and young blood, in addition to the historical first appearance in competitions in which state athletes have never been in the Paralympics, as the young Ahmed Awad in Tokyo records his first participation and competes in the same category with Mohammed Al-Qayed in the wheelchair track races, The Emirati girl also succeeded once again in confirming her position on the world stage, after Aisha Al Muhairi became a player in the country among the athletes of people of determination participating in shooting competitions, and the same with Ahmed Al Mutaiwee, through which Emirati bicycles recorded their first participation in the Paralympic Games as well.
He continued, "The team of people with strength is the largest in the mission, and includes, besides Mohamed Al-Qayed and Ahmed Nawad, champions who have made their mark on the international scene, such as Noura Al-Ketbi and Sarah Al-Junaibi, who gifted the state in 2016 the first women's medals in the history of the Paralympic Games, in addition to Maryam Al-Zyoudi, who has many Achievements in both discus and javelin throwing competitions.
He continued: "The first batch of the Emirati mission will leave for Tokyo on August 18, with the shooting team, which includes, alongside Aisha Al-Muhairi and Abdullah Sultan Al-Ariani, both Saif Al-Nuaimi and Abdullah Saif Al-Ariani, who have remarkable achievements at the level of world championships and Paralympic courses."
Al-Muhairi referred to the new addition to the bicycles, and said: “Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mutaiwee has succeeded, well-deservedly, after a track record of participation and achievements since 2017, in the racing against the clock and the road, and he has great chances to continue his brilliance and put his mark on the podiums. in Tokyo.
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