Olympic champion Axelsen decides to reside in Dubai
The Olympic champion, who won the badminton gold in the last Tokyo Olympics, the Danish Viktor Axelsen, revealed his intention to reside and train in Dubai during the coming period and start from it to participate in the world championships.
This step came from the player, which was revealed today, after he set up a successful camp in Dubai that lasted for 10 months before the Olympics at the Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex and Hamdan Sports Complex, which helped qualify him to win his first gold medal in this game after he won the bronze medal in the Rio Olympics. de Janeiro in 2016.
Victor Axelsen visited the headquarters of the Dubai Sports Council to thank its officials who provided him with all the facilities during the preparation phase for the Olympics.
The Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, Saeed Hareb, received the Olympic champion, in the presence of the Assistant Secretary of the Council, Nasser Aman Al Rahma, as they talked about the beginnings of the preparation stage in Dubai for the Olympics and the journey of the Danish champion to win the Olympic gold, and a cake was prepared in the form of an Olympic medal to celebrate the victory of a friend Dubai won the gold, while the champion presented his official shirt to the Dubai Sports Council.
Champion Victor Axelsen confirmed that the Tokyo Olympics gold is the culmination of a 21-year career of training and playing in several international and international tournaments.
He said in a press statement: "I found in Dubai everything that any player aspires to achieve in his sport, where a quiet and safe lifestyle and wonderful areas, in addition to the availability of modern sports facilities and a supportive atmosphere, and the athlete can focus on training and preparation, which was achieved for me during the successful period that I spent it in Dubai and he encouraged me to go back and reside there with my family to continue training and playing, and I can open a badminton academy here after retiring.”
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The Dubai Sports Council received the Danish Olympic and World Champion "Victor Axelsen", the gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympics in badminton, to honor him and celebrate his victory after he set up a successful camp in Dubai that lasted for 10 months before the Olympics at Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex and Hamdan Sports Complex.
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