China leads the overall standings with 23 medals at the end of the second day
Al-Qayed seeks to repeat Rio's achievement in the "Tokyo Paralympic"
Al-Qayed carries the hopes of Emirati sports at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
From the source
Paralympic champion in athletics, Mohamed Al-Qayed, participating in the 16th Paralympic Games, currently hosted by the Japanese capital, Tokyo, until September 5, with the participation of 4,400 athletes from 162 countries, seeks to repeat the achievement of 2016 when he won the gold medal in the “Rio de Janeiro” version. In addition to the London 2012 medals, "Silver and Bronze".
Al-Qayed will make his first participation in the Tokyo Games, the day after tomorrow, in the final of the 100m race in wheelchairs, among a group of world champions.
Obaid Al Zaabi, coach of Mohamed Al-Qayed, confirmed that the Corona pandemic “Covid-19” affected Al-Qayed’s preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games during the last period, as countries closed their doors and it became difficult to establish any external camps at that time, especially in Thailand, with which we have a cooperation agreement and exchange of experiences. Our hero's camps are always held there.
He said: “We tried to remedy this before the start of the Tokyo Paralympic competitions, and we started preparations six months before that, and the leader participated in the external camp in Thailand in order to recover what he had missed, in addition to our keenness to intensify training by conducting two training sessions a day, and we overcame the obstacles that we faced due to the Corona pandemic, but we did not Our hero has yet to reach the desired level.”
Al-Zaabi added: "We are looking forward to winning a medal, but we do not know its color, and we wish our veteran champion Mohamed Al-Qayed success in the Tokyo Paralympic competitions."
It is noteworthy that coach Obaid Al Zaabi retired from playing in 2010, to become involved in the training corps as an assistant coach, until he took over the training of our Paralympic champion Mohamed Al-Qayed in 2014, and succeeded with him in winning many championships, including two gold medals in the Asian Games (South Korea), and 3 medals. At the 2015 World Movement and Amputation Games: gold, two silver and bronze, 3 gold in the Gulf Cooperation Council Championship in Qatar, 4 gold in the Asian Championship in Dubai, a gold in the Paralympic Games "Rio de Janeiro", and a gold in the World Championships in Dubai, and our hero Mohamed Al-Qayed has a registered Olympic number In his name (min. 4.24), and the best Asian number (15.41).
In the same context, our international referee, Ahmed Al Hammadi, achieved an unprecedented achievement in the world after he recorded his seventh consecutive participation in the successive Paralympic Games, since his first appearance in Atlanta in the summer of 1996, as part of the refereeing crews for the powerlifting competitions for People of Determination, an achievement that has never been done before It was achieved by any Arab or international referee, as Al Hammadi became a source of confidence for the International Paralympic Committee and the International Federation of Powerlifting for People of Determination.
Chinese lead
China dominated the overall standings for Paralympic medals at the end of the second day of competition and succeeded in displacing Australia, which topped the rankings on the first day. The Chinese people won 23 colored medals (8 gold, 5 silver, 10 bronze), while England ranked second with 17 medals (6 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze), and Russia came in third place with 17 medals (6 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze), and Australia's ranking fell to fourth place with 14 medals (6 gold, 2 silver, 6 bronze).
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