He starred in the 50-meter air rifle shooting competitions at the Paralympic Games

Al-Ariani imitates the UAE "Tokyo Gold"... The historical tally rises to 5 medals

Ramy team People of Determination Abdullah Al-Ariani reviews the gold medal.

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Yesterday, the golden shooter Abdullah Sultan Al-Ariani won the gold medal in the 50-meter air rifle shooting (Sikton 3 modes), giving the UAE its first gold-colored medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, which is currently being held in the Japanese capital until the fifth of this September, and the historically fifth for the sports of owners Emirati enthusiasm in the history of Paralympic participation since the first gold in the Athens 2004 session, and the 21 colored in total medals (5 gold, 10 silver, and 6 bronze) since the Sydney silver in 2000.


Al-Ariani gold came to raise the UAE’s yield in “Tokyo 2020”, to The second colored medal, after Muhammad Al-Qayed’s bronze in the 100-meter wheelchair race, Al-Ariani also added to his personal balance his second gold medal in the Paralympic Games after the London 2012 shooting gold, in addition to his fifth colored medal, after he was crowned in Rio de Janeiro 2016. Three silver medals.


Al-Ariani also became the second state athlete of determination to win his second gold medal in the Paralympic Games, after the gold medalist Muhammad Khamis, who won the gold in powerlifting in Athens 2004 in the weight of 97 kilograms, and followed by the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro 2016 in the weight of 88 kilograms.

And Al-Ariani's fingerprint in "Tokyo 2020" bore the title of the fifth gold.

Al-Hamli: Ascending the podium did not come from a vacuum


The head of the delegation, member of the International Paralympic Committee, Mohamed Mohamed Fadel Al-Hamli, said that our heroes ascending the podium did not come from a vacuum, but it is a natural result of the unlimited support provided by our wise leadership to people of determination.


Al-Hamli thanked Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, for his communication with the mission in Tokyo and his keenness to congratulate them on the achievement of our hero Abdullah Al-Ariani, noting that His Excellency's words to our hero raised the enthusiasm and made the members of the mission happy.


Al-Hamli praised the great effort made by our Olympic champion Abdullah Al-Ariani and the technical and administrative bodies over the past period to reach this result, reach the podiums, honor the state and raise its flag high in the sky of Tokyo.

Harvest of Emirati sports for people of determination in the Paralympics:


Al-Ariani adds to his tally a second gold in the Paralympics after the London 2012 gold

Sydney 2000 (4 colored medals)


Gold: -


Silver: 3


Bronze: 1


Athens 2004 (4 colored medals)


Gold: 1


Silver: 1


Bronze: 2


Beijing 2008 (colored medal)


Gold: -


Silver: 1


Bronze: -


London 2012 ( 3 colored medals)


Gold: 1


Silver: 1


Bronze: 1


Rio de Janeiro 2016 (7 colored medals)


Gold: 2


Silver: 4


Bronze: 1


Tokyo 2020 until September 3rd


Gold: 1


Silver: -


Bronze: 1

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