Majed Al-Osaimi: “Tokyo Medals” are the result of determination and great sacrifices from the two stars
Al-Ariani and Al-Qayed challenge the “disease and the long camp” to gift the UAE the “Paralympic achievement”
Abdullah Al-Ariani, who won the shooting gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Mohamed Al-Qayed won bronze and silver in the 100m and 800m wheelchair races.
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Majed Al-Osaimi: The three medals raised the balance of the "People of Determination" medals in the Paralympic participation to 22 colored medals.
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The head of the Asian Paralympic Committee, Majed Al-Osaimi, confirmed that the achievements of the "people of determination" team in the "Tokyo 2020" Paralympic Games, which were closed on the fifth of this September, came after sacrifices and insistence to shine in the Olympic forum, both for the golden shooter, Abdullah Al-Ariani, who endured the pain, was sincere and worked hard in the exercises until the Emirates gifted the gold of the shooting competition, despite his difficult pathological conditions and the risks of kidney failure, or Muhammad Al-Qayed, who underwent a training camp outside the country for six months, away from his family and homeland, and then went directly to Japan And he was able to win bronze and silver in the 100- and 800-meter wheelchair races.
Al-Osaimi told "Emirates Today" that "the medals achieved by the champions in Tokyo came as a result of persistence and sacrifices," and explained: "Al-Ariani went through health conditions that we do not wish for anyone, and he resisted that by relying on a strict diet and medicines, in order to attend the exercises, whether Here in the country, or in Tokyo, in order to raise the flag of the state high, and to gift the UAE a new gold medal, which is the same thing that counts for the sacrifices of Muhammad Al-Qayed, who endured being away from his homeland and his family for a long time in an external camp in Thailand, and heading directly to Japan, and was able Writing a new chapter of achievements. He explained:“Al-Ariani in Tokyo was afraid that symptoms of the disease would come during his entry into the shooting competitions, which require the athlete to have a great deal of mental and physical focus, and he kept on a strict diet program, which helped him avoid aggravating his health, and he was able to shine and achieve gold, and this is the medal His fifth personality in the Paralympic Games, having previously won the shooting gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and three silvers in Rio de Janeiro 2016.
He added: “Al-Qaid made many sacrifices, as he organized in an external camp, and showed great determination not to leave Thailand until heading directly to Tokyo, to avoid any quarantine that might keep him from training. The UAE has two new medals, which he added to his Paralympic achievements record, as he raised his yield to the fifth colored medal, after silver and bronze in the 100 and 800 meters races in London 2012, and followed them with the gold of 800 meters in Rio de Janeiro 2016 ».
And he concluded: "When Abdullah Al-Ariani was crowned gold in Tokyo, with the playing of the national anthem, he rose with courage over pain to the top of achievements, and the coronation of the leader came to reflect that the people of the Emirates are up to the responsibility in maintaining the record of achievements in the Paralympic Games, especially that Al-Ariani's three colored medals Al-Qayed has raised the medals of People of Determination in the history of Paralympic participation to 22 colored medals since the Sydney 2000 Games.
• Al-Ariani suffered due to illness and suffered from pain and won the gold medal.
• The leader has been in Thailand for six months before heading directly to Tokyo.
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