He finished runner-up behind Estonia.. Saudi Arabia is third

8 Emirati medals shine in the "MK International" Fencing Championship

Emirati starred in the MK International Fencing Championship.

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The national team won second place in the “MK International Fencing” championship for the epic arm, hosted by Hamdan Sports Complex, and organized by the MK Fencing Academy, in cooperation between the Dubai Sports Council and the Emirates Fencing Federation, in which more than 100 players participated, including Olympic champions with medals. Tokyo Olympics.

UAE players won eight colored medals (gold, silver and six bronze), while Estonia topped the overall ranking of the championship with three medals (two gold and one bronze), and Saudi Arabia came third with three medals (gold, silver and bronze).

In the junior category for males, Saif Ahmed from Fujairah Martial Arts Club won first place, followed by Saudi Hassan Abeda, and Romanian Andre Borgela from Steaueh Bucharest Club, and Saleh Al Balushi from Sharjah Sports Club in third place.

In the junior girls' category, the Estonian Luisa Novosjolova won first place, followed by Emirati Zainab Al Hosani, and her colleagues Sheikha Al Zaabi and Habiba Mustafa came third.

In the junior category under 15 years, Saudi Hassan Abed won the first place, followed by the Indian Anvith Yalamanshili in the second place, and Mazen Al-Mahi and Ali Hanaideq from the Fujairah Martial Arts Club in the third place, and in the same category for girls, the British Stevie De La O won the first place, It was followed by the Egyptian Aiten Mohamed, and the American Anastasia Komaru and the Saudi Lamar Hazem Arslan came in third place.

In the men’s open category, Kazakhstan’s Prince Ali Mazhanov won first place, followed by Ukrainian Igor Rizlin, ranked third in the world, a bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and two gold medals in the World Fencing Championships in Switzerland 2019, Kazan 2021, and each of the Bulgarian Balmain Dykov and Svetolzar Askrov are in third place.

In the women's open category, Estonian Katerina Lehs, ranked fifth in the world, won the team gold and individual bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, followed by the Romanian Anna Maria Popescu, ranked second in the world, and the silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in Beijing. Emirati Al-Anoud Al-Saadi and Estonian Luisa Novosjolova ranked third. It is noteworthy that Hamdan Sports Complex hosts more than 50 events annually, including 20 international championships, and is home to more than 20 academies, including the MK Academy for Fencing, which organizes the championship.

• UAE players won gold, silver and six bronze medals.

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