Emirati sports bid farewell to an “exciting year” and record a record participation of “1.65 million” in the fitness challenge

The team writes the “bitter” side, and Bin Sulayem is “sweeter” in 2021

The year 2021 folded his diary on Emirati sports, recording exciting moments on the "sweet and bitter" levels, including remarkable achievements, the most prominent of which were during the year that witnessed many events and participations, starting with the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, in which the national team participated, and passing through a tournament Olympic Games, then the Arab Cup.

The year 2021 did not pass by sweet moments for the football team, which entered the “dark tunnel”, and went through great bumps during its participation in the World Cup qualifiers scheduled for its finals in Qatar at the end of 2022, and is still suffering from public pressure, as a result of its third place in the ranking of the first group. And he needs great work, in order to ensure that his chances of qualifying are preserved, and the team finally came out of the quarter-finals in the 2021 Arab Cup, and in the Tokyo Olympics 2021, the Emirati delegation participated in four sports, represented by five athletes without any significant achievements.

Despite the failures of the national team and the Olympic delegation, Emirati sports experienced sweet moments through a number of achievements and events hosted by the country, especially the fitness challenge that was held in Dubai, and witnessed one million and 650 thousand participants from various groups of society, becoming one of the largest sports events participating in the scientist.

It also featured the hosting of the World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi and the Formula 1 race on Yas Island, which witnessed an exciting historical rivalry between Dutchman Max Verstappen, who won the title at the expense of Briton Lewis Hamilton. Hosting the historic chess match that was held at Expo 2020, then the achievements recorded by equestrian and motor sports.

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