Abu Dhabi team withdraws from the X-Cat World Championships

The Abu Dhabi Powerboat Team said that it had decided to withdraw from the X-Cat World Championship, which held its inaugural tour in the Emirate of Fujairah over the past few days. It also came as a result of changing its results through the first main race, after the Abu Dhabi boat 4 led by Faleh Al-Mansoori and Shaun Torrente came first, and the Abu Dhabi boat 5 led by Majid Al-Mansoori and Rashid Al-Tayer came second, but because of a change in the laws of the track after the start of the race, which confused the runners The jury crossed out the team’s results and then changed the result again and deleted minutes from the team’s sessions, so that the team’s decision was the final withdrawal from the championship, and the Abu Dhabi 4 boat had also achieved first place in the Kilo Break race yesterday, Sunday, within the second and final day of the championship, but a decision was made. pulling outBecause of the lack of fairness of the Committee in the decisions that were taken.

Ahmed Thani Al Rumaithi, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club, confirmed in a press statement that the Abu Dhabi team’s withdrawal from the championship comes due to the fact that it represents the UAE through competition, and representation must be through a clear championship in terms of arbitration and technical procedures, and Ahmed Thani confirmed The team's reputation and global level does not allow it to exist through a tournament full of refereeing flop and random technical decisions.

For his part, Salem Al-Rumaithi, head of the Abu Dhabi team mission, confirmed that the decision to withdraw came after a continuous series of technical errors that affected the results that the Abu Dhabi team was entitled to and negatively, and said: "What we saw of arbitral injustice and unfairness to the Abu Dhabi team and equality through unjustified penalties came to confirm Final withdrawal from the tournament.

 Al-Rumaithi added: "We hold all the appreciation and affection for the tournament organizers in the Emirate of Fujairah and the Fujairah International Marine Sports Club, and we confirm that they have nothing to do with what happened, as the decisions come from the International Technical and Arbitration Committee in the tournament appointed by the International Marine Sports Federation."

For his part, Talib Sharaf, the technical director of the Abu Dhabi team, revealed the correctness of the decision that was taken to withdraw from the tournament, and stressed that what happened had a negative impact on the contestants and their efforts throughout the competition. Wisdom or awareness in making decisions, and what happened blew up the efforts and equipment of an entire team, we can say that the torrent has reached its peak with the arbitrariness done by the committee in the last race, and therefore in order to preserve the reputation of our team, it was necessary to withdraw.”

For his part, Nasser Al Dhaheri also revealed to Radio Man Abu Dhabi Boat 4 that the last mistake the committee made was in the first race and across its course, as he was responsible for communicating with Abu Dhabi Boat 4, and the committee informed him of changing the course during the race and they were not informed in time, and he said: It happened not only for the Abu Dhabi team, but for four boats participating in the competition, but the Abu Dhabi team was the victim because it was the leader and the biggest victim of this shortcoming in arbitration, as they finished the race in first and second place, and no action was taken during the race.

It is worth noting that the Abu Dhabi team participates in several important championships around the world, the most important of which are the Formula 1 World Boat Championship, the Formula 2 World Boat Championship, the World Aquabike Championship, as well as the Formula 4 World Boat Championship.

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