High hopes for 5 players

The Jiu-Jitsu team arrives in Birmingham for the 2022 World Games

The Jiu-Jitsu team prepared well for the tournament.

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Yesterday, the delegation of the national jiu-jitsu team arrived in Birmingham, USA, to participate in the 2022 World Games. The team's list includes Faisal Al Ketbi (85 kg), Muhammad Al-Omari (77 kg), Muhammad Al-Suwaidi (69 kg), and Shamma Al-Kalbani (weight 63 kg), and Balqis Abdul Karim Abdullah (weight 48 kg).

The tournament began on July 7, with the participation of 3,600 male and female players from 100 countries around the world in more than 30 different sports, but the Jiu-Jitsu competitions will be held on July 15-16.

For his part, the Secretary-General of the Jiu-Jitsu Federation, Fahad Al Shamsi, stressed that the prestigious position that the UAE jiu-jitsu has reached and the global leadership that the country has achieved in the field of the game, would not have seen the light without the unlimited support of the wise leadership of sports and athletes, and its wise vision that formed the basic building block for the advancement of the sport of Jiu-Jitsu Underline the achievements in world championships and forums.

Al Shamsi said in a press statement that "the UAE's participation in the World Games in a range of different sports has become a familiar sight, due to the great progress achieved by Emirati sports, especially jiu-jitsu, where our players are at the top of international rankings, and constitute a difficult number in all tournaments." .

Al Shamsi praised the performance of the two players Shamma Al Kalbani and Balqis Abdullah during the last two seasons and their achievements that qualified them to become the first Emirati women to represent the nation in the World Games, wishing them success in enhancing their record of achievements and successes.

Shamma Al-Kalbani competed in the 63 kg category, with the participation of Slovenian Maya Pofsnar, Israeli Roni Nesimain, Thailand's Uraba Sinatham, Ukraine's Bogdana Golub, and American Tainara Widginand.

In the 69 kg category, Mohammed Al-Suwaidi will compete with French Valentin Blumenthal, Israeli Vicky Daboush, Belgian Florian Bailey, American Carlos Velasquez, and Panamanian Alejandro Adrian Milord.

As for Mohammed Al-Omari, who is competing in the 77 kg category, he is likely to face Bahraini Ali Monfardi, Israel's Nimrod Reader, Poland's Robert Henick, American Kim Edmund, and Mongolian Pat Bayar Patsokh.

Faisal Al-Ketbi is competing in this version of the 85 kg category, and he will have to face the Colombian Kevin Chiurvo, the Israeli Sar Shemesh, the Kyrgyz Abdul Rahman Haji Mortada Leif, the Jordanian Badr Al-Khuzai, the Polish Macieg Kozak, and the American Campos Eliwinai de Abreu.

Balqis Abdullah also competed in the 48 kg weight category and had great chances of achieving an achievement in light of her recent results in the world championships and the Asian Championship and her distinguished record of medals in all the age stages in which she represented the team.

Bilqis Al-Hashemi is likely to face Germany's Irina Brodsky, Thailand's Kanjutha Patharabonsorn, Singapore's Mai Young Tae, Canada's Vicky Huang, Dutch Genevieve Bogers and Ukraine's Oleksandra Rossetska.

 The squad list includes Faisal Al Ketbi, Muhammad Al-Omari, Muhammad Al-Suwaidi, Shamma Al-Kalbani and Balqis Abdulkarim.

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