The Jiu-Jitsu team wins two gold, one silver and two bronze medals
6 medals adorn the chest of the UAE champions in the "Birmingham World"
The champion of the national jiu-jitsu team, Faisal Al Ketbi.
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The UAE raised its tally to six colored medals in 26th place in the World Games in Birmingham, USA, with the participation of 3,600 athletes from 100 countries from all over the world in 36 sports.
The UAE champions won two gold medals achieved by the star of the Jiu-Jitsu team, Faisal Al Ketbi, in the weight of 85 kg and the open weight, and a silver signed by Mohammed Al-Suwaidi, our national team player, at a weight of 69 kg, and two bronzes by Shamma Al-Kalbani, at a weight of 63 kg and in the open weight, in addition to the bronze medal that came from the player of the national team. For free jumping with parachutes and water skiing, Abdul Bari Al Qubaisi.
The trio of the national muay thai team: Elias Habib, Noureddine Samir and Mohamed Mardi, are competing for bronze medals after losing in the semi-finals on the second day of the game at the World Championships.
Noureddine Samir lost to Thailand's Warasak Tharakhagad in a weight competition under 63.5 kg, Elias Habib lost from the American player Aaron Ortiz in a weight of under 81 kg, and Mohamed Mardi also lost in a weight of under 67 kg from the Moroccan player Hamza Rasheed.
All the fights witnessed similar levels, in which the players of our national team were unlucky despite the distinguished levels they presented throughout the match period, which heralds not leaving the global forum without winning medals, especially since the opportunity still exists to grab bronze medals in the three weights.
For his part, the Duathlon team finished its competition through Saud Al-Zaabi, who came in 21st place with a time of 1:57:33 hours, while Faris Al-Zaabi did not complete the competition due to the failure of his bike in the fourth round of the cycling race.
Saud Al Zaabi was able to break his last record in the Asian Championship in Bahrain with a time of 1:58:36, which enhances the team's ranking in the world rankings and doubles the player's number of points and his personal ranking in the world, while improving the annual assessment of the federation.
Faisal Al Ketbi won two gold medals in the 85 kg and open weight competitions.
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Athletes from 100 countries participated in the big event.
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