The team won 25 medals
The UAE is the Arab champion in cycling
UAE champions lift the Arab Cycling Cup.
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The national cycling team won the title of the second combined Arab championship for cycling, which was finally concluded in Sharjah, after winning 25 colored medals (13 gold, seven silver, and five bronze), confirming the great boom of the game during the past two years by being on the podiums in all the championships in which it participated. them externally and internally.
The Algerian team came in second place with 30 colored medals, but only nine of them were gold, so that the national team excelled in the overall standings.
The Arab Championship witnessed official participation from 15 Arab countries in the three championships (people of determination, road, and mountain), and 13 countries succeeded in obtaining medals for the first time in the history of Arab participation and championships. He succeeded in achieving four colored medals: two silver and two bronze.
Sheikh Faisal bin Humaid Al Qasimi, President of the Arab Federation, told Emirates Today: “Over many years, we have tried to register the Arab championship in the International Federation, so that the championship is approved within the agenda of the championships and qualified with points for the Paris Olympics. Indeed, the current championship witnessed the first official approval of the races by recording seven It is officially included in the International Federation of Road and Mountain Bike Races.
He added, “The participation of this many teams in the Great Arab Gathering, in addition to the number of countries that won medals;
It confirmed the success of Arab bicycles and their significant development over the past years, to reach this level.
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