Most notably, the first Emirati gold medal in the history of the Islamic Solidarity Games, signed by Al Mansouri

68 colored medals in 3 participations adorn the "Olympic" march in 2022

National team cyclist Ahmed Al Mansouri presents the gold medal for "Islamic Solidarity".

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Yesterday, the National Olympic Committee issued its report on the achievements of Emirati sports in the year 2022, during the official sessions in which the UAE teams participated in many sports at the Gulf, regional and international levels, which were replete with many honorable achievements of sports delegations, which strengthened the position of UAE sport on All levels.

The report stated that Emirates Sports succeeded, at the start of the 2022 foreign participation, in winning 50 colored medals, and in obtaining third place in the general standings table in the third Gulf Games that were held in the sisterly State of Kuwait during the period from 16 to 31 May 2022, with the participation of more than 1,700 male and female players. From the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, they competed in 16 individual and team sports, whose 111 competitions were held in 12 locations.

The UAE delegation finished its participation in the tournament in third place with 50 colored medals, 18 gold, 16 silver and 16 bronze.

The report indicated that at the global level, the UAE delegation presented positive performance and results in the competitions of the 11th edition of the World Games Birmingham 2022, by achieving eight colored medals in 28th place, with two gold, one silver and five bronze medals, as the tournament was held in Birmingham, USA, during the period from 7 - 17 July 2022, with 3,600 athletes from 100 countries from all over the world participating in 36 sports.

The UAE advanced 10 places in the cumulative table of the World Games, to reach the 56th place out of 102 countries, after it ranked 66th at the end of the tenth edition of the session in 2017, while Italy retained the top spot in the cumulative ranking of the tournaments, and the total number of medals with a score of 488. A medal, despite achieving fourth place in the Birmingham 2022 edition, with 49 medals.

The national team for jiu-jitsu won five colored medals, two gold, one silver, and two bronze medals, in addition to the two bronze medals by the Muay Thai team, and the bronze medal for the national team for freestyle skydiving and water skiing. The UAE participated in the tournament with 12 athletes in four games: Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Duathlon and skydiving are air sports.

The UAE delegation, which included 53 athletes in nine individual games, was able, during its distinguished participation in the fifth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games, which was held from August 9-18, 2022 in the Turkish city of Konya, among 6,000 athletes from 56 countries, to reap many of the gains that have been achieved. for the first time.

In addition to achieving 10 colored medals, three golds, two silvers, and five bronze medals, which came through three sports: cycling, judo, and bow and arrow for people of determination. 2005, when he won the gold medal in the scratch race.

The nine games in which the UAE participated included: cycling, shooting, judo, bow and arrow, bow and arrow for people of determination, karate, taekwondo, fencing, weightlifting, and swimming.

The UAE's participation in Konya is the best in the history of its participation in the Islamic Solidarity Games, since the first edition in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2005, in which the UAE achieved five medals, two silver and three bronze, then the third edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games, which was hosted by the Indonesian city of Palembang in 2005. In 2013, the UAE won four medals, one silver and three bronze, after the cancellation of the second edition in 2009, while the UAE won four colored medals, one silver and three bronze, in the fourth edition in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, in 2017.

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