Salem Ghaleb shines with Al Wasl in the President's Cup

"Emirati Swimming Crocodile" records 6 new records in two days

  • Al Wasl and the national team swimmer Salem Ghaleb broke records that have stood for decades.

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Al Wasl club and national team swimmer Salem Ghaleb, nicknamed "Emirati Swimming Crocodile", continued to break the records that were registered in the names of former players in the national team decades ago, after he scored six new country numbers in the President's Cup Swimming Championship that was held on Saturday and Sunday. At the Maliha Club in Sharjah.

Salem Ghaleb won first place with Al Wasl in the U-17 category, and the player is preparing to participate in the public stage of the same tournament on Saturday and Sunday.

For his part, the coach of the Al Wasl team and the national team, Marwan Al-Hatawi, confirmed that Salem Ghaleb succeeded in achieving six new records in two days during the President's Cup, so that the national team swimmer would continue his achievements in Emirati swimming, and go according to the planned schedule in order to reach the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Marwan Al-Hatawi told Emirates Al-Youm: “Salem Ghaleb has changed dramatically during the past year in particular, and he began to believe in the importance of what he is doing for his future and for the UAE swimming, and this appeared greatly during the training and tournaments in which the swimmer recently participated, and during the World Swimming Championships.” Which was held in Melbourne, and before that the Arab Championship in Egypt. All these participations contributed to building the player's strong personality and his continuous desire to develop and achieve the best.

In Bedouh, the technical director of swimming at Al Wasl Club, Mohamed Hassan, said: “Salem Ghaleb succeeded in achieving many records in a short period, and although he is only 17 years old, he breaks the numbers for his age group and the general category also internally, which is what happened in the current championship.” Achieving a new country record in the 400-meter medley race, as he broke the country's numbers for the 17-year-old category and the public category registered in the name of former international swimmer Obaid Al-Jasmi.

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