13 sports contributed to leading the UAE in the first Gulf Youth Games “Emirates 2024”, which the country is currently hosting until next May 2, under the slogan “Our Gulf is One … Our Youth is Promising” by achieving 191 colored medals, according to the results announced in the competition until the end of competitions yesterday Thursday, the UAE’s medals were divided between 65 gold, 68 silver, and 58 bronze .
UAE national teams rose to the podium in more than 50% of the total matches, in the tournament, which includes 24 sports, with the continuous goal of winning more medals in the 10 sports competitions, some of which going on now and some of them. hasn’t started yet.
The list of sports in which our male and female athletes reached the podium includes gymnastics, jiu-jitsu, taekwondo, cycling, boxing, chess, badminton, equestrian (jumping), sailing modern, football, volleyball, table tennis, and the Paralympic Games.
Saudi Arabia came in second with a total of 69 medals spread between (32 gold, 24 silver, and 13 bronze), while Kuwait held third place with 63 medals (15 gold, 25 silver, and 23 bronze).
The Sultanate of Oman came in fourth with 41 medals (15 gold, 10 silver, and 16 bronze), while the Kingdom of Bahrain came in fifth with 39 medals (11 gold, 11 silver, and 17 bronze), followed by Qatar. in sixth place with 25 medals (10 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronze).
Yesterday, our equestrian team managed to add 3 new medals at the end of their participation in the show jumping competition, after controlling the top three places in the individual competitions, through the rider Issa Omran Al Owais, who was crowned with gold on the horse “Conkita”, and knight Mabkhout Al Karbi crowned with silver on the horse “Conkita”.
Also yesterday, Thursday, the UAE cycling team added two new silver medals in the “Individual” and “General Team” races, which the Saudi team dominated by winning 7 medals (4 gold, two silver, and one bronze).
On another level, the organizing committee for golf tournaments in the first Gulf Youth Games “Emirates 2024”, which are currently held in the Emirates, approved the system of the tournament, and the draw for tournaments to hold the competition.
This came at the technical meeting held yesterday, Thursday, at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club, in the presence of Nasser Balshalat, representative of the National Olympic Committee, Khaled Mubarak Al Shamsi, Secretary General of the Emirates Golf Federation, Akram Sukayk, Head of the tournament and Director General of the Emirates Golf Federation, the referees of the tournament, and representatives of the five participating teams: the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Sultanate of Oman and Qatar.
The participating players were distributed in groups, where the draw put the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait teams in the first group, while the second included the Sultanate of Oman and Saudi Arabia.
The tournament system has been adopted, which will be held in an 18-hole system for 3 days until next Sunday, and each team will participate with a maximum of four players, with the results of the best three of them are counted in the overall results to determine the ranking of the teams at the team level, as well as the final ranking of the individual competitions.
All the laws that will be applied to the tournaments have also been reviewed and are internationally agreed, as the tournament will be held to the highest standards on a Club course. Abu Dhabi Golf, which has previously hosted many major international tournaments and is considered one of the world’s leading facilities in the sport of golf.
Khaled Mubarak Al Shamsi, Secretary General of the Emirates Golf Federation, said: “This event is a very important milestone in the development of the sport in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries by supporting talents who are come up and encourage them to continue and gain knowledge, especially in the sport of golf, which is enjoying a huge spread and growth, especially in the UAE. “
He said, “The competitions will be dedicated to the under 18 category, with players competing at both individual and team level, and we are looking forward to our national team trying to to win first place and win the gold medal.”
2024-04-26 20:05:16
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