
10 Aug 2019
Great reception for swimming champions
She returned in the early hours of yesterday morning, the delegation of the swimming team, after the successful participation in the Arab Championships for Sunni ages in Morocco, and won 7 medals, including 3 golds for Laila Al-Khatib, the rising lightning speed and historical achievement, and received the heroes in Dubai, Omar Abdul Rahman Al Ali, head of the committee department Olympic federations and sports associations, in the General Authority for Sports, Hassan Al Ramsi, Director of Ceremonies at the Authority, Jumah Al Balushi, Vice President of the Swimming Federation, and Khalifa Al Kaabi, Financial Director. The national team achieved an unprecedented achievement by winning the first foreign gold medal in girls' competitions through Laila Al Khatib, who She won 4 medals alone, including 3 gold and one silver, and she also participated in winning a bronze in the 800-meter freestyle relay race, while Salem Ghalib and Saeed Ahmed Farag won two bronze medals. Omar Abdul Rahman praised the young and promising champions of Emirati swimming from young men and women, which heralds a new generation Of the players who are able to represent the country externally, especially in women's swimming, which constitutes a leap for the Emirates in the important Olympic game, especially since the numbers and the plan of "Golden Laila" calls for standing next to it. His group Al Balushi was keen to attend early to facilitate the task of receiving the young champions, and confirmed that the federation’s plan, since the board of directors took over, is to take care of these youngsters and prepare them for external participations, as the national team is preparing to participate in the Gulf and Asia Junior Championships, during the coming period for research. Maryam Al Shamsi, Chair of the Women's Committee and a member of the official delegation participating in the tournament, praised the commitment and seriousness of the national team players, and wished that this generation would be able to constantly raise the UAE flag in various foreign tournaments. Khalifa Al Kaabi also thanked the parents. Swimmers 'and swimmers' issues are based on their interest in young champions, and their keenness to encourage them to represent the best-represented national teams, indicating that this is the main goal of the federation, which is to support Sunni teams.