Athletes and officials responsible for Emirati swimming called for attention to the swimmer of Al Wasl Club and the national team, Salem Ghalib, and to give him the opportunity to prove his ability to compete in international and international forums, and to prepare him to become an Olympic champion in the future, noting that several problems stand in the way of the star swimmer, most notably the lost preparation plan between The Swimming Association, the General Authority for Sports and the Ministry of Education.

They told «Emirates Today», that «the authority refuses to travel at this young age, while the Ministry of Education refuses to treat the champions with a special system that reduces the number of their school hours, and gives them Flexibility during exam times, which caused the junior team to lose the efforts of a distinguished swimmer, such as Youssef Al Matroushi, in the Asian Championships last September, due to school exams. ”

In the last two years, Salem Ghaleb broke 15 local records, and another He was awarded the title of the best swimmer in the 14-year-old category in the "Gulf of Kuwait" last September. He is also considered the first Emirati swimmer to record a Gulf number in his name, in addition to that for the first time an Emirati swimmer gets the title of the best swimmer in the Gulf championships, and that was in Kuwait in September th past.