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Press Release

the UAE. This indicates the fruitful efforts of teams and federations to empower athletes with the
necessary skills.”

Abdelmoneim El Husseiny commended the UAE’s initiatives in developing and promoting sports
in the region. He said: “The formulation of strategies is critical to the advancement of sports in the

future and this was highlighted while announcing sports of priority. Apart from that, it is also
necessary to study the challenges accompanying the implementation of the project, while also
highlighting performance indexes to better understand what could be achieved in every stage of
progress.”

Recently, Egypt has achieved great accomplishments in fencing, the last of which was the victory
in the men's junior team Epee at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships, in
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addition to achieving the 11 , 8 , and 6 places in the fencing world ranking.
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The meeting further highlighted key legislations and strategies in international fencing, as well as
the expectations for the future of the sports in the near future. It further explored the best

opportunities for the national talents to achieve Olympic success. The two sides also underlined
the significance of young talent's mental preparation and discussed the need to examine their
physical skills in order to guide young talents toward suitable games in fencing. The UAE national
team achieved four medals in the Gulf games recently hosted by Kuwait. Moreover, the team is
currently preparing to participate in the Asian championship that is to be hosted by South Korea
next month.

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