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6/22/22, 10:40 AM Emirates News Agency – “The Coordinating Council” announces 5 priority sports that enhance chances of achieving Olympic ac…

Emirates News Agency – “The Coordinating Council”

announces 5 priority sports that enhance chances of achieving

Olympic achievements

BREAKING NEWS Elizabeth Local about 16 hours ago
DUBAI, June 21 /
WAM / The
Coordinating Council for Sports announced, during its third meeting,
which was held today under the chairmanship of His Excellency Dr.
Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Education, Chairman of the General Sports Authority, Chairman of the Council, the
“Priority Sports” group, which will be focused on during the next phase. To enhance the competitiveness of UAE sport and
its global presence, and increase the ability to achieve sporting and Olympic achievements for the country in regional and
international forums.

The council stated that these sports were selected based on a comprehensive study conducted by the General Sports
Authority in cooperation with its partners from the concerned authorities at the state level, and by reviewing the best
experiences and similar practices in many other countries of the world, and in line with the principles of the fiftieth and the
sports sector strategy 2032 aimed at expanding The base of participation in international forums and increasing the chances
of achieving Olympic achievements for the UAE, as the priority sports category included 5 sports, namely archery, athletics,
fencing, archery, and judo.

His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi said, “The UAE today adopts an ambitious vision for the future of national
sport, based on the directives of the wise leadership and the determinants of the UAE Vision 2071 aimed at consolidating
and developing the country’s prestigious global reputation in various forums, and preparing a young generation capable of
achieving global achievements. From this point of view, we apply today The concept of priority sports, which was developed
after integrated studies and according to studied mechanisms aimed at enhancing the access of the UAE champions to the
podiums and achieving a tangible shift in the level of the global presence of Emirati sports during the next stage.”

He added, “Our focus will be intense during the next stage on priority sports that have the capabilities and qualified
standards to achieve distinguished sports levels and achievements, in addition to high-level athletes, in cooperation between
the authority and its strategic partners from government agencies and sports sector institutions, where we have set plans to
develop all athletes who They show that they have special talent and high potential in any sport, and we will provide all our
support to them in a way that contributes to enhancing their hopes and the hopes of the UAE to achieve global achievements.

The main goal is to create a developed identity for Emirati sports globally and its reflection on the growth and prosperity of
the sports sector in the country in a sustainable manner, because the sports identity can reflect the extent of development that
the UAE has reached in all fields.”

Priority sports were identified based on a classification that included all sports, and based on a well-studied set of criteria
that included: Olympic potential in each sport, the possibility of Olympic success, opportunities to achieve Olympic medals,
achievements and international championships, and determining the level of competition globally, and the talents that the
UAE currently possesses in that sport. Taking into account the facts and statistics related to each sport such as the number of
practitioners, the number of clubs, the reality of training centers, infrastructure, tools and equipment available, as well as
other criteria related to ease of implementation, cost, readiness of federations, financing plans, and others.

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